Local News
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Man charged with five felonies after allegedly crashing truck into Ketchikan businesses
Dale Withem is being accused of driving into McDonald's, Madison Lumber and Hardware, and Tongass Marine Store early Friday morning.
KIC opens supportive housing for elders
Long-term housing options for Ketchikan’s unhoused population are virtually nonexistent. But that’s about to change for local elders thanks to a newly constructed facility.
Ketchikan man sentenced to 7 years for Oct. stabbing
Justin Carpenter was sentenced to seven years for stabbing his landlord during a dispute last fall.
Lawsuit challenges South Revilla timber project
The Ketchikan Indian Community, the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit last week, alleging the project violates federal law.
Station Highlights
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Thank you to Virgin Voyages! Cruise Winner Announcement.
The winner of the 2026 Virgin Voyages & KRBD Caribbean Cruise is KRBD member Laura Crow Wey!...
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) Now is the time...
Ketchikan Public Library Report
Next Steps (a program for high school juniors and seniors) returns, there are preview concerts by...
Southeast News
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Sitka School Board approves resolutions for state consideration
Artificial intelligence policy guidance, data protection, and dyslexia screening– these are some of the issues the Sitka School Board wants the Alaska Association of School Boards to consider advocating for at the state level. ...
Plans to recover Coast Guard helicopter set for Tuesday
A team is set to recover the Coast Guard helicopter that crashed atop Harbor Mountain earlier this summer. The Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed during a training flight on June 22. The four, onboard crew members from...
Wrangell residents gather at City Hall for presentations from experts on earthquake, tsunami and landslide risks and preparedness.
Southeast Alaska has seen several geohazards recently – glacial flooding last month in Juneau, a...
Alaska News
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Alaska Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom reverses herself, puts Treg Taylor back in governor’s race
The lieutenant governor cited an as-yet-unpublished analysis by the Alaska Department of Law,...
Appeals court tosses indictment of Whittier woman charged with voter misconduct
The ruling casts doubt on similar voter misconduct charges leveled against 10 other American...
Federal government transfers ANMC to tribal ownership after decades-long advocacy
Since inception, the Alaska Native Medical Center hospital building has been owned by the federal...
NPR
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QUIZ: Ugh, I’ll do it later. How much do you know about procrastination?
Learn a few surprising facts about procrastination — and helpful tools to overcome it — with this...
Whatever happened to kindness? Spoiler alert: Our readers prove it’s alive and well
We asked readers to share stories about a moment of kindness involving a stranger. Here are some...
Jazz legend John Coltrane’s Philadelphia house to become a cultural heritage site
On the centennial of father’s birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space.
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