Podcasts about Southeast Alaska

Deep in the mist covered wilderness of Southeast Alaska lies Thomas Bay, a remote inlet surrounded by glacial peaks and endless forest. Locals call it Geey Náxw, “the Bay of Death,” a name earned after a catastrophic landslide in the 1700s wiped out a Tlingit village and for the strange, terrifying stories that followed.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITESources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bay,_Alaskahttps://wrangellhistoryunlocked.com/harry-colp-and-the-devils-country/https://www.legendsofamerica.com/alaska-thomas-bay-devils-country/https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/devils-country-ak/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/thomas-bay-devils-country-alaskahttps://alaskabeacon.com/2023/10/31/the-haunting-history-of-thomas-bay-alaskas-bay-of-death/https://www.historicmysteries.com/thomas-bay-alaska/https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_Bayhttps://www.strangerdimensions.com/2016/08/16/thomas-bay-alaska-the-bay-of-death-and-its-devil-creatures/Sarah and Tobie xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;;;SURVEY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this newscast: The U. S. Coast Guard may briefly be unable to hear distress calls in Southeast Alaska for 3-5 minute intervals this week; Tenants living in Juneau's historic Telephone Hill neighborhood had until this past weekend to move out. But some didn't, and several are now suing the city to reverse the evictions. At the same time, city officials are discussing the next steps for the downtown neighborhood's redevelopment into new, denser housing; A controversial higher education compact from the Trump administration has sparked a petition from several University of Alaska unions, who say they're worried about political overreach stifling academic freedom; Alaska's state-owned economic development and finance corporation is committing another $50 million to the controversial Ambler Road Project. Earlier this month, the board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority unanimously voted to make the money available to support the 211-mile project, which would connect the Dalton Highway to an undeveloped, mining region near the Brooks Range.

In this newscast: Thousands of Juneau residents will be in limbo as of tomorrow, as the SNAP program remains caught in a political battle between Congress, the Trump administration, and federal courts; Juneau schools are finding ways to support students and families in the midst of the government shutdown; The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last night that it will pay the full cost to extend and repair Juneau's temporary levee meant to protect almost all Mendenhall Valley neighborhoods from glacial outburst floods in the near-term; The competitive commercial red king crab fishery in Southeast Alaska opens tomorrow, and it will be the first of its kind in eight years

The Ketchikan School Board looks for a new superintendent, some Southeast Alaska residents hire gig workers to buy and fly in their groceries, and hungry bears in Juneau gear up for hibernation by looking for food downtown.

In this newscast: Final results for Juneau's municipal election dropped Tuesday, showing that voters chose not to implement a new seasonal sales tax system in Juneau next year; The Juneau school board will have two new board members and one returning member following the release of final election results yesterday; Scientists in Southeast Alaska recently established that avalanches are a leading cause of mountain goat mortalities; Over 3 million people visited Alaska during the tourism season that ended in April 2025, marking a new record for the state; President Trump has signed a disaster declaration for Western Alaska; Anchorage officials say they're continuing to assist hundreds of people evacuated from Western Alaska after the catastrophic storm.

Hundreds of people rally in Ketchikan as part of the nationwide No Kings protest, Alaska's Boys & Girls Clubs temporarily pause clubhouse operations, and a coalition aimed at reducing the risk of landslide disasters in Southeast Alaska is working on a plan for how to do it.

EPISODE 114: STORIES FROM ITALY, JUNEAU, AND GHOSTS, OH MY!  Catch up on Kat, Jen, and Christina's Spring travels and the ghosts of Juneau! Sources: https://www.nps.gov/articles/khns-princess-sophia.htm https://www.juneauempire.com/news/spirits-from-shipwreck-still-spooking-downtown-business/ Haunted Inside Passage: Ghosts, Legends, and Mysteries of Southeast Alaska  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia#cite_note-Forgotten_voyage-17 https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/forgotten-voyage/ News: Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/  Christina's Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:It s been six years since Alaska State Troopers updated their list of cold case homicides. Communities across Southeast Alaska are tweaking their tax policies to rake in tourist dollars during the summer months. And President Trump yesterday approved the 211-mile Ambler road in Northwest Alaska.Photo: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum points to a map of Alaska on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, as he announces the Trump administration's decision to reverse a Biden administration action that canceled a right-of-way permit for the Ambler Road.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….Hurricane-force winds made landfall in the coastal areas of southern Southeast Alaska this afternoon... Community gardens are being funded in Sitka...And a possible new gambling hall on Douglas Island.Stay with us.

