Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…

Two Native corporations are partnering to add Klawock as a cruise destination, an affordable housing project in Juneau is being stalled by the city, and a federal class-action lawsuit claims the state failed to address known problems with the foster care system. 

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• Ketchikan's City Council rejects a property tax hike,
• Plus, Juneau is asking residents to go on vacation and rent their homes to athleses,
• And, a shortage of healthcare workers in Alaska.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• A COVID-19 outbreak at Ketchikan's Pioneer Home has infected more than a dozen people,     
• Plus, Ketchikan's borough is asking residents to help shape its tourism strategy,
• And, the cruise industry and port communities announce an effort to try to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from cruise ships.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• Ketchikan's City Council could raise property taxes at tomorrow's meeting, 
• Plus, two more Ketchikan residents have died of COVID-19,
• And, Haines welcomes its first cruise ship in more than two years.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• Ketchikan's borough mayor follows through on a threat to veto funding for a local LGBTQ organization   
• Plus, the Coast Guard suspends a search for a woman who reportedly fell off a cruise ship near Haines,
• And, while cruise ships are required to report lots and lots of COVID data to authorities, little of that is public.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• Ketchikan residents march in support of abortion rights    
• Plus, Alaska had the biggest jump in overdose deaths in the nation last year,
• And, a former Tlingit and Haida chief justice is appointed to a federal commission to combat the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• Ketchikan's assembly is set to finalize next year's school budget        
• Plus, sneakers designed by Wrangell High School students make the top 5 in a national competition
• And, one roadblock to overcoming Alaska's shortage of nurses is finding enough instructors to train them.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• A conversation with gubernatorial candidate and former Gov. Bill Walker
• Plus, Ketchikan's school board leaves a policy prohibiting supervisors from dating subordinates in place
• And, how a crew of researchers is searching for a lost cannery ship.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• Scientists, artists and divers are searching for a ship lost a century ago in Southeast Alaska
• Plus, the state Senate approves a budget that includes $5,500 payments to residents
• And, the fentanyl craze fuels a need stronger overdose-reversing drugs.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report:

• Alaska's Senate votes to pay Alaskans $1,300 for high energy costs
• Plus, the by-mail election for Alaska's next Congressman is underway, and in-person voting starts later this month
• And, advocates teach harvesters how to take wild foods sustainably.