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Ketchikan code change allows for removal of borough appointed officials
The borough assembly approved the code change this week after a planning commissioner made discriminatory comments about the local tribe.
Ketchikan’s unofficial election results are in
Ketchikan held its city and borough elections Tuesday.
Hunter rescued from remote area near Ketchikan
The hunter was found near Saddle Lakes, about 25 miles via gravel road from Ketchikan. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Motion seeks to halt timber sale near Ketchikan
The motion filed in federal court is asking to stop the Shelter Cove Timber Sale. It follows a lawsuit filed in August challenging the larger South Revilla Integrated Resource Project.
Station Highlights
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KRBD’s 2026 Election Center
We want to help you get informed for Ketchikan's upcoming municipal election.
KRBD Lauches Community Survey to Collect Strategic Feedback
We’re asking the questions that will shape our next few years. We’d love your answers....
KRBD 50 Year History Moments with Dave Kiffer
Have you been keeping up with the story? If you’ve missed a moment or two, don’t...
Get the KRBD App available for Apple and Android
KRBD has an App! Search “KRBD” in your App Store or Google Play Store and download the...
Morning Edition Interviews
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Olympia, Washington based comic Sam Miller tours Southeast
Comedian Sam Miller, known for dealing frankly on issues of addiction and incarceration, is...
The dangers of screen use and what it does to your brain
Residential Youth & Community (RYC) provides behavioral health services for youth and young...
An interview with Biriba Union
Biriba Union is performing in Ketchikan. Stephanie Patton spoke with Mike Block, a member of the...
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) The current...
UAS Ketchikan Report
Hear about Spring Registration, financial aid, maritime classes and more. Sophia Mullins gives...
Southeast News
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FCC comment deadline Oct. 13 on future of school internet subsidy
A federal program that lowers internet bills for some public institutions across the country is under review. If it’s cut, the Sitka School District would lose out on some funding.The E-Rate program is a Federal Communications...
Birders listen to songs of the Tongass on Sunday strolls in Sitka
Gulls snatch salmon from Kaasda Héen (Indian River) during an early October morning. (KCAW/Salemo) Listen to the sound rich feature. A group of birders stood still, their eyes fixed on the knotted roots of a spruce tree. “Looks...
Wrangell will receive $43 million boost from federal gov
Wrangell’s efforts to add to its downtown waterfront, develop the former 6-Mile Mill property for...
Alaska News
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Rare albino caribou calf photographed for what might be the first time in Alaska
Sightings like this are almost unheard of. The last record Fish and Game has is from 1976, when someone watched an albino calf from the Porcupine Herd through a spotting scope for about two minutes. No photos were taken.
American public rejects lifting the Roadless Rule, Alaska timber industry in favor
99% of online public comments oppose a Roadless Rule rescission. The timber industry said it probably won’t open up much of the Tongass National Forest to logging.
Kelly Hunt investigation leads Anchorage detectives to Shaktoolik
The 19-year-old went missing in Anchorage in January while traveling back to college in...
NPR
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Opinion: Can I keep the baseball I caught?
What would you do if you caught a baseball during the MLB playoffs? Give it to a kid nearby or...
The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the...
U.S. working to reverse an Egyptian man’s third-country deportation to Africa
The Trump administration’s effort to return Ahmed Soliman to the U.S. come after an Arizona...
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