Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

Juneau has taken steps to move forward with a 5th downtown cruise ship dock, flood barriers are being built along the Mendenhall River, and a Tlingit linguist works to preserve the language. Those stories coming up…

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

A man is rescued from frigid waters in Wrangell Narrows Monday evening, Juneau’s Assembly urges Alaska’s congressional delegation to oppose cuts to federal agencies, and the 50th annual Alaska Folk Festival kicked off Monday night. Those stories and more coming up…

Efforts continue to limit cruise tourism in parts of Southeast Alaska. A mine in British Columbia upstream of Ketchikan is expedited. Making music in Southeast Alaska.

Residents hold a protest of the Trump Administration over the weekend. A Ketchikan-born filmmaker takes home an award at the Phoenix Film Festival. The king salmon allocation in SE Alaska is much smaller this year. 

A highly anticipated Ketchikan trial set to begin this week is now on hold. Plus, Juneau considers hiring staff to fill roles previously filled by federal workers. And we hear from a Sitka centenarian on her concerns about tuberculosis.

An update on the road conditions in the Wolfe Point rockslide area. Plus, Alaska’s food policy council holds a statewide festival outside the road system for the first time. And after half a century of service, a Sitka veterinarian closes his doors.

A looming volcano eruption near Anchorage could have impacts reaching as far as Southeast Alaska. Plus, more from the Kayhi principal’s testimony in Juneau, and a youth snowmachine race in Nome.

Kayhi’s principal testifies before a state committee about school funding and employee retention. Plus, the amount of king salmon allowed to be harvested in Southeast this year is lower than last year. And a look at the importance of weather data for Alaska mariners

Another member of the Ketchikan School Board resigns. A Canadian mining company sets its sights on Juneau. A traveling art exhibits plans to visit the First City this summer. 

A verdict is delivered in a case stemming from a drug bust in Ketchikan last year. Plus, the Alaska seafood industry says it’s getting crushed by unfair trade and tariffs are making it worse, and a Juneau task force aims to assess short term rentals.