Voting in the Kenai Peninsula may look different next year. The borough was forced to rethink its election process after a blind person couldn’t vote. But the man who made the complaint worries whether enough changes will be made to make voting fully accessible.

When Rick Malley went to vote in a 2015 local election, he assumed it would be easy.

“I didn't want to have to do a bunch of paperwork,” he said. “I didn't want to have to argue with people about my access to voting. I just wanted to vote.”

Governor Mike Dunleavy was in Homer on Thursday to address the  Alaska State Home Builders Association at their conference at Land’s End Resort.  KBBI's Kathleen Gustafson was there and filed this report.

A Homer neighborhood is at risk for a large landslide and the erosion there has already severely damaged some residents’ homes. But despite the risk, one homeowner won’t leave her spot.

Gee Denton lives on a coastal bluff downhill from the Sterling Highway. She walked around the back of her house where everything was tilted downward. Plants leaned toward the bluff and garden decorations have been migrating downhill. 

“That fern used to be up there,” she said pointing to a fern that’s drifted toward the edge of her house. 

The work of supporting survivors of domestic violence happens year round. But as it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, South Peninsula Haven House staff appeared on The Coffee Table on Wednesday morning with KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson to talk about strategies for ending domestic violence and about support systems for survivors and their families.
Haven House is located at 3776 Lake Street in Homer. Their 24 hour help line is 235-8943.
 

When a family loses their belongings to fire, when a service member comes home, when a kid needs to sit for a filmed, forensic interview at Haven House, Kachemak Bay Quilters make quilts to help everyone feel safe and welcome. KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson visited their weekly meeting at Kachemak City Center, for this story.

To nominate anyone who has served in any branch of the armed forces for a Quilt of Valor. The application is at qovf.org. 

Awatiini  -  Around it

Apasunkut eniita awatiini qalakualguulartuq.

Translation:
There are a lot of cranberries around Apaasuk’s house.