A group on Prince of Wales Island may be the only arm wrestling club in Alaska. Plus, a lawsuit from the Metlakatla Indian Community will proceed despite objections of other Southeast tribes, and a photographer who documented Tlingit community and culture in Sitka  is the subject of a new book.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

Results from Ketchikan’s special borough election. Plus, local hospital leadership responds to community concern.

All that and more coming up.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

A renewed Kayhi class teaches students Emergency Medical Technician training and a man who was shoved to the ground by Juneau police is suing the city.

All that and more coming up.

Federal employees return to their posts following the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. 

Plus, the City and Borough of Juneau demolishes an encampment of unhoused people, and scientists studying whale sounds are asking Alaskans to weigh in on what they hear.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

New house posts are coming to the Totem Heritage Center and University of Alaska President Pat Pitney announces their retirement.

All that and more coming up.

A thrift store on Prince of Wales Island helps those who are food insecure. Plus, a derelict vessel is no longer adrift near Petersburg, and Wrangell High School students process a seal as part of an oceanography class.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

European Green Crabs are spreading across Southern Southeast Alaska, Lightning hit a plane flying into Ketchikan, and Juneau plans to kick almost a dozen people out of the city’s largest unhoused encampment by the end of the week.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough will hold a special election next week. Plus, the state of Alaska limits payments to SNAP recipients in response to federal guidance, and the University of Alaska Board of Regents approves a tuition increase.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

How Ketchikan has been managing food insecurity with a lack of SNAP benefits, a regional taskforce seizes 4.5 pounds of methamphetamine, and the Ketchikan City Council requests money for tourism projects.

Craig residents gather for a town hall meeting to discuss the city’s burgeoning tourism industry. Plus, the Ketchikan School Board approves an extension for the interim superintendent’s term, and a higher education compact from the Trump administration sparks a petition from several University of Alaska unions.