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Lawsuit against Ketchikan jeweler settled for $60K
A Ketchikan jeweler will have to pay $60,000 to the state in disgorgement and restitution to four customers for selling fake gold.
City council approves electric rate increase
The 8% electric rate hike goes into effect April 1.
M/V Lituya to begin daily ferry service
The state ferry Lituya will soon begin 7-day-a-week ferry service between Ketchikan and Annette Bay. The vessel serves as one of the primary means of transportation between the two islands.
Crewmembers in fatal barge incident identified
One body was recovered on Sunday and the other was recovered on Tuesday. The other two crewmembers working in the confined space have been recovered and are in stable condition.
Station Highlights
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Spring Pledge Drive Thank You Gifts
When you donate to KRBD’s Spring Pledge Drive, you are eligible to receive thank you gifts...
“One Poem a Day” coming in April
Attention poetry fans...KRBD once again brings you "One Poem A Day Won't Kill You" in April. If you are interested in reading a poem you wrote, or one in the public domain, contact us.
Tune Into Spring with KRBD’s Spring Quiet Drive
Shhhh…. Members and Supporters, listen close. It’s Spring Quiet Drive time at KRBD – a...
Save the Date: Five Decades on the Dial
Be sure to mark your calendars for “Five Decades on the Dial” – KRBD’s...
Morning Edition Interviews
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Schoenbar students talk Kanayama exchange program
Ketchikan-Kanayama exchange students Hunter Hull and Holly Jayne Patotzka talk about the program ahead of their trip to Kanyama, Japan. They were joined in studio by exchange program president Ashley Gunn.
Troll and Johnson share paleontological adventures at Discovery Center
Scientist Kirk Johnson, director of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, and artist Ray...
Ketchikan quilt show set for this weekend
The Rainy Day Quilters’ 34th Annual quilt show is this Saturday and Sunday at the Ted Ferry...
Community Reports
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Job Center Report
Hear about some of the more than 560 jobs available in the Ketchikan area and other services...
Weather Report from NWS Juneau
Will this snow ever end? Is spring really here? Meteorologist Spencer Fielding gives the out look...
Arts Council Report
The Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council Main Street Gallery. (KRBD staff) The current...
Southeast News
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City to seek contractor help with snow removal
A side street in Sitka on March 23, 2026 (KCAW) Sitka was hit with snow again over the weekend, punctuating a month of persistent snowfall. City staff say exhausted road crews and damaged equipment have slowed the snow removal...
March 24, 2026: What’s on the agenda at the Sitka Assembly meeting?
Sitka’s historic preservation plan may get its first update in over three decades. When the Sitka Assembly meets on March 24, it will consider approving an updated plan. The previous plan was drafted in 1994, and is only two...
Wrangell assembly preview: swimming pool roof and school renovations project; repealing outdated chapter on local commerce
Wrangell City Hall on June 26, 2024. (Colette Czarnecki/KSTK) Wrangell’s borough assembly plans to...
Alaska News
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Juneau has officially broken its snowfall record
The city reached 201.2 inches at the Juneau International Airport at midnight, surpassing the...
Several historic oil spill sites in Alaska’s Prince William Sound are now deemed safe
Remnants of spilled Exxon Valdez oil have persisted on beaches for decades, but much of what is left no longer poses problems, justifying a change in pollution classification, regulators say.
Alaska accepts ballots that arrive after Election Day. This case could end that.
The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to nix a law allowing ballots to arrive up to five days late....
NPR
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Congress loses a flying perk as DHS shutdown continues
Delta Airlines is temporarily suspending specialty services to member of Congress due to resource...
A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder
Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his...
Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?
New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it’s vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family’s entrenchment in the Cuban government.
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