Jeffrey Lee Mills, New York-born, Berlin-based (and ex-Alaskan) pianist and composer, played the Bunnell Street Arts Center on Friday, September 6. 

KBBI was on hand to record his show.

Halibut bycatch mortality in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Island groundfish fisheries dipped slightly for the week ending September 7 by around twenty thousand pounds.  In all, about one hundred forty eight thousand pounds of halibut were killed as incidental catch across all fisheries, according to onboard observers reporting to the National Marine Fisheries Service.  Vessels fishing with pot gear accounted for the smallest share, six hundred sixty one pounds, while non-pelagic, or bottom trawlers were responsible for just over one hundred thirty seven thousand pounds.  The

A cowbell rings the market open every Saturday morning at 10. Shoppers stroll the market stalls. Most carry baskets and reusable bags they are filling with produce and locally made items.

Margaret Lavigueur is often at the market representing Kachemak Bay Lions Club. Today, she's selling tickets for the market’s Thanksgiving turkey raffle and she's checking in with the Yes to Better Bags booth right next to her raffle table. Lavigueur says she'll vote yes to ban single-use plastic bags in Homer.

Homer Mayor Ken Castner campaigned on the promise that he would not cast votes to break a tie when the city council split their votes evenly. He said he wanted council members, who often split on issues, to not depend on him to decide. At Monday night’s council meeting, in response to Castner casting tie-breaking votes on a couple of issues, Councilmember Rachel Lord brought forth an ordinance that would have required the mayor break ties.

At Monday night’s Homer City Council meeting, the council failed to approve a measure it had been discussing since March that would have allowed properties outside the city to connect to city water. 

The ordinance, amended  city code pertaining to water rules and regulations. It was introduced in April and had been postponed twice.
It would have allowed residents and businesses outside the city to connect to water if their property was adjacent to the city’s water line, as is the case in many areas of Kachemak City.

Today is a travel day for Katie Gavenus. She’s the program director at the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer. Often, when she’s packing she’s headed for Peterson Bay Field Station or to join the crew of the Tiglax. But today, she’s flying to Norway to join the MOSAiC Expedition, organized by The Alfred Wegner Institute based in Bremerhaven, Germany.