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Kayhi rock painting project memorializes landslide victim
Ketchikan High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society routinely takes on philanthropic missions. Their latest commitment: honoring the victim of Ketchikan’s fatal 2024 landslide.
Tlingit carver Israel Shotridge remembered for his artistry
The Ketchikan-born artist died on April 13 at the age of 75. His loved ones said he'll be remembered for his artistry, gentleness and love of family.
Kayhi seniors tackle local scholarships
The counseling office at Ketchikan High School. Counselors work with upcoming and current seniors...
Forest Service advances Prince of Wales logging project
It’s called the Twin Mountain II project. It’s expected to provide over 28 million board feet of timber from over 1,500 acres.
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Call for KRBD Memories and Photos
Be sure to RSVP for Five Decades on the Dial: KRBD’s 50 Year Live Day and get your Dance...
Tickets on sale to “Dance through the Decades” with KRBD!
It’s time to RSVP for KRBD’s 50 Year Live Day and Dance through the Decades Costume...
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...
“One Poem a Day” Schedule and Poems
Click on the text above to see the schedule of poems and to listen.
Morning Edition Interviews
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RurAL CAP seeks senior mentors and companions
Efforts are underway to kick off an Elder Mentors and Senior Companions program in Ketchikan,...
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...
Community Reports
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Arts Council Report
The Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council Main Street Gallery. (KRBD staff) The Celebration...
First City Players Report
“The Jungle Book” officially opens May 1st, but there is a Pay-What-You-Can...
Job Center Report
Hear about some of the nearly 500 jobs available in the Ketchikan area, on POW and in Wrangell,...
Southeast News
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Wrangell school district requests maximum borough contribution amid $563,000 budget deficit
Wrangell borough assembly and school board discuss fiscal year 2027 budget for Wrangell Public...
126 million salmon – that’s the estimated harvest by Alaska’s commercial fishermen this year
Fish tails: (clockwise, starting at 12 o’clock): sockeye salmon, chum salmon, steelhead trout,...
‘It’s important to us’: Sitkans turn out to share thoughts on draft Tongass plan docs
Sitkans turned out in high numbers to comment on the recently released draft content for the...
Alaska News
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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, May 4, 2026
The Alaska Legislature fails to override Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of an election reform bill.
Bristol Bay Fishery and the PBS documentary series “Shared Planet” | Hometown, Alaska
Marine biologist Tim Sands shares what it’s like working at the heart of one of the world’s most...
Kelly Hunt was missing for months. Advocates say police didn’t do enough.
While Hunt was unaccounted for, two advocates who say the authorities weren’t doing enough ran...
NPR
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This flashy group of Portland mall-walkers puts neon pep into step
Krista Catwood wanted a fun way to exercise, so she started a mall-walking group whose unofficial...
Minneapolis immigrants still feeling the sting of Trump’s largest crackdown yet
The impact of Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities can still be felt, even three months after...
Primary elections in Ohio, Indiana offer latest temperature check on Trump popularity
The president seeks to oust Indiana Republicans who blocked a redistricting push in that state,...
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