Corinne Smith
Reporter and HostCorinne Smith is an award-winning reporter and producer who grew up in Oakland, California and on her family’s horse ranch in Marin County, CA, a contrast that nurtured a deep appreciation for the complexities of identity and belonging, and connection to place, land and the natural world.
She began her reporting career at KPFA in Berkeley, first as a general assignment reporter and then as lead producer of UpFront, a daily morning news and public affairs show. She’s served as a reporter and host for KFSK in Petersburg, KHNS in Haines, and most recently as a fish reporter for KDLG’s Bristol Bay Fisheries Report. Her work has been recognized by the Alaska Press Club, and her stories have been featured in NPR’s Morning Edition, National Native News and the Bristol Bay Times.
You can reach her at corinne@kbbi.org
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Earlier this spring, the Homer Police Department issued an alert on social media that several bar patrons had reported that their drinks had been spiked. But advocates say it’s an ongoing problem in Homer, and urge the public to be more aware and to intervene when they see this type of predatory behavior. -
Earlier this spring, the Homer Police Department issued an alert on social media that they’d had a handful of reports from bar patrons that their drinks had been spiked. But advocates say it’s an ongoing problem in Homer, and urge more public awareness and to intervene on this type of predatory behavior. -
Homer’s annual bird-calling competition returned last weekend, a fan favorite of the annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, that includes four days of guided tours, presentations and family activities for birding enthusiasts. -
The arraignment of a retired Homer judge who’s being charged with perjury has been delayed by more than a month; a pilot walked away with no injuries after his small propeller plane crashed into trees near in Sterling Thursday night, according to safety officials; and Homer’s bird-calling competition returned last weekend, part of the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.
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Comments are due this month on a new salmon management plan for the federal waters of Cook Inlet; and the 22nd annual Salmon Celebration took place Wednesday at Johnson Lake in Kasilof. Almost 1,000 elementary schoolers came to learn about salmon and fill the lake with juvenile trout.
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Homer Electric Association’s elections wrapped up last week. Directors are tasked with steering the electric co-op through a potential Cook Inlet gas shortage in the next few years and transitioning to other sources of energy, while keeping rates stable for its 25,000-plus members. KBBI checked in with District 3 incumbent Jim Levine, who will continue to represent the southern Kenai Peninsula on the HEA board. -
Homer Electric Association’s elections wrapped up last week, with one new representative and two incumbents keeping their seats on the nine-member board. We hear from District 3 incumbent Jim Levine, who will continue to represent the southern Kenai Peninsula on the HEA board; and the University of Alaska Fairbanks is awarding Dena'ina Elder Helen Dick an honorary Doctor of Education degree this spring for her years of work as an instructor of Dena’ina to language learners of all ages.
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Seward welcomed its first cruise ship of the season on Monday, and is expecting another booming tourism year in the harbor city, welcoming cruise passengers, train travelers and independent roadtrippers from around Alaska and the world. -
Alaska State Troopers report 33-year-old Rubye Blake of Seward was found dead about 100 yards from a boat belonging to a hunting outfitter she worked for in Uganik Bay in the Kodiak Archipelago. -
Seward welcomed its first cruise ship of the season yesterday on Monday, and is expecting another booming summer tourism year in the harbor city; More than 10,000 U.S. service members have launched Alaska’s biggest military training exercise of the year: Northern Edge 2023; and a Seward woman was found dead in Uganik Bay on the west side of the Kodiak Archipelago on Friday, according to Alaska State Troopers.
