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Forest Service chief, Murkowski hear from Tongass stakeholders
Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks before a panel discussion about the Tongass National Forest Friday at the Ketchikan library. Seated is U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry) If...
View ArticleBody of snowboarder caught in avalanche recovered
Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad teams concluded their recovery efforts Thursday for a Ketchikan man caught Sunday in an avalanche on Dude Mountain. Listen now The body of Marvin Scott, 39, has been...
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Wind storm hits Southeast; Ketchikan clocks biggest gusts
A tree and power lines are down on D-1, D-2 Loop on Ketchikan’s North End following a big wind storm Tuesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy Aimee Shull) Ketchikan was warned Tuesday morning to expect a big...
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Ketchikan High Academic Decathlon team gets a hero’s welcome
A crowd braves wind-driven rain to welcome home Ketchikan High School’s Academic Decathlon team. The team won first place at the recent national competition. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry) A crowd of...
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Ferry Tazlina floated for the first time
Vigor Alaska shipyard workers gather to watch the Tazlina get lowered into the water at the shipyard’s drydock in Ketchikan on Wednesday. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) The Alaska Marine Highway System’s...
View ArticleRetired Ketchikan teacher, pastor charged with sexual abuse of a minor
Recently retired Ketchikan High School teacher and local pastor Doug Edwards has been arrested and charged with three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Listen now According to the complaint filed in...
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Even a rainforest can experience a drought, weather service says
The green rectangles show average Ketchikan precipitation for that month over the years. The black dots show what happened over the past nine months. (Graphic courtesy National Weather Service) There...
View ArticleAll 11 passengers survive Tuesday morning floatplane crash on Prince of Wales...
Eleven people have survived an airplane crash Tuesday morning on Prince of Wales Island, and were back in Ketchikan early Tuesday afternoon. Listen now According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the plane...
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Weather conditions blamed in Prince of Wales plane crash, preliminary report...
A downed plane on Mount Jumbo July 10 on Prince of Wales Island. (Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) The pilot in a non-fatal plane crash likely became disoriented after weather conditions worsened...
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Southeast invests in tourism hoping for big return
Cruise visitors wait in line at the Ketchikan Visitors’ Bureau building to buy shore excursions. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) Southeast Alaska cities have invested a lot of energy, money and...
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AK: Ketchikan students focus on ‘Sense of Place’ in Indigenous Peoples Day...
Ronny Robert Pungowiyi’s poster for Indigenous People’s Day focuses on seal and sea otter hunting. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry) Monday marked the second year for Alaskans to commemorate Indigenous...
View ArticleBegich discusses campaign viability, ‘path forward’
Democratic candidate for Alaska Governor Mark Begich told KRBD on Wednesday that, like many Alaskans, he was surprised by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott’s abrupt resignation and withdrawal from the campaign....
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With rain in the forecast, Ketchikan switches back to hydroelectric power
Rain gear proved useful in Ketchikan back in 2017, when rainfall easily broke the previous summertime record. This year has been much drier, causing problems for the hydroelectric-dependent Ketchikan...
View ArticleReport: Suicide is Alaska’s fifth-leading cause of death
Every year, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services releases a Vital Statistics Report: a breakdown of data gathered the previous year. That report provides all kinds of statistics,...
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Voting machine problems delay results for parts of Southeast
Voters mark their ballots at Ketchikan’s Precinct No. 2 at The Plaza on Nov. 6, 2018. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD) A problem with state voting machines in Hydaburg and Metlakatla means final numbers...
View ArticleTwo Ketchikan teens charged with threatening to be ‘next school shooters’
Two Ketchikan teenagers are in custody, charged with terroristic threatening, after allegedly threatening to be the “next school shooters.” The Ketchikan Police Department received a tip from a citizen...
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Alaska Made: A new rule makes this easy-to-build gadget a required kit for...
“Rockfish Recompression” — it’s a song and a soon-to-be required Southeast Alaska fishing regulation. As part of CoastAlaska’s “Alaska Made” series, here’s an easy-to-build gadget that’s a simple...
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Ketchikan ‘shutdown family’ met with kindness, empathy
Jenn Tucker paints inside the Tongass Historical Museum, one of the part-time jobs she was offered to help her family get through the partial federal government shutdown. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)...
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Former Ketchikan teacher pleads guilty to sexual abuse of minor; gets six years
Doug Edwards consults with his attorney, Julie Willoughby, in Ketchikan Superior Court on Wednesday. Edwards pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. (KRBD photo by Leila...
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AK: Ketchikan mental health clinic hopes ‘Proof’ will debunk taboos
Rebekka Esbjornson plays Catherine, and Jack Finnegan plays Hal in First City Players production of the Broadway play Proof. (First City Players photo by Jeff Fitzwater) David Auburn’s “Proof” was a...
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