In this newscast:  Hurricane-force winds are expected to hit central and southern Southeast Alaska late tonight and into Friday; Construction to get Eaglecrest Ski Area's controversial gondola up and running is finally underway; Juneau School Board President Deedie Sorensen was set to finish her term this year, but she is adding her name to this year's school board race; Renters living on Juneau's historic Telephone Hill have a week to pack up their belongings and vacate their homes before the city's Oct. 1 eviction date

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….Hurricane-force winds are expected to hit Southeast Alaska late tonight into Friday...The Ketchikan school board met for the last time before the upcoming municipal election... And people around the world are voting in Fat Bear Week!

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: kelp is starting to take center-stage in Southeast Alaska; researchers are looking into whale behavior surrounding the historic Five Finger Lighthouse; state prosecutors retry a sexual assault case against a Juneau chiropractor.

In this newscast: One of the sessions at Southeast Alaska's annual economic conference in Sitka looked at economic variables, and their future impact on the region; A landslide triggered by heavy rain and wind took down trees next to an apartment building in downtown Juneau late last night; A Lingit master weaver is using viral monster dolls called Labubus to bring attention to Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving; Former Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor; Alaskans can expect a La Nina climate pattern this winter

On this episode of Garden Talk, host Bostin Christopher talks with Darren Snyder how to help your garden deal with too much rainfall.

In this newscast: A storm moving through Southeast Alaska is causing high winds that will continue into this evening in Juneau, resulting in power outages and fallen trees; A cruise ship passenger died in Juneau Tuesday after falling off a steep mountainside on Mount Roberts near downtown; Juneau might lose its ability to say that its electricity is created entirely by renewable hydropower, if the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority prevails in a lawsuit; An elementary school on Douglas started a school garden in 2022 as a part of a federal watershed and ocean conservation program

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599

On this episode of Garden Talk, host Bostin Christopher talks with Darren Snyder about maximizing your precious harvest and preparing for successful storage.

Staff writer Richard Simms gives his take of the seven-night Alaska cruise on Holland America Line's ms Koningsdam from Vancouver, BC to Southeast Alaska. 

In this newscast: University of Alaska Fairbanks administrators told the Board of Regents last week that they think UAF is set to become a top-tier research institution in 2030; The man who died on Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier last week has been identified as a planetary  geologist from the University of Padua in Italy; Red king crab fisherman in Southeast Alaska are getting the first competitive commercial fishery since 2017; A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a hunter after he broke his leg on a hunting trip northwest of Sitka on Friday; This month's Economic Trends Magazine reported that it's getting harder for Alaskans to afford a place to live.

In this newscast: The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry LeConte will continue to be out of service leading into the weekend; After eight days of deliberation, the jury in a sexual assault trial against a former Juneau chiropractor returned a verdict of not guilty on two counts, and hung jury on 12 others Thursday; Researchers continue to investigate a massive landslide and tsunami that hit a fjord popular among sightseeing cruises in Southeast Alaska last month. A veritable mountainside of rock crashed into the water at the end of Tracy Arm, near the terminus of South Sawyer Glacier, generating a tsunami wave that scoured the shoreline of vegetation in the surrounding area and even disrupted tides in Juneau, about 75 miles away; Alaska's Department of Law is asking a judge to throw out much of a class action lawsuit over the state's failure to process food assistance applications on time. Thousands of Alaskans are caught in backlogs that have plagued the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and other aid programs for years. But the state argues a recent Supreme Court case means they shouldn't be allowed to sue.

