There are two opportunities this weekend for Homer youth to audition for upcoming fall and spring dance performances. Both events will be performed at the Mariner Theater. KBBI’s Emilie Springer collected event details to share.

The Alaska Bar Association held a meeting for Kenai Peninsula lawyers to discuss current topics related to Alaska Bar membership and legal practice on the Kenai Peninsula. The event included a one hour Continuing Legal Education (CLE) presentation with Bar Counsel, Phil Shanahan. Emilie Springer attended the event to summarize the key topics presented there.

Last Wednesday, August 13, 2025 the Homer United Methodist Church Civic Engagement Group hosted a community educational meeting to define Christian Nationalism, how it damages the Christian Faith and imposes on American democracy. Emilie Springer attended the event and summarized the presentations.

The borough assembly will take public comment Tuesday on an ordinance to buy four properties in Homer for South Peninsula Hospital, including a new home for behavioral health services.

Vasily Yakunin, representing Homer’s Church of the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord, announced that two invited speakers will provide a community conversation at the Kachemak Bay Campus on the history of the Russian Orthodox religion on Friday August 15th. Yakunin spoke to KBBI’s Emilie Springer and explained the speakers’ background and some of the history of the church in Homer.

Homer’s Naomi Klouda has recently published The Alaska Glacier Dictionary and shared some of the features of the book, some changes in glaciers she has witnessed over time and provided a reading of the introduction with Emilie Springer at KBBI. Klouda gave a community presentation of her book with photographer Jim Lavrakas at the Homer Public Library on August 14th, 2025.

The Homer City Council voted unanimously Aug. 11 against putting a proposed sales tax extension for a community recreation center on this year’s ballot.

Homer voters could decide this fall whether to continue a sales tax to help pay for a new community recreation center. The Homer City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on whether to place the measure on the October ballot.

Bunnell Street Arts Center presents PechaKucha, or, a night of concise, live storytelling at the Porcupine Theater with 10 local presenters. Emilie Springer spoke with Dave Webster and Saskia Esslinger about what PechaKucha is and what they will be sharing on Wednesday night at the theater.

37 people ran or hiked Grace Ridge on Saturday as part of this year’s Kachemak Bay Mountain Classic.