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Simon Lopez

Reporter

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.

  • Homer Pratt Museum staff work to overcome budget shortfalls and deteriorating infrastructure coming into the 2024 season.
  • The state of Alaska has seen a backlog in pending applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as SNAP. As a result, some Kenai Peninsula residents who rely on food assistance are leaning more on the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank.
  • The Homer City Council unanimously approved changes to a tariff related to the Homer Port and Harbor, authorized pass-through funds from Doyon Limited related to a traffic impact study, and appropriated funds to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the sister city relationship with Teshio, Japan at Monday nights [2/12] meeting.
  • The Homer City Council introduced an ordinance changing fees and rules for the city’s harbor facilities; and this week, elementary and middle schoolers across the peninsula had the opportunity to try their hand at ice fishing.
  • The Kenai Peninsula Borough has reclassified its 1,000-acre Cooper Landing property known as Unit 395 for resource management and recreation; and a new study from the Alaska Environment Research and Policy Center finds that microplastics, or fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in length, were found in 100% of water bodies tested throughout Southcentral Alaska.
  • The parent company of three Alaska newspapers is looking for a new owner as it restructures its finances. Black Press Media owns the Peninsula Clarion, the Homer News and the Juneau Empire; a new candidate has thrown his hat in the ring for the Alaska State House district that covers Sterling, Nikiski and Cooper Landing; and the small southern Kenai Peninsula city of Seldovia has had a tumultuous school year, as major staff turnover precipitated a drop in enrollment.
  • The South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center, or SPARC, opened its doors again after months of renovations.
  • The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard a report from the School District Superintendent and put multiple ordinances up for public comment, including one aimed at updating the KPB logo.
  • Atz Lee Kilcher takes to the Bunnell stage for this June production.
  • Continuing a longstanding tradition, residents and visitors of Seward are preparing for the annual plunge into the icy waters of Resurrection Bay.