Trout Unlimited CEO Chris Wood discusses the history and impact of the Roadless Rule, the Tongass National Forest, and how roads and logging affect salmon habitat in Southeast Alaska. We talk about the rule's origins, lessons learned over 25 years, the need for balanced local economies and recreation, and how collaborative restoration and thoughtful management can protect fish, communities, and sustainable timber uses. Check out the On Step Alaska website or subscribe on Substack for articles, features and all things Alaska. Thanks to the sponsors: Sagebrush Dry (Alaskan-owned business that sells the best dry bags you can buy.) Alpine Fit (Premium outdoor layering from another Alaskan-owned business.) Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Stephen J. Cox to be Alaska's next attorney general; The Juneau Police Department released the body-worn camera footage today of a violent arrest by an officer in late July. The video was released just a day after the officer involved resigned from his position; After a week of deliberation, the jury will continue to consider the evidence in a sexual assault trial against a former Juneau chiropractor next week; A small number of Alaska Native craftspeople in Southeast Alaska hunt sea otters to use as material for their work, but they say that's become more time consuming and expensive in recent years, as local tanneries have shut down

In this newscast: Juneau's Back Loop Bridge is now open again for traffic two weeks after suffering damage from Juneau's record-breaking glacial outburst flood; Petersburg's school buildings and surrounding area were on lockdown for over an hour yesterday afternoon after police received a false report of a person with an AR-15 gun in a school bathroom; Gov. Mike Dunleavy's 30-day special session ends this weekend, and lawmakers don't plan to meet at the Capitol again; The Juneau School District Board of Education unanimously accepted nearly $120,000 in grant funding for one of its alternative schools; Southeast Alaska's regional tribe is calling for the City and Borough of Sitka to reverse a decision denying the construction of a tall tower in a neighborhood; A new app could alert Nome residents when people go missing

In this newscast:  The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a pilot after his small plane crashed near Haines on Sunday, Southeast Alaska's regional Native corporation has announced its new president; During Juneau's record-breaking glacial outburst flood earlier this morning, the Alaska Department of Transportation completed one of its most complex drone missions to date; The federal government is in the process of rewriting the rules for how it issues federal contracts. And some Alaska Native organizations, which depend on federal contracts to pay out benefits to shareholders, are concerned that it could impact their business; A candidate running for a seat on the Sitka Assembly is suing the city over what he claims were restrictions on his ability to comment on police department Facebook posts

In this episode Jaden and Tyler Bales and I recap our first trip into the mountains for blacktail deer. We discuss the reality for locals who must travel by boat, truck or both to access hunting grounds, how AI is impacting the outdoor space, flooded tents and knowing when it's time to call it and get off the mountain.  Check out the On Step Alaska website or subscribe on Substack for articles, features and all things Alaska. Click here for a 20% discount on an annual subscription to The Westrn, the outdoor community's newest newspaper. Thanks to the sponsors: Sagebrush Dry (Alaskan-owned business that sells the best dry bags you can buy.) Alpine Fit (Premium outdoor layering from another Alaskan-owned business.) Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

In this newscast: The executive council of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is reviewing misconduct accusations made against its president, Chalyee Éesh  Richard Peterson; Juneau city and tribal officials announced a preemptive disaster declaration today in anticipation of the glacial outburst flood expected to hit the Mendenhall Valley soon; Juneau's homeless shelter is reducing its services due to what staff say is a deteriorating and unsafe environment in the neighborhood. The shelter has seen an increase in homeless people camping nearby compared to other years. Shelter officials say the closure may cut down on campers – and chaos; The community of Metlakatla sued the state of Alaska five years ago yesterday. Metlakatla Indian Community asserts the way the state manages commercial fishing infringes on the rights guaranteed to it by Congress. The tribe has notched some important wins, and a trial was scheduled for this summer. But that's now on hold as other Southeast tribes are now asking the judge to throw out the case; The U.S. Geological Survey is expanding its landslide monitoring efforts in Southeast Alaska. The goal is to develop an emergency alert system down the line. Data from Juneau's Mount Roberts went online last month.

On this episode of Garden Talk, host Bostin Christopher talks with Darren Snyder about the various ways to gather, process, and apply seaweed to your fertile garden.

