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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Mount Saint Augustine volcano is a familiar and majestic sight across Cook Inlet. It's also one of the most highly active in Alaska, erupting six times in the last two hundred years, most recently in 2006. Scientists are now looking into the past of the volcano to better understand its future. -
Mount Saint Augustine volcano is a familiar and majestic sight across Cook Inlet. It's also one of the most highly active in Alaska. Standing over 4,000 feet the lava dome volcano has erupted six times in the last two hundred years, most recently in 2006. Scientists are now looking into the past of the volcano to better understand its future. -
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance Tuesday, to simplify the vaccination schedule for most people. KBBI spoke with two Homer healthcare professionals — public health nurse Lorne Carroll and South Peninsula Hospital spokesperson Derotha Ferraro — for the latest on COVID on the Kenai Peninsula, and public health guidance.
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A House bill would expunge marijuana convictions from public records, as people struggle to access jobs and housing eight years after recreational weed was legalized in the state; and despite heavy snow this winter across Alaska, experts say that won’t necessarily deliver a calm fire season.
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough will pay out more than $200,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit filed last fall against former borough mayor Charlie Pierce. This is the third public workplace misconduct complaint against Pierce the borough has settled, totaling nearly half a million in damages to taxpayers and the borough; Brazilian musician Eduardo Mendonça began a week-long residency at Fireweed Academy in Homer this week, and is teaching and performing at the Mariner Theater on Friday April 21.
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game just announced restrictions on rockfish harvest for the season, which they say is to conserve populations as charter guides, pushed by regulatory changes, diversify from halibut and salmon trips; and the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon harvest is projected to be strong, but nothing like last year, according to the 2023 state forecast. That's as the state imposes new restrictions to help protect King salmon runs in the Nushagak District.
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With just four weeks to go in the Alaska legislative session, lawmakers are grappling with some of the state’s biggest issues, like balancing the budget, funding schools, and the states' retirement system. We check in with Republican Senator Gary Stevens, who represents the southern Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak and Seward, on the latest on the budget negotiations given declining oil revenues, how the public can provide input this week, and more.
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A Homer man has been arrested and charged for allegedly attacking, strangling and sexually assaulting a woman leaving a local bar last weekend, in the parking lot of Homer City Hall; and Homer's SPARC athletic facility moves one step closer to getting a new floor.
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A Homer man has been arrested and charged for allegedly attacking, strangling and sexually assaulting a woman leaving a local bar last weekend, in the parking lot of Homer City Hall. -
A home fuel tank leak in Homer near the waterfront prompts public reminder to check fuel tank hazards and safety; Hilcorp does not plan to replace fuel line this year, two years after it leaked and was shut off; a proposed property tax bill would allow incentives for development and penalties for blighted properties; and a local dance version of Alice and Wonderland will be at the Mariner Theater in Homer this weekend.
