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Homer’s Kachemak Nordic Ski Club annual Junior Nordic ski program will begin on the last Saturday in January and the registration deadline is coming up this weekend. KBBI’s Emilie Springer talked with board member Anna McCarthy and ski instructor Emily Lints in the station earlier this week.

Aaron Sechler, owner of Citizen Salmon Alaska, a wild Alaskan seafood processing company based out of Ninilchik and Anchorpoint is partnering with organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul to provide seafood donations to aid organizations in need of food with the recent political events in the cities. Emilie Springer spoke with Sechler at the KBBI studio on Tuesday (1/27/2026) this week.

Clear skies and calm winds are expected to drop temperatures as low as 25 degrees below zero in some areas.

About 30 people gathered at WKFL Park to mark the anniversary of the U.S. Capitol attack, followed by a public discussion at the Homer Public Library about democracy and future elections.

The council recognized a community member for decades of service, introduced funding for gymnasium floor repairs and approved engineering for a $22 million harbor float system.

Homer High School officials closed the Mariner Theater after acoustic shells fell from the rigging onto the stage. A professional inspection is scheduled for later this month to determine when the venue can safely reopen.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will resume public meetings in Homer and Seward this year, following a vote by members to amend their schedule. The move was prompted by requests from both communities, including Homer City Council and the Mayor, and was proposed by Homer Assemblymember Lane Chesley.

Incumbents retained two of the three seats on the HEA board, including Jim Levine representing the southern peninsula for District 3.

At least two Alaska Department of Corrections staff members have faced charges in recent months for bringing opioid addiction recovery medication into correctional facilities on the Kenai Peninsula. These cases, advocates say, could be related to gaps in treatment programs at Alaska prisons and jails.

Forty-seven-year-old Homer resident Travis Larson and his company Alaska Premier Sportfishing are named as defendants in a six-page indictment a federal grand jury handed up April 23.