793 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/793 Presented by:  Jackson Hole Fly Company, Pescador on the Fly, Four Wheel Campers,  Smitty's Fly Box When you think of Alaska, you probably picture places like Bristol Bay or the Kenai Peninsula. But tucked away in southeast Alaska is the Tongass National Forest, a wild, untouched rainforest full of remote streams where you could be the only angler for miles around. Sounds pretty awesome, right? Kevin Main from Tongass on the Fly spends his days guiding fly anglers through some of the most untouched rivers of Southeast Alaska. In this episode, find out why fly patterns matter more than just covering ground in certain times of the year, why tides pretty much run the show up there, what it takes to chase steelhead and sea-run cutthroat in spots only reachable by mothership, and why a Stikine River float might be one of the most underrated trips in Alaska.   Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/793

Jaden Bales and his bother have never been to Alaska so in this episode Jaden and I talk expectations, logistics, gear and weather as he packs for the trip to hunting blacktail deer in Southeast Alaska.  Check out the On Step Alaska website or subscribe on Substack for articles, features and all things Alaska. Click here for a 20% discount on an annual subscription to The Westrn, the outdoor community's newest newspaper. Thanks to the sponsors: Sagebrush Dry (Alaskan-owned business that sells the best dry bags you can buy.) Alpine Fit (Premium outdoor layering from another Alaskan-owned business.) Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….Ketchikan's City Council approved seven ballot propositions that will appear on the October 7 municipal election ballot, we'll hear about one of them; and a group of volunteers in central Southeast Alaska combed beaches on Mitkof Island in search of invasive European green crabs.Those stories and more coming up…

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….Southeast Alaska's first commercial king salmon opener was so successful there's uncertainty how a second opener will look, Juneau is considering changes making it easier to arrest unhoused people camping in public places, and the village of Klukwan is trying to better understand landslide risk so new housing can be built.Those stories and more coming up…

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….Nonresidents can no longer fish for wild king salmon in Southeast Alaska, though there are a few exceptions; we'll hear the second part of a series looking at treatment and prevention of opioid overdoses; and tips on how to use bear spray properly.Those stories and more coming up…

In this newscast: An atmospheric river will saturate Southeast Alaska tomorrow with heavy rain; Looming school funding on a state and federal level could mean future cuts to the Juneau School District; Sitka police spent Friday afternoon searching for a Soldotna man who has been missing in Sitka since December 2023; Tongass Voices: Juneau's mobile crisis responders on meeting patients where they're at

In this episode I go through my gear and approach to hunting deer in the alpine of Southeast Alaska. I discuss boots, socks, gaiters, pants, rain gear, base layer choice for cold, rainy weather, optics, tent location, terrain scouting and being ready before first light. 

Heather gives us a review of Celebrity Solstice on a cruise to Southeast Alaska out of Vancouver, BC. 

Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anchoring his perception of direction to the family house and the rising of the sun outside his bedroom window. He had 102 amateur fights, made it to three national tournaments, and competed against some of the nation's top world-class boxers. He became the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves lightweight champion at 17. However, when America went through the trauma of an economic shutdown and his beloved Twin Cities blew up in fiery riots, Mark worked when he could (the Boxing gyms and churches were closed due to Governor's orders), helped his mother who was diagnosed with a fatal heart disease, and daily mourned the death of his father. Mark is a boxing trainer and a writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. His first book, It's About Time, has sold millions of copies. He weaves together a story of love, family, and life with twenty poems running through it. Click here to buy book The perfect gift for fathers and sons, and those who want to understand them It's About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad) is a saga wrapped around a package of poems, guarded by angels. With a narrative style that reads like a novel, contains a collection of poetry, and shares an autobiography, Mark Connor guides us through a journey of love, family, and life that is ours as much as his own, peaking at the point of merger of difference and unity. Following him from memory to memory, we feel the eyes upon us, defeat the empire of fear, embrace the kingdom of love, and find ten minutes a day to be grateful. All the while, we celebrate the city of Saint Paul (with a friendly nod to Minneapolis), experience Irish influence in neighborhood life, rooted in Catholic cohesion, and embraced by Indigenous America in the Medicine Wheel. We box the perfect metaphor with future world champions, love beauty in a moment of ambivalence, work on a fishing boat in Southeast Alaska, comfort a child in an American Indian shelter for kids, and guard American Indian buildings, with guns, in riots. Through it all, we honor Dad, mourning his death and remembering his love, sharing a story written for America, valuing fatherhood, defending family, encouraging marriage, and providing hope.

Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anchoring his perception of direction to the family house and the rising of the sun outside his bedroom window. He had 102 amateur fights, made it to three national tournaments, and competed against some of the nation's top world-class boxers. He became the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves lightweight champion at 17. However, when America went through the trauma of an economic shutdown and his beloved Twin Cities blew up in fiery riots, Mark worked when he could (the Boxing gyms and churches were closed due to Governor's orders), helped his mother who was diagnosed with a fatal heart disease, and daily mourned the death of his father. Mark is a boxing trainer and a writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. His first book, It's About Time, has sold millions of copies. He weaves together a story of love, family, and life with twenty poems running through it. Click here to buy book The perfect gift for fathers and sons, and those who want to understand them It's About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad) is a saga wrapped around a package of poems, guarded by angels. With a narrative style that reads like a novel, contains a collection of poetry, and shares an autobiography, Mark Connor guides us through a journey of love, family, and life that is ours as much as his own, peaking at the point of merger of difference and unity. Following him from memory to memory, we feel the eyes upon us, defeat the empire of fear, embrace the kingdom of love, and find ten minutes a day to be grateful. All the while, we celebrate the city of Saint Paul (with a friendly nod to Minneapolis), experience Irish influence in neighborhood life, rooted in Catholic cohesion, and embraced by Indigenous America in the Medicine Wheel. We box the perfect metaphor with future world champions, love beauty in a moment of ambivalence, work on a fishing boat in Southeast Alaska, comfort a child in an American Indian shelter for kids, and guard American Indian buildings, with guns, in riots. Through it all, we honor Dad, mourning his death and remembering his love, sharing a story written for America, valuing fatherhood, defending family, encouraging marriage, and providing hope.

Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anchoring his perception of direction to the family house and the rising of the sun outside his bedroom window. He had 102 amateur fights, made it to three national tournaments, and competed against some of the nation's top world-class boxers. He became the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves lightweight champion at 17. However, when America went through the trauma of an economic shutdown and his beloved Twin Cities blew up in fiery riots, Mark worked when he could (the Boxing gyms and churches were closed due to Governor's orders), helped his mother who was diagnosed with a fatal heart disease, and daily mourned the death of his father. Mark is a boxing trainer and a writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. His first book, It's About Time, has sold millions of copies. He weaves together a story of love, family, and life with twenty poems running through it. Click here to buy book The perfect gift for fathers and sons, and those who want to understand them It's About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad) is a saga wrapped around a package of poems, guarded by angels. With a narrative style that reads like a novel, contains a collection of poetry, and shares an autobiography, Mark Connor guides us through a journey of love, family, and life that is ours as much as his own, peaking at the point of merger of difference and unity. Following him from memory to memory, we feel the eyes upon us, defeat the empire of fear, embrace the kingdom of love, and find ten minutes a day to be grateful. All the while, we celebrate the city of Saint Paul (with a friendly nod to Minneapolis), experience Irish influence in neighborhood life, rooted in Catholic cohesion, and embraced by Indigenous America in the Medicine Wheel. We box the perfect metaphor with future world champions, love beauty in a moment of ambivalence, work on a fishing boat in Southeast Alaska, comfort a child in an American Indian shelter for kids, and guard American Indian buildings, with guns, in riots. Through it all, we honor Dad, mourning his death and remembering his love, sharing a story written for America, valuing fatherhood, defending family, encouraging marriage, and providing hope.

Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anchoring his perception of direction to the family house and the rising of the sun outside his bedroom window. He had 102 amateur fights, made it to three national tournaments, and competed against some of the nation's top world-class boxers. He became the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves lightweight champion at 17. However, when America went through the trauma of an economic shutdown and his beloved Twin Cities blew up in fiery riots, Mark worked when he could (the Boxing gyms and churches were closed due to Governor's orders), helped his mother who was diagnosed with a fatal heart disease, and daily mourned the death of his father. Mark is a boxing trainer and a writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. His first book, It's About Time, has sold millions of copies. He weaves together a story of love, family, and life with twenty poems running through it. Click here to buy book The perfect gift for fathers and sons, and those who want to understand them It's About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad) is a saga wrapped around a package of poems, guarded by angels. With a narrative style that reads like a novel, contains a collection of poetry, and shares an autobiography, Mark Connor guides us through a journey of love, family, and life that is ours as much as his own, peaking at the point of merger of difference and unity. Following him from memory to memory, we feel the eyes upon us, defeat the empire of fear, embrace the kingdom of love, and find ten minutes a day to be grateful. All the while, we celebrate the city of Saint Paul (with a friendly nod to Minneapolis), experience Irish influence in neighborhood life, rooted in Catholic cohesion, and embraced by Indigenous America in the Medicine Wheel. We box the perfect metaphor with future world champions, love beauty in a moment of ambivalence, work on a fishing boat in Southeast Alaska, comfort a child in an American Indian shelter for kids, and guard American Indian buildings, with guns, in riots. Through it all, we honor Dad, mourning his death and remembering his love, sharing a story written for America, valuing fatherhood, defending family, encouraging marriage, and providing hope.

Mark Connor began boxing at age 10 at the Mexican American Boxing Club, the area of the city from which he formed his understanding of the world, anchoring his perception of direction to the family house and the rising of the sun outside his bedroom window. He had 102 amateur fights, made it to three national tournaments, and competed against some of the nation's top world-class boxers. He became the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves lightweight champion at 17. However, when America went through the trauma of an economic shutdown and his beloved Twin Cities blew up in fiery riots, Mark worked when he could (the Boxing gyms and churches were closed due to Governor's orders), helped his mother who was diagnosed with a fatal heart disease, and daily mourned the death of his father. Mark is a boxing trainer and a writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. His first book, It's About Time, has sold millions of copies. He weaves together a story of love, family, and life with twenty poems running through it. Click here to buy book The perfect gift for fathers and sons, and those who want to understand them It's About Time (Millions of Copies Sold for Dad) is a saga wrapped around a package of poems, guarded by angels. With a narrative style that reads like a novel, contains a collection of poetry, and shares an autobiography, Mark Connor guides us through a journey of love, family, and life that is ours as much as his own, peaking at the point of merger of difference and unity. Following him from memory to memory, we feel the eyes upon us, defeat the empire of fear, embrace the kingdom of love, and find ten minutes a day to be grateful. All the while, we celebrate the city of Saint Paul (with a friendly nod to Minneapolis), experience Irish influence in neighborhood life, rooted in Catholic cohesion, and embraced by Indigenous America in the Medicine Wheel. We box the perfect metaphor with future world champions, love beauty in a moment of ambivalence, work on a fishing boat in Southeast Alaska, comfort a child in an American Indian shelter for kids, and guard American Indian buildings, with guns, in riots. Through it all, we honor Dad, mourning his death and remembering his love, sharing a story written for America, valuing fatherhood, defending family, encouraging marriage, and providing hope.

In this newscast: The editor of Juneau Empire is leaving the paper. Mark Sabbatini has edited the paper since 2023 and announced his departure in a Facebook post; The Juneau Police Department cleared a homeless encampment on the side of a Mendenhall Valley road this morning; The National Weather Service issued Juneau's first recorded severe thunderstorm warning yesterday afternoon after conditions escalated and a cruise ship partially broke free from its moorings; The special election to determine whether or not to form the Xunaa Borough will be paused until further notice, after a superior court judge granted a stay of a state commission's approval of the proposed borough in Southeast Alaska; Smoke poured over the Canadian border into eastern Alaska this weekend, impacting communities from Southeast to the Interior

