A conversation with Ketchikan’s new police chief Eric Mattson about his hopes for the future of policing in Ketchikan. Juneau’s upcoming Aak’w Rock music festival is cancelled. 

More on Southeast’s population trends. The US army plans to apologize to Wrangell this weekend. Christmas Day surfing on the Bering Sea. 

A Washington state man dies while exploring an abandoned mine on Prince of Wales Island; plus, the Ketchikan City Council moves ahead with a increase on electric rates; and, a task force is working on expanding child care options statewide. 

The Ketchikan Borough Assembly appoints a previous member to fill the seat recently vacated by Jeremy Bynum; plus, Juneau approves funding for a new housing complex; Petersburg’s student-run movie theater is in financial trouble; and, visitors travel to Haines to see the country’s newly designated national bird. 

Voting opens for the Ketchikan Indian Community tribal council and advisory health board; reflections from the family of a Juneau resident killed in a Christmas day police shooting; and, our Coast Alaska education series concludes with a story about preserving the traditional language in the remote Bering Sea community of St. Paul. 

Ketchikan receives a big snow that caught forecasters by surprise. Southeast Alaskans remember Jimmy Carter. An entry in CoastAlaska’s Evolving Education series about a remote school in the Aleutians.

The Ketchikan Indian Community opens a warming shelter in Ketchikan. PFD applications open across the state. The City Council is set to deliberate on a significant electric rate hike. We head up north to hear about the changing arctic. 

Ketchikan gets a new police chief and a new Port & Harbors director; plus, an overview of the Southeast Alaska crab fisheries opening in February; Petersburg’s harbormaster says the state’s harbors need more funding; and, our education series continues with a school in Skagway that tops test scores year after year.

As 2024 comes to a close, we look back on some of the biggest stories of the year, and reflect on how they shaped Ketchikan.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

As part of a CoastAlaska series on education, we’ll see how one remote Southeast school is working to keep kids safe; free Wi-Fi debuted on an Alaska Marine Highway ferry; and the small town of Gustavus is opening a food bank.

Those stories and more…