Category: Local News

Independence Day outage knocks out power to Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg

by Rebecca Tauber | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

“It could have been an eagle, it could have been a raven, it could have been some other kind of mammal like a squirrel,” Bynum told KRBD Monday.

Recall effort in Thorne Bay fails narrowly, leaving council intact

by Eric Stone | Jul 6, 2020 | Local News, Syndicated | 0

The petitioners accused council members Eric Rhodes, Roslyn Hert and Roger Longbotham of improprieties stemming from the dismissal of Thorne Bay’s city administrator. The council members all deny wrongdoing.

It’s official: Alaska won’t see any large cruise ships this year

by Eric Stone | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Southeast Alaska last saw a large cruise ship last October. With Monday’s cancellation by Norwegian, it’s unlikely the region will see another until April 2021. That’s a 17-month gap.

‘An emotional roller coaster’: How Ketchikan’s oldest bar is weathering the pandemic

by Eric Stone | Jul 2, 2020 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

“As owners, I would say we’ve been on an emotional roller coaster. We were so grateful to be open because you go back to what you feel is normal, and then you get here and you realize it’s not normal — because this isn’t our normal,” Jones said.

Thorne Bay’s recall election remains too close to call pending absentee votes

by Eric Stone | Jul 1, 2020 | Local News | 0

As of Wednesday, July 1, preliminary returns from 114 in-person votes to recall Council Members Eric Rhodes, Roger Longbotham and Rosalyn Hert are ahead by between 10 and 20 votes. But nearly 100 absentee ballots remain to be counted.

Penalties make proposed Ketchikan mask mandate a ‘non-starter’ for its biggest advocate on City Council

by Eric Stone | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured News, Local News | 0

“I don’t want to be inflicting fines upon anybody,” Council Member Sam Bergeron told KRBD. “I think more than anything, what I wanted to do was memorialize […] the city’s position on how we should all be wearing masks.”

Nearly half of Thorne Bay City Council to face recall election Tuesday

by Eric Stone | Jun 29, 2020 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

Proponents of recalling three of seven elected officials in the Prince of Wales Island community accuse city leaders of improprieties stemming from the ousting of the city administrator.