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Ketchikan City Council member Judy Zenge files for reelection
Longtime Ketchikan City Council member Judy Zenge is running again for a three year seat on the council.
Federal government extends public comment period for proposed Roadless Rule rescission
The public comment was extended by 15 days and now ends October 6.
Borough assembly member Kathy Bolling files for reelection
Bolling is vying for a three-year seat on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly.
Ashley Snyder files to run for Ketchikan City Council
Snyder is running against seven other candidates vying for a three-year seat.
Station Highlights
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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...
Thank You to Our Members!
October marked the first month of KRBD moving forward without federal funding. We are now 100%...
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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Arts Council Report
The Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council Main Street Gallery. (KRBD staff) Businesses have...
Museum report
There will be some changes at the Totem Heritage Center as an exhibit is being removed and...
First City Players Report
Tickets for the Divas and Divos fundraiser go on sale today, the cast of “Shrek: The...
Southeast News
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Sitkans lay out need for speed at first-ever puzzling contest
A puzzler holds a piece up to the box’s cover to see where it fits in. (KCAW/Salemo) Puzzling is usually a peaceful hobby stretched out over a couple of days. But some Sitkans looked to change the pace last week (9-3-26),...
Sitka talks trash at assembly table
A large dumpster at Thomsen Harbor. (KCAW/McKenney) The Sitka Assembly voted Tuesday (9-8-26) to add a large-scale dumpster option to the city’s solid waste code. Currently, code requires all homes, businesses, and liveaboards...
Sitka Assembly proposes sales tax increase, business buy-in to address childcare shortage
Makenzie Rose at work with her 9-month-old daughter Hava in 2020. (KCAW/Rose) Sitka has a childcare shortage, and the Sitka Assembly is looking at a multi-tier approach to address it. At their meeting on Sept. 8, assembly...
Alaska News
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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 10, 2026
Researchers in Dutch Harbor track chum bycatch in the Bering Sea
A lot of Alaskans are ‘bullet voters.’ Sometimes that’s not the best strategy.
Ranked choice voting gives Alaskans a chance to rank their preferred candidates. Few take the opportunity. That could be a problem for Republicans in the governor’s race.
Former Anchorage Assembly Chair Dick Traini dies at 77
Traini represented Midtown Anchorage, and was the longest-serving member of the Assembly in city history.
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed...
Trump administration allows TPS to continue for Salvadorans – for now
The Trump administration declined this week to terminate TPS for Salvadorans, even though it has...
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