14 hrs ago | KRBD-FM Ketchikan
School Board approves NCLB application
The Ketchikan School Board on Wednesday night decided to move forward with an application for a No Child Left Behind Grant.
18 hrs ago | KRBD-FM Ketchikan
New shuttle ferry design moving ahead
New shuttle ferries are slated to be built at the Ketchikan Shipyard, operated by Alaska Ship and Drydock.
Yesterday | Peninsula Clarion
Plan calls for smoke-free public housing units
The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. is seeking comments on a plan to ban smoking in more than 600 of its public housing units.
Yesterday | KRBD-FM Ketchikan
Weather predictions for Southern Southeast
Rick Fritsch, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in Juneau looks at weather trends in the Ketchikan Area and discusses Global Climate Change.
Lavrakas named chamber director
The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center board reached within its ranks for a new executive director and has named board member Jim Lavrakas to succeed current director Monte Davis after Davis leaves Homer in mid-August. "Jim is passionate about Homer and we are excited about moving forward with Jim at the helm," board president Pat Melone ... (more)
Kayhi students observe underwater survey
Gary Freitag works the controls for the underwater Remote Operated Vehicle while Ketchikan High School oceanography students watch the ROV's live video feed.
Assembly adds $300K to school district funding
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly added $300,000 in local funding to the school district budget Monday before approving the document in second reading.
Nearly 2,000 people turned out in Ketchikan Saturday afternoon to break the Guinness World Record for the largest rainboot race.
Ketchikan breaks world rainboot race record
Nearly 2,000 people turned out in Ketchikan Saturday afternoon to break the Guinness World Record for the largest rainboot race.
Psychiatrist retires commuted to Ketchikan
"I'm at a phase of practice where I need to cut back," said the now semi-retired psychiatrist, who's spent a few days a month for the past three decades serving Ketchikan's mental health needs.
Dansville-Genesee Country Expres
Travel and Adventure: Working, learning, cruising in Alaska
HAINES, Alaska -- If I bend over any farther, I will be swimming with the tadpoles.
New Saxman totem raised, Parnell adopted
Even for Southeast Alaska, this is a lot of rain. Teams of at least a dozen men at a time slog through downpour, grunting and groaning as they carry the nearly 1000-pound load the few hundred feet that may as well have been miles.
Saturday, May18th, is the Ketchikan Rain Boot Run - an attempt to break a Guinness world record for the most people running/walking in rubber boots.
CBJ to create city traffic hearing officer positions
Juneau parking violators will soon get a "notice of violation" and those who want to appeal will appear before a city hearing officer, not a district court magistrate.
UAS, Schoenbar, Job Center to host career fair
Eighth-graders from Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island will gather at Schoenbar Middle School and the UAS Tech Center all day Thursday for the fifth annual Career Fair.
Parnell talks projects, schools in Ketchikan
Governor Sean Parnell was in Ketchikan Saturday, and came by the KRBD station for an interview.
Five stranded bear hunters rescued on POW
At about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Ketchikan Troopers received a 911 call from a 35-year-old Georgia man, reporting that he and his 14-year-old son were stranded near the Harris River Drainage near Hollis on Prince of Wales Island.