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The University of Alaska (UA) system holds spring commencement ceremonies across all state campuses in early May 2026. Homer’s ceremony took place on the local campus on May 6th. KBBI’s Emilie Springer attended the event and captured highlights from the speakers.

Seward’s 71st annual silver salmon derby will open on August 8th. At 71 years, this is one of the oldest derby’s in the state of Alaska, second to the Valdez silver salmon derby that started in 1952. The Seward Chamber of Commerce provided a press release and audio for this year’s update by Emilie Springer.

The Homer Tribune has new owners as well as a new look. The weekly newspaper is issuing a print edition again right in time for its 25th Anniversary this…

Homer’s South Peninsula Hospital turns 60 this year. The locally owned and operated nonprofit hospital started in the mid-’50s, before statehood. In the…

On this Thursday’s Covid Brief with Kathleen Gustafson, the panel from the City of Homer’s Emergency Operations Center had a lot of new information for…

Veteran Alaska journalist and KBBI news director Laurence Jay Barrett died Thursday, March 17, at his home in Homer. He was 60.

As the 2025 school year begins, Homer High School athletics offer two home games for interested viewers in the first week of the season. Emilie Springer spoke with football and volleyball coaches for details.

Seldovia’s annual summer music festival begins June 18th. Emilie Springer spoke with some of the event coordinators Suzie Stranik and Margie McCord about historical details, changes for this year and other events coming up in Seldovia later this summer.

Anchor Point’s Al Poindexter and his family own and operate the Anchor Point Greenhouse and received the recently announced Alaska Department of Natural Resources Alaska Farm Family of the Year award. Emilie Springer spoke with Poindexter about how the family business got started, how it’s changed and how it operates today.

Homer’s South Peninsula Hospital turns 60 this year. The locally owned and operated nonprofit hospital started in the mid-’50s, before statehood. In the…