Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….Due to maintenance upgrades, the U.S. Coast Guard may briefly be unable to hear distress calls this week; though approved by voters, the debate continues on whether ranked-choice voting benefits them; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pay the full cost to extend levees to protect a Juneau neighborhood.

Those stories and more coming up…

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

How Juneau schools are responding to the federal shutdown, Wrangell Police Department receives a grant to hire a school resource officer, and how tsunami alert notifications could be changing across Alaska.

A man is found dead in Ketchikan’s Bar Harbor. Plus, Alaskans who depend on SNAP likely won’t see monthly benefits hit their accounts in November, and NOAA cancels a key contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

A seasonal warming shelter will open this Saturday in Ketchikan, Sitka Tribe of Alaska is collecting food and raising funds for Sitkans impacted by the government shutdown, and Wrangell's police department will hold a meeting today about misinformation.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

Ketchikan community members express concern about PeaceHealth leadership, 

Wrangell works with tourism stakeholders,

and the month-long moose hunt in southeast Alaska has come to a close. 

Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls on her fellow senators to end the government shutdown, a Wrangell housing project is paused after artifacts are found at the construction site, and a seal rescued near Petersburg returns home.

“ArtistYear” Americorp volunteers are stationed at schools all across Sitka

The Wrangell borough assembly will consider a resolution supporting families affected by Typhoon Halong

And how some youth are getting into podcasting

Stay with us.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

A Sitka high school is preparing to welcome students from Western Alaska who have been displaced by Typhoon Halong.

Industry experts weigh in on mitigating rockslide threats in Skagway. 

A new history exhibit highlights an iconic Filipino restaurant owner in Ketchikan.

Stay with us.

The Ketchikan School Board looks for a new superintendent, some Southeast Alaska residents hire gig workers to buy and fly in their groceries, and hungry bears in Juneau gear up for hibernation by looking for food downtown.

A man is charged after an alleged stabbing in Ketchikan, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly approves funding for a new playground, and Alaskans will not receive food stamp benefits for November unless the government shutdown ends before then.