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The City of Homer has applied to become a designated Coast Guard City — a recognition shared by just five other communities in Alaska. The designation is mostly symbolic, and is extended to cities that take extra steps to make Coast Guard families feel welcome.

The Homer Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum Wednesday for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor.

The Alaska State Legislature begins its session Tuesday. Sen. Gary Stevens is a Republican who represents District C, including the Southern Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island and Seward. Stevens is serving as Senate President this session. KBBI’s Desiree Hagen sat down with him Friday to discuss his legislative priorities.

The Alaska State legislative session is in full swing in Juneau, with big ticket items before legislators, including state spending, the retirement system and whether to increase education funding — or the base student allocation.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is holding a special mayoral election Feb. 14 to fill the remainder of former Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce's term.

On Thursday, KBBI’s Hope McKenney spoke with Senate President Senator Gary Stevens about the backlog in public assistance programs — like Medicaid and food stamps — and the ongoing battle over the Permanent Fund Dividend.

“I love bringing sound and music into or exploring how it connects with the world around us. I've done pieces about the movement of the gasses in the sun, to making graphic scores about volcanoes and interviewing LGBTQ folks to make music from their lives. I'm really curious what Homer brings.”

As Covid-19 case numbers dip, many musicians are resuming their pre-pandemic tour schedules. The internationally acclaimed Zodiac Trio is no exception. Homer is their first stop on a short Alaskan tour that was scheduled before the pandemic.

“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."

Brazilian musician Eduardo Mendonça began a week-long residency at Fireweed Academy in Homer this week. He’s an award-winning recording artist, vocalist, percussionist, guitarist and musical arranger, who has toured around the world, and he says he’s happy to be back performing and teaching in Alaska.