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  • Emilie Springer: On buoyancy
    After a holiday break, commentator Emilie Springer contemplates the greater meaning of floats, corks and buoys at the Pratt Museum. Emilie Springer…
  • Super sacks of plastic behind The Goods sustainable grocery store in Soldotna.
    Waste to wood: Plastic recycling program plans expansion to Soldotna
    Millions of tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. On the Kenai Peninsula, one man is trying to change that by giving plastic waste a useful second life.
  • Wood
    Check the Pantry: Wood
    It's hard to cook without fire, and you can't have fire without fuel. Wood's been the #1 choice throughout history. Jeff Lockwood is joined by former…
  • A scale model of Tuyanitun: Tuggeht photographed on location at Bishop's Beach Park.
    Homer organization aims to raise $15K to complete Indigenous art installation at Bishop’s Beach
    The Bunnell Street Arts Center is raising money for a public art installation at Bishop’s Beach park that will spotlight the long legacy of Indigenous stewardship of local lands on the southern Kenai Peninsula.
  • Jakolof Bay dock in Seldovia Village on April 3, 2024.
    Section of Jakolof Bay dock decommissioned, to be removed this week
    The float running parallel to the beach at Jakolof Bay Dock is no longer usable, according to a Tuesday, Oct. 21 public notice from the City of Seldovia, although boaters will still be able to access the beach from the approach.
  • A collection of mugs by participating artists showcases the diversity of creative voices on the tour.
    Nine potters, Seven studios, and one weekend to visit them all
    “If you meet the potter, that's one step. If you see their studio, if you meet their dog, or see their garden, or perhaps that they have a trapeze in their studio —you just learn a lot more about that person."
  • An adult female mosquito is drawn to exposed flesh by warmth and carbon dioxide, seeking a blood meal with which to lay eggs and complete its life cycle.
    What's with all the mosquitos?
    It was a big spring for Alaska’s unofficial state bird.Erin Lockwood certainly noticed more mosquitoes than usual at her house in Kenai. And she found it perplexing.
  • Cobalt and Admiral have graduated from “fish school” and are set to be released back into Cook Inlet on Wednesday afternoon.
    Two harbor seal pups rescued in Kasilof graduate 'fish school’ and prepare to return to Cook Inlet
    Admiral and Cobalt, two rescued harbor seal pups, rested on the cement in an enclosure at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward on a recent rainy afternoon. Dead fish floated beside them in the water.SeaLife Center staff call it the “big kid pool,” and it’s the last place the silvery-spotted seal pups will live at the center before heading back to the wild on Wednesday afternoon.
  • City of Homer holds float plane traffic community conversation
    The City of Homer held a “Float Plane Traffic Community Conversation” on Tuesday evening at Kachemak Bay campus to bring together community members and plane operators to discuss topics of concern related to plane traffic on Beluga Lake in Homer. KBBI’s Emilie Springer attended with this review of the event.
  • Homer Harbor receives federal grant to help fund replacement of harbor Float System 4
    Homer Harbor has one of seven projects in the state of Alaska that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has allocated $115.4 million to the state of Alaska to bolster and reinforce port infrastructure. The city of Homer will spend $11.2 million on the Homer Port Coastal Freight Project that will fund permitting and replacement of a float system in the Homer harbor. Emilie Springer spoke with port director Bryan Hawkins for more information.
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