Desiree Hagen
Reporter & HostOriginally from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia, Desiree has called Alaska ‘home’ for almost two decades. Her involvement in radio began over 10 years, first as a volunteer DJ at KBBI, later as a host and producer, and now in her current role as a reporter. Her passions include stories relating to agriculture, food systems and rural issues. In her spare time, she can often be found riding her bicycle, creating art from handmade paper, or working in the garden.
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A Homer resident died in early January in one of the most deadly plane crashes in Nepal in more than three decades. Hari Pariyar was traveling with three other family members on the thirty-minute plane ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara. The plane took a sudden dive less than a mile away from its destination, killing all 72 passengers, including the pilot and crew. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. -
Hilcorp Alaska is considering tidal energy projects in Cook Inlet as natural gas future remains uncertain; Kenai Peninsula agencies are hosting an event for people experiencing housing insecurity, or in need of resources. -
This season on Homer Grown, with the assistance of the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, we are exploring rural agriculture throughout the state. For this episode we travel to Nome. -
On Tuesday, Homer’s Library Advisory Board unanimously voted to uphold a decision to keep 55 books in the children’s section of the public library. The decision follows a months-long debate over the future of children and young adult titles that largely feature LGBTQ themes. -
The Alaska State Legislature begins its session Tuesday. Sen. Gary Stevens is a Republican who represents District C, including the Southern Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island and Seward. Stevens is serving as Senate President this session. KBBI’s Desiree Hagen sat down with him Friday to discuss his legislative priorities. -
KBBI's Desiree Hagen sat down with Alaska State Senate President, Gary Stevens to talk about his legislative priorities.
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When Homer resident Kelsey Haas fell into an open patch of icy water earlier this winter, she didn’t panic. It was her first time falling through the ice, but as a guide and avid adventurer, Haas knew a few techniques to get out of the frozen water safely. However, Haas didn’t quite expect the key role a dead snowshoe hare would play that day. -
In this episode we visit Rob Heimbach at his farm to talk about root vegetables, salvaging materials from the dump, and why he is waiting for a president of the United States to say the word "root cellar." -
Finding opportunities to get out in the winter and socialize can be challenging, especially for families. But Homer’s Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies is trying to remedy that. -
Last spring, when many Ukrainians were leaving the country, Lucas Wilcox was on his way in. Russia had invaded eastern Ukraine two months earlier. It was mid-April and the 40-year-old Homer resident was on a train traveling from Poland to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Wilcox was traveling into the country with a mission.But what Wilcox didn’t know at the time, was that night on the train from Krakow to Lviv, the Ukrainian city would be hit by its largest missile strike yet.
