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A statewide task force is trying to stop the spread of highly invasive green crabs in Southeast Alaska — and they need your help
The European Green Crab Subcommittee is asking the public to help them fight the spread of an especially harmful invasive species.
Ketchikan gets first snow of the season
Ketchikan woke up Monday morning to a winter wonderland.
Ketchikan School Board approves full week off for Thanksgiving
The School Board voted on Wednesday to alter the district calendar starting next fall, so students will have an entire week off for the November holiday.
Borough Clerk Kacie Paxton named Citizen of the Year
Kacie Paxton, Ketchikan’s Borough Clerk and the spokesperson for the island’s Emergency Operations Center, received the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award at their "Celebration of the Stars" gala.
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KRBD Annual Meeting
KRBD’s 2024 Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 5 pm. This...
2025 KRBD Calendars
2025 KRBD calendars available at KRBD or at Parnassus Books and Gifts on Stedman Street. You also can order by phone and we'll mail it for you! ($5 additional fee for mailing).
KRBD’s Fall Fund Drive
We are excited about this week’s Spring Fund Drive, which runs from Monday, October 14...
KRBD Candidate Forums 2024
KRBD hosted live forums with local election candidates throughout the month of September. Listen to those conversations here.
Morning Edition Interviews
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Ask UAS explores critical minerals
New professor at the University of Alaska Southeast previews his talk about critical minerals...
Some grandparents in Ketchikan are forced to support their kids or grandkids. An unlikely partnership is helping to feed them.
The food drive will be held Saturday Nov. 23 and Sunday Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of the A&P Grocery Store. They are accepting any non-perishable food donations, gift cards, and/or monetary donations.
Community Reports
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PeaceHealth Report
PeaceHealth representatives share their plans for a memorial event to honor lost loved ones and those grieving over the holidays.
Ketchikan Public Library Report
The kickoff of the kids winter reading program, yoga, baby, teen and kid activities and much more. Amy Tupfer gives details.
Weather Report from NWS Juneau
Hear how why the first snow of the year is blanketing Ketchikan and the outlook for the week.
Southeast News
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Business survey adds up losses during Sitka’s summer internet outage
The Cable Innovator in Salisbury Sound in September, 2024. This was the second time in eight years...
Sitka AC reviews over a dozen herring proposals ahead of Board of Fish meeting
The Sitka Advisory Committee considered over a dozen herring proposals over two meetings in...
Wrangellites will gather a year after tragic landslide
Wrangell’s tribal government, Wrangell Cooperative Association, is planning a potluck dinner on...
Alaska News
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The results are in: Nick Begich III has won Alaska’s U.S. House race
Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich helps wave campaign signs with supporters in Anchorage...
Alaska’s ranked choice repeal measure fails by 664 votes
Supporters for and against Ballot Measure 2 waive signs in Anchorage on the lead up to election...
Co-occurring mental disorders | Line One
Host Prentiss Pemberton and his guest, Anchorage therapist Dr. Monique Andrews, explore the...
NPR
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After a court win, the Justice Department is trying to make Google sell its Chrome browser
If a judge orders Google to sell Chrome, it could dramatically upend the multi-billion-dollar...
U.S. charges Indian billionaire with defrauding investors, hiding bribery scheme
One of the world’s richest people has been indicted on charges he duped investors in a...
Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they’re shooting civilians
Last week British surgeon Nizam Mamode testified in front of a committee in the U.K. Parliament....
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