Local News
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Filing forms for Ketchikan’s city and borough elections now available
Ketchikan No.1 precinct, located at the Gateway Recreation Center. (Sydney Dauphinais/KRBD) Filing...
Ketchikan shipyard secures nearly $100M federal contract
The NOAA contract will fund a project that is expected to bring more jobs to Ketchikan.
How one Southeast school district is helping students become safe and ethical hunters
For many people in small Prince of Wales Island communities, hunting is a key part of the lifestyle. District staff wants them to do it safely.
Eye doctor brings minimally invasive eye procedures to Ketchikan
The acquisition of a laser means that local patients are less likely to have to travel to urban hubs for specialized care.
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’s Annual Fourth of July Raffle Starts Now
Tickets are available for KRBD’s Annual Fourth of July raffle and the prizes this year are...
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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Job Center Report
Hear about some of the more than 480 jobs available in the Ketchikan area, on Prince of Wales...
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) Blueberry Arts...
Southeast News
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Borough Investment Account update!
The borough’s Permanent Fund savings account earned about $3 million on its investments over the...
Researchers dig into death of deep-sea whale found near Sitka
A team carries the goose-beaked whale fetus to their boat. (Photo courtesy of Ellie Schmidt, taken under NOAA Stranding Agreement number SA-AKR-2025-01 issued to UAS Sitka Campus) Ellie Schmidt and a few of her friends were...
Message in a bottle is a page of Sitka’s marine debris story
Zofia Danielson holds a message in a bottle that washed ashore on Kruzof Island. (KCAW/Salemo) Piles of white plastic sacks line both sides of a small gravel lot in Sitka’s Gary Paxton Industrial Park. There’s around 90 of these...
Alaska News
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Fostering 48 parakeets: Alaska’s senior boom strains bird rescue groups
Over the last decade more and more elders in the state are needing to rehome their birds.
A dead deep-sea whale was found near Sitka, the second this month
The Kruzof stranding wasn’t the only one this summer. A second beaked whale was found beached in...
After 35 years, Anchorage residents can reclaim their commemorative Town Square bricks
The commemorative bricks were purchased to help fund additions to the downtown park and are being returned to the people who purchased them.
NPR
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Untold casualties and humanitarian needs: What to know a week from Venezuela’s quakes
Here’s a look at some of the major developments since major back-to-back earthquakes rocked...
Lone star ticks are covering much of the U.S. Here’s what you need to know
It’s a tick that hunts you down and transmits a potentially dangerous allergy to red meat. The New Yorker writer Burkhard Bilger discusses the lone star tick and the risks of alpha-gal syndrome.
Americans are showing up for the World Cup in record-breaking numbers
While the U.S. isn’t a bona fide soccer nation yet, the past three weeks have perhaps shown...
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