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Simon Lopez

Morning Edition Host

Simon Lopez is a long time listener of KBBI Homer. He values Kachemak Bay’s beauty and its overall health. Simon is community oriented and enjoys being involved in building and maintaining an informed and proactive community.

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] awarded over $2.5 million [2.6] in funding to Alaska this year to improve the quality and quantity of locally grown food; long time career and technical education teacher Walter Love has resigned from Homer High School; and Treefort Theatre, a Kenai Peninsula-based performing arts group, will soon stage the Kenai Art Center’s first ever theatrical production.
  • The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard public comment on an ordinance to sell borough-owned land and discussed pending legislation on energy and resilience projects at Tuesday night’s [2/27] meeting; and The Homer City Council unanimously rejected an ordinance that would require short-term rental operators to register their property at Monday night’s meeting [2/27].
  • Earlier this month, The Homer Pratt Museum held its annual business meeting to review the past year and elect new board members; and Guiding Growth – a group of community members hosting a conversation series in Homer – held a presentation providing a different way of looking at growing cities last Tuesday.
  • Residents of a Soldotna trailer park have settled out of court with their landlord in a confidential settlement after filing a suit late last year, which claimed an illegal eviction and insufficient utilities; and The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is in the process of expanding the critical habitat of North Pacific Right Whales off the coast of Alaska.
  • The Homer City Council introduced an ordinance changing fees and rules for the city’s harbor facilities.
  • Alaska State Troopers charged Michael Chance Miller with 16 fishing-related offenses in January; and The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education ratified a contract with the unions that represent teachers and school support staff.
  • Police arrested a 29-year-old Soldotna woman after they say she burglarized a local business that she worked at on multiple occasions; and the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak in collaboration with the Alutiiq Museum have released a textbook to help revitalize an endangered Alaska Native language.
  • An Anchor Point man was charged with several offenses after he shot at a spruce hen from his vehicle.
  • Alaska State Troopers arrested Keshawn Williams in Seward last Thursday and charged him with 20 offenses, all except three of which were related to domestic violence; and The South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center – or SPARC, overcame several challenges and reopened its doors after months of renovations.