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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Voting for this year’s midterm elections started Oct. 24 at city halls, community centers, churches and election offices all over Alaska. Voters will rank their favorite candidates for governor, U.S. House and Senate, and state House and Senate.
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Cook inlet oil and gas lease sales get their final environment review; Ionia wins a grant to use beetle kill lumber.
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An EPA-funded program on the Kenai peninsula that turns recycled plastics to lumber; changes to city zoning codes and non-motorized transportation are on Monday's City Council meeting.
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The world textile artist Abigail Kokai created at the Homer Council on the Arts space this month all started when she found a stuffed doll at a thrift store, early in the pandemic.
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A local sustainability group says the Kenai Peninsula Borough could play a role in avoiding a future energy crisis; a workshop in Juneau will help LGBT+ people learn an intentional approach to getting support.
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City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen swore in Ken Castner for his third term as Homer Mayor on Monday. Castner’s two-year term will expire in October 2024.
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Hundreds on the southern Kenai Peninsula showed up to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes for new city council and borough representatives, on top of a slate of ballot propositions. Early results are showing promising leads for incumbents across elections, as well as support for a bond package that would finance infrastructure improvements at Homer High and other schools. But canvas boards still have to count hundreds of absentee ballots before they finalize the results of the election, next week.
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The Oct. 6 forum, which is hosted by the Homer Chamber of Commerce, is just one in a series of debates organized by the chamber in this season’s election cycle. Two other debates are scheduled for later this month.
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Early results for Tuesday’s municipal election show promising leads for incumbents in city and borough elections. Preliminary results — updated early Wednesday morning and posted on the Kenai Peninsula Borough webpage —are not final and do not include absentee votes, said Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Johni Blankenship. The borough will certify results Oct. 11.
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Today is Election Day! Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will choose new city council, borough and school board representatives, on top of a slate of borough and city-wide propositions.Alex Koplin, a member of Kenai Peninsula Votes — a non-partisan organization that aims to increase local voter turnout — gives an overview of what to expect.