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Emilie SpringerPier One Theatre presents a three week production of the Seagull by Anton Checkhov, directed by Cristen San Roman, with the first performance on Friday July 9th and additional shows running through the end of July. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke to the director and actors about some of the features of the show at a rehearsal last week. -
Alaska Sea GrantThe Sea Grant “Community Engaged Fellows” program is a national program that was started in 2020, Alaska Sea Grant based out of the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has a cohort of six undergraduate students working across the state of Alaska, particularly in rural communities on projects related to marine coastal sciences. Sea Grant faculty member Davin Holen and two of the students in the 2025 summer program, Deagen Carey and Alex Devon, explained the program and shared some of their experiences with KBBI’s Emilie Springer.
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At the end of June, Red flag fire warnings were in effect for interior Alaska after a week of high burn rates. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with University of Alaska Fairbanks climate specialist Rick Thoman about the status of summer burns and a decrease in federal funding impacts to weather monitoring.
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Dungeness crab harvest is now open in parts of Cook Inlet under a newly approved subsistence fishery. The season opened July 1 and runs through March 2026. -
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The mural of performing artists on Pioneer Avenue in front of Nomar received a new addition of characters by artist Tom Reed and the wall reaches its 40th year anniversary this summer with the original 12 characters painted in the summer of 1985.
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Emma Sulczynski will be finishing an undergraduate degree from the political science department in Fairbanks in 2026, her minor degree is in environmental studies. She heard about the Henry Clay Student Congress through an email and immediately applied. She was the student chosen to represent the state of Alaska. For the total program, there were over 500 applicants from across the country.
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About 50 people marched to South Peninsula Hospital on Wednesday in response to a federal budget bill that would reduce Medicaid funding. Organizers say the cuts could affect access to care across the southern Kenai Peninsula. -
Homer’s Pier One Theatre has been providing youth theatre camps and productions for several decades with many youth attendees as second or third generation participants. Summer 2025 offers several opportunities for youth of all ages and the most recent session about to finish up is “Production and Theatre Skills” with the students performing “Treasure Island” on the Homer Spit stage this weekend. -
In September of 2025, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will begin the transplant of deer from the Kodiak Archipelago to coastal land south of Kachemak Bay based on habitat considerations and weather patterns, according to a June press release from the Soldotna Fish and Game office.
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Strong winds delayed the chef competition, but organizers say vendor turnout and community support exceeded expectations. -
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved next year’s property tax rates and passed a resolution honoring a Homer resident who died earlier this year at its meeting Tuesday.
