Kaylin Holmes
Morning Edition HostKaylin Holmes is a graduate of Roosevelt University with a degree in English, with a Creative Writing concentration. After moving to the Kenai Peninsula, she joined KBBI to be a voice for the community using her lingual and drama skills to communicate local needs and stories. Kaylin has been KBBI's morning edition host since December, 2023.
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Last week, the Alaska Department of Health confirmed a measles case in an adult on the southern Kenai Peninsula, and the largest juried photography show in Alaska has made its way to Kenai Peninsula College. -
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Eligible Kenai Peninsula voters can now apply to replace outgoing borough assembly member Bill Elam, and this month’s installation at the Kenai Art Center is focused on pieces that create the illusion of movement.
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Internet and phone service provider SpitWSpots experienced an extended outage earlier this month, and the Kuskokwim Consortium Library in Bethel has been recommended for federal funding that would allow it to expand how it helps community members with technological needs.
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The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center raised over $30,000 in just 2 days to rebuild an animal shelter after it was destroyed by high winds last Monday, and the mayor of Anchorage has thrown her support behind the Eklutna Tribe’s efforts to build a small casino on the outskirts of the city.
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The 34th Alaska Legislature doesn’t convene until Jan. 21, and a new used outdoor gear shop is opening soon on the southern Kenai Peninsula.
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South Peninsula Hospital is launching a free mindfulness course for teens in Homer next week, and last June a fire in Stebbins reduced its only school to rubble.
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About 15 dedicated Wrangellites spent their December searching for what feathered creatures were flying around, and Alaska State Troopers arrested a former candidate for the Homer City Council last Saturday for several charges including arson.
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President Biden announced yesterday that he is banning offshore oil and gas drilling in large swaths of federal waters, including one section off Alaska, in the Northern Bering Sea, and the closures of child care centers and a worker shortage have left Juneau parents with few options for affordable and reliable care for their kids.
