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Fairgoers brought period-style costumes and crafts to Karen Hornaday Park in Homer last weekend for a Renaissance fair that’s now annual.

Hundreds of people gathered last week on the Homer Spit to remember Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated earlier this month in Utah.

Most schools will be closed on Thursday and Friday, though some Russian village schools follow a different schedule.

The National Weather Service expects up to eight inches of snow, with the heaviest amounts north of Anchor Point.

During a surprise school assembly Monday, Homer choir teacher Kyle Schneider was honored with the NFHS Outstanding Music Educator Award for the state of Alaska. Schneider, who teaches at both the middle and high school levels, is the first teacher in the state to receive the award in two decades.

At the end of January, scientists with the Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services (AVPS) were dropped at McDonald Spit near Seldovia in Kachemak Bay to necropsy a deceased baby beluga whale. AVPS partners with NOAA as a Stranding Network partner when the federal agency receives a stranding report. KBBI’s Emilie Springer reports the following details.

Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection hosts an overdose awareness session tonight, offering hands-on Naloxone training to help residents act confidently during high-stress emergencies.

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.

Homer High School senior Marina reports on recent Poetry Out Loud competition and talks to award recipient Robby Wilson who shares a reading of "The Conquer Worm" by Edgar Allan Poe.

The event was held to show support for people in Minneapolis and to protest recent actions by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.