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Ketchikan school board delays approval to close elementary schools
The board delayed closing schools and approved a reduction in force plan during their Wednesday night meeting.
One year later, Ketchikan remembers rockslide that bisected island’s main road
This month marks one year since a non-fatal rockslide split Ketchikan’s only highway in two. In the days following, locals came out of the woodwork to help their neighbors get to where they needed to go.
Coast Guard temporarily relieves commanding officer of Ketchikan-based cutter
Commanding officer for the Douglas Denman was temporarily relieved following an investigation that led to a “loss of confidence.”
Ketchikan not selected for underwater tunnel project
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough is not the winner of a contest that could’ve built a free, underwater commuter tunnel between the city and Gravina Island. The option was considered an alternative to the airport's aging ferry fleet.
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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Arts Council Report
The Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council Main Street Gallery. (KRBD staff) The next few...
Ketchikan Wellness Coalition Report
Hear about an upcoming fruit tree grafting workshop, a color fun run for mental health and more....
First City Players Report
Hear details about “Cry it Out” which opens April 3rd (tickets are available now), and...
Southeast News
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Board of Fish rejects proposals to reduce hatchery pink and chum production
Chum salmon swim in the Sheldon Jackson Hatchery’s raceway on Aug. 14, 2017. Chum returns were...
Pulitzer Prize-winner illustrates power of comics to inspire Sitka students
Pacific High School sophomore Sydney Lindstrom folds her completed final comic book (KCAW/Cotter) It is the week before spring break at Pacific High School in Sitka, and a handful of students are scattered across different...
Assembly presses pause on historic preservation plan, greenlights snow removal funds
Sitka’s current historic preservation plan is a two-page document drafted in the 1990s, around the time the city’s Historic Preservation Commission was first formed. At the regular assembly meeting on Tuesday, Planner I Ariadne...
Alaska News
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Alaska Legislature passes stopgap budget, amid uncertainty around war-driven oil revenues
Lawmakers said if an expected surge in oil prices does not cover the state’s bills, they will vote for the fifth time in the House on whether to tap state savings.
Warming conditions in Alaska waters present a new food-safety challenge
Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a bacteria that commonly causes gastrointestinal illness, was previously...
Gasline developers say Dunleavy bill would cut costs key to competing in global market
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal would replace property taxes with a tax on the volume of gas flowing through a planned natural gas pipeline.
NPR
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Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens
Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly compelling and hard to resist for kids. There are growing calls to change it.
How long will the war last? No one knows, and it’s making oil prices weird
It’s like the “Schrödinger’s cat” thought experiment. There are two very...
How long will the war last? No one knows, and it’s making oil prices weird
It’s like the “Schrödinger’s cat” thought experiment. There are two very...
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