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The Woodard Creek Coalition is still trying to shine a light on the hidden parts of local water body. The coalition met over the weekend to discuss their…

This Saturday in Homer, there will be a march and rally to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of women’s suffrage – that is, the right to vote. In…

The Homer City Council continued meeting via Zoom video conference Monday night. It was a relatively short meeting, but the body got quite a bit…

Bjorn Larsen and Sasha Raupp are owner/ operators of Finn’s Pizza on the Homer Spit. I talked to them a few days ago about how they met and how the…

This week Don Bellamy shares his story of early Homer schools.

On Friday evening, January 30th, the Porcupine Theater hosted a presentation of the film “The Nettle Dress” based on textile artist Allen Brown’s endeavor who spent seven years making a dress from foraged nettles as a “medicine to survive the death of his wife” in the South Downs, England near Brighton. The event opened with a presentation from local nettle artist Carla Klinker and her journey working with the fibers from local plants. Klinker spoke to KBBI’s Emilie Springer about her own adventure learning about the process and art of working with the plants.

Bering Sea trawlers tend to scoop up juvenile halibut in their nets. Commercial and subsistence fishermen in Western Alaska say that doesn't leave enough halibut for them to catch in years when abundance is low.

High school senior Neviya Reed said a Lifelong Learner should have two qualities: “They need to be ambitious. And they need to know how to deal with rejection or loss.”

Assembly members voted to support some big-ticket items including the over $9 million purchase of a surgery center for Central Peninsula Hospital.The Assembly also supported spending $16 million to replace a fire station for the Central Emergency Service Area to be paid for with municipal bonds. Now, the question over whether to purchase the upgraded facility will be put to voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough election on Oct. 4.

Rowell is a 76-year-old former teacher and has lived in Alaska for nearly five decades. And for the past 25 years, she has volunteered as the guide for the Homer Harbor History Tour through the Pratt Museum.Even though she originally had no intention of living in Alaska, she said guiding the tour allows her to introduce tourists and locals to the place she has come to love.