On Tuesday night the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly joined the City of Homer and other municipalities around the state and nation in coming out against corporate personhood in the form of the U.S. Supreme Court case, Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission.

Only one citizen came out in support of the Citizens United Case, a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing unlimited corporate donations to political campaigns under the guise of free speech.

Bring your lunch to Kachemak Bay Campus on Friday, January 24 from noon to 1 p.m. and learn about the secret life of harbor porpoises in Halibut Cove Lagoon.

It’s part of a series of free lectures hosted by the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Fishery regulators meeting in Seattle next week will consider several options for allocating charter halibut catches in the Gulf of Alaska for 2020.

As KBBI’s Jay Barrett reports, the potential changes could mean more limitations on fishing opportunity this upcoming season.

Artist Ronald Senungetuk of Homer died on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 after a long illness. He was born in 1933 in Kinigin, Wales, Alaska in a traditional sod house. He attended Mt. Edgecumbe School in Sitka. Ron Senungetuk was Inupiat, a sculptor, silversmith and wood carver of massive cultural influence as an artist, educator and mentor.

On a Fulbright scholarship in Oslo,  Norway beginning in 1960 he both met his wife Turid and was offered and accepted a position at University of Alaska Fairbanks in the budding metalsmithing program.

The third Monday in January is Dr. Martin Luther King Day. It's also Alaska Civil Rights Day. To mark the day and to spark a local conversation about civil rights in Alaska, Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College invited Salamatof tribal leader Jonathon Ross to present as a part of their monthly, Public Square speakers series.
Ross spoke about the Dena’ina people of Tikahtnu, Cook Inlet. He laid out their traditional territory, and talked about why it matters what geographic locations and villages are called.

The Mariner Theater at Homer High School was filled to capacity on Sunday, January 19, 2020 for a celebration of the life of Gary Thomas. The Homer and Anchor Point Fire and Emergency and Kachemak Emergency Services crews stood at attention for the entire ceremony. Thomas's colleagues and friends sent him off with stories and remembrances. 
Click on the links below to hear audio from 1991 of Thomas recounting the early days of KBBI public radio, and to hear, Ode to Gary Thomas, written by Kathy Steberl.
You can see the livestream of the entire service at:

On this week's Check the Pantry, Jeff Lockwood sits down with Fresh Catch Cafe's Harrison McHenry for a conversation about sourdough, from creating a starter to baking a loaf. 

Produced at the KBBI studios in Homer, Alaska.  First aired January 19, 2020.

This Saturday in Homer, there will be a march and rally to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of women’s suffrage – that is, the right to vote. In 1920, that meant only the whitest, most privileged women were granted the right to vote. KBBI’s Kathleen Gustafson spoke to Julia Person, one of the organizers of Homer Women Rising to talk about the need to reach out to Native women. Person says the goal of the march is not just to celebrate.