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How one nonprofit helps Prince of Wales Island communities fight food insecurity
POWER Thrift Store shown in downtown Craig on November 5, 2025. The building, owned by the city,...
Record number of invasive green crab found on Annette Island, potential impacts to subsistence fishing
Invasive European green crabs were first detected in Alaska three years ago, on Annette Island in southern Southeast. The number of green crabs trapped on the island has since exploded, and they’re spreading throughout the region.
Plane struck by lightning flying into Ketchikan
Alaska Airlines jets sit outside Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2008 (Creative Commons...
Here’s what’s on the ballot for next week’s special election
Ketchikan No.1 precinct, located at the Gateway Recreation Center. (Sydney Dauphinais/KRBD) The...
Station Highlights
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KRBD Annual On-Air Board Meeting
KRBD’s Annual On-Air Board of Directors Meeting will be on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 5pm. This will be a short meeting to meet our board members, hear a status report on how we’re doing in this unprecedented...
Thank You to Our Members!
October marked the first month of KRBD moving forward without federal funding. We are now 100%...
KRBD’s 50th Birthday Logo Contest – Open Call to Artists
Help KRBD get ready for our 50th birthday party! Enter your design in our Logo Contest! Deadline...
Meet KRBD’s new News Team!
We are so excited to share that KRBD welcomed two new staff members to the News Department this...
Morning Edition Interviews
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Ask UAS explores
Tonight (November 12) at 6:00 p.m. a presentation on Artificial Intelligence and relationships...
Alaska Children’s Trust CEO visits the 1st City
Trevor Storrs, President and CEO of Alaska Children’s Trust, discusses the organizations...
Borough Comprehensive Plan Draft out for review
The Borough’s Comprehensive Plan draft document is out for review. Input is due August 27th....
Community Reports
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Craig Parks and Recreation Report
Listen to the Craig Parks and Recreation report with Victoria Merritt, Gretchen Klein and guests.
Arts Council Report
The Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council Main Street Gallery. (KRBD staff) There’s...
Museum report
The Tongass Historical Museum should reopen on November 18, the next Museum Midday is December 4,...
Southeast News
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‘Their voices echo through me’: Lingít film based on traditional tale to premiere at Indigenous film festival
A screenshot from the short film “The Woman Who Married A Bear” A short film based on a traditional Lingít tale will be premiering at the world’s largest Indigenous film festival this weekend. The 11-minute film made in Sitka is...
Sitka grocers announce plan to sell to Albertsons-Safeway
Under a tentative agreement, Sea Mart and all other Hames Corporation businesses will be sold to...
Sitka Tribe of Alaska announces 2025 election results
Unofficial results are in for Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s tribal council election. From 8 a.m. to 8...
Alaska News
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Youth film screening extends submission deadline to Monday | State of Art
After School Special is a youth film screening partnership between Alaska Teen Media Institute and the Anchorage International Film Festival.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, November 14, 2025
A scientist is researching the sounds whales make above the water.
Alaska advocates for climate-vulnerable villages call for action in wake of devastating storm
According to a recent story from the Northern Journal, an estimate from 2020 put the cost of protecting infrastructure in Alaska’s threatened communities at $4.3 billion over the next half-century.
NPR
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Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur “Genius” Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other...
A red meat allergy caused by ticks killed a N.J. man. Here’s what to know
Researchers say they believe they’ve documented the first known death from alpha-gal syndrome — a red meat allergy caused by tick bites.
U.S. official says the ‘table is being set’ for possible military action against Venezuela
The country’s largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it’s unclear if President Trump will use military force.
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