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Ketchikan borough mayor vetoes funding for LGBTQ group as assembly passes budgets
A split Ketchikan assembly approved the school district’s budget on Monday. Ketchikan’s borough mayor also followed through on a promise to veto funding for a local LGBTQ organization included in the borough's budget.
Ketchikan residents march in support of abortion rights
Demonstrators gathered on Ketchikan’s cruise ship docks on Saturday to show support for abortion rights.
Assembly to finalize Ketchikan’s borough and school district budgets
The assembly’s spending plan would provide all but roughly $350,000 of the $12.2 million in borough funding requested by Ketchikan’s school board.
Ketchikan school board rejects changes to policy barring supervisor-subordinate relationships
"I don't object to the intent of this revision, but I am quite troubled by the fact that the language about sexual harassment and intimate relationships and dating relationships is just deleted," Board President Stephen Bradford said.
Station Highlights
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KRBD Committee Meeting
The KRBD Board of Directors Events Committee will meet at 6 p.m., May 24, 2022, in person at the...
KRBD’s 26th Annual 4th of July Raffle
Tickets are on sale now for KRBD's 4th of July Raffle! 1st Prize: $10,000 from KRBD. Click through for more info or to buy tickets online.
KRBD recognized for outstanding journalism by Alaska Press Club
KRBD won three awards from the Alaska Press Club for work produced in 2021. Winners were announced this weekend following the nonprofit organization’s annual conference.
Live Day 2022
It's KRBD's 46th Birthday, and we're celebrating with an afternoon of live performances on Saturday, May 21st. Sign up to perform or sponsor the show by Wed. May 18th.
Morning Edition Interviews
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Borough seeks input on tourism strategy
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough is seeking public input for a community-wide tourism strategy....
Conversation about helping children thrive scheduled for Thursday
A community conversation about foster care and ways to ensure children can thrive is Thursday, May...
Anderson shares foster care experiences
Growing up, Carmel Anderson had foster sisters. She shares some of her experiences to bring...
Community Reports
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Ketchikan Public Library Report
Author Leigh Newman will make a presentation at the Ketchikan Public Library Friday night, new...
Weather Report from NWS Juneau
Showers and possibly thunderstorms are expected early in the week with some clearing expected late...
Craig Parks and Recreation
Victoria Merritt with the Craig Parks and Recreation report for May 13.
Southeast News
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Eagle that died in Sitka park has tested positive for bird flu
(KCAW Archival Photo: 2013/Ed Ronco) An eagle that died in the Sitka National Historical Park this...
With concerns about bird flu mounting, Alaska Raptor Center temporarily suspends some services
From the archive: Handler Hannah Blanke holds Zappa while Sheila Swanberg performs an exam. The...
Damaged mooring dolphin leaves cruise ship terminal at half capacity
The Serenade of the Seas in Sitka on July 21, 2021, the first port call of the curtailed 2021...
Alaska News
LatestSearch suspended for woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship in Southeast Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 40-year-old woman who reportedly fell overboard from the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship early Tuesday morning near Eldred Rock in the upper Lynn Canal. Petty Officer Ally...
Developer plans construction of $200M project in downtown Anchorage, including tearing down 4th Avenue Theatre
Draft renderings of several projects slated to be built in Downtown Anchorage’s Block 41 project....
This eight-person crew is trying to find a century-old shipwreck in Southeast Alaska. Here’s how.
Researcher Shawn Dilles examines a photo of a site where the Star of Bengal may have wrecked....
NPR
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Budd will face off against Beasley in North Carolina Senate contest, per AP race calls
Rep. Ted Budd, who has former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, easily won the North...
NPR’s Petra Mayer receives posthumous science fiction award
NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer posthumously receives the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award from the...
Buffalo’s poet laureate calls for change
Jillian Hanesworth says what her city needs right now is honest conversations about systemic...