In this newscast: Alaska's public schools likely won't get all the money lawmakers approved in a bipartisan vote last month after Gov. Mike Dunleavy unilaterally reduced education funding with a line-item veto; Juneau's fire department is piloting a paid internship program this year that equips locals with certifications and skills needed to work in the field; A shipping container full of empty industrial-sized fish food bags fell off a barge heading from Baranof Island to the landfill in Petersburg and dozens of the plastic bags have washed up near Juneau over the past week; Residents are advised against harvesting clams, mussels and other shellfish near beaches across Southeast Alaska due to concerns about paralytic shellfish poisoning; Curious Juneau: Why is the state capital Juneau and not Anchorage

In this newscast: The massive budget reconciliation bill the U.S. House delivered to the Senate would block Medicaid patients from receiving care at Planned Parenthood health centers, and health care providers and advocates in Alaska are afraid that would prevent many Alaskans from getting critical health care; The Juneau School District is cracking down on cell phone use in schools; A group of state lawmakers is set to meet this summer and fall to continue working on ways to improve Alaska's public schools; Researchers say it's clear that wolves in parts of Southeast Alaska are increasingly turning to the sea, instead of the land, for food, but now there's evidence that the behavior can have toxic results; Ketchikan's tribal government will soon be under new leadership 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….Ketchikan Indian Community has a new CEO, timber harvesters in Southeast Alaska are suing the federal government in an effort to harvest more old growth, and Sitka is planning to permit on-site consumption at its two cannabis retailers.Those stories and more coming up…

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In this newscast:  Juneau is getting a new public-use cabin, this time built by a local trail maintenance nonprofit; The largest timber companies operating in Southeast Alaska want the Tongass National Forest to sell them more old-growth timber, and they're suing the federal government to get it. The Department of Justice asked the court to throw the case out in May; An appeals court has ruled that the board that regulates subsistence hunting on federal lands within Alaska acted legally when it created an emergency hunt for a Southeast Alaska village during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency; Tongass Voices: Conservator Ellen Carlee on preserving the Alaska State Museum's collection

In this newscast: The Alaska State Board of Education is considering a regulation change that would further limit how much money local governments can give to school districts; The Juneau Assembly is mulling over a plan to implement a ranked choice voting system for local elections beginning next year; They also voted to wait on a second extension of Juneau's Mendenhall River levee until after this flood season; Hoonah's police chief submitted his resignation after less than two years in the role. Then, the city fired him for misconduct. He says it was retaliation; May was a record-breaking month for rain in Southeast Alaska; A nine-year old has won the Sitka Salmon Derby, for the second time in three years

In this newscast: Heavy rains and flooding in Southeast Alaska triggered a series of small landslides in Ketchikan yesterday; Cancelled federal funding and grants have stalled the construction of a Juneau affordable housing project for at least a year. The project is aimed specifically at people in recovery from substance misuse and the delay means the dozens of people it could have housed will have to find another option; Many communities along Alaska's southern coast are dependent on state ferries to get around and to fuel their economies. But those ferries move thanks to teams of on-board engineers. And those engine room employees say they are critically understaffed and the only solution is more state funding or fewer sailings; Alaska volcano researchers say seismic activity around Mount Spurr has continued to decline over the last month, but the closest active volcano to the state's population centers could still erupt.

In this newscast: Researchers launched and interactive glacial outburst flood website today to help Juneau's Mendenhall Valley residents plan for annual floods; Many businesses in Southeast Alaska say they're facing uncertainty amid recent actions by the federal government, according to a report released yesterday by the Southeast Alaska Business Climate Survey; The Juneau School District is expanding its support of a local language immersion program; It's been nearly three years since the town of Bar Harbor, Maine voted to limit cruise traffic. KCAW reached out to those involved in the decision to find out how things have been since the town enacted the limit

In this newscast: State officials took another step toward building a new ferry terminal at the end of the road in Juneau; Some Juneau residents are calling for police to crack down on homeless encampments in the Mendenhall Valley, but city officials and police say there isn't an easy fix to growing rates of homelessness and its impacts; The Trump administration is attempting to alter environmental regulations that seek to protect endangered species habitat in order to "unlock" the potential of energy and resource developments. the move is raising alarm among Alaska's environmental researchers; All NOAA Weather Radio sites in Southeast Alaska will be down today through Thursday while broadcast equipment is being upgraded