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The Homer High School 2026 musical performance for the school year is Footloose, by Dean Pitchford with stage adaptation by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie the event will be held in the High School theater March 19, 20 and 21. Emilie Springer speaks with some of the high school seniors performing in the production.

Alaska regional basketball conferences were held last weekend with 2A Kenai Peninsula games held at the Homer High School gym. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with Ninilchik’s head coach with the following notes from the tournament.

The Nikolaevsk Charter School for grades K-12 will open in Nikolaevsk on the Kenai Peninsula and recently hired a principal, Jason Roslansky, currently vice superintendent with the Copper River School District. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with Mr. Roslansky and charter school board member Natalie Thomas about plans to open the school in the fall 2026.

Homer High School students and two teachers traveled to eastern Europe over spring break to visit three countries. Senior McKenzie Hansen shared some of the details of the trip with KBBI’s Emilie Springer.

Commercial flights have resumed inside the Homer Airport Terminal after a ruptured water main released roughly 200,000 gallons of water into the building. Homer Port Director Bryan Hawkins discusses the stabilization efforts and current terminal access with KBBI's Simon Lopez.

The stage component feature of Homer’s 2026 spring Jubilee arts festival will take place on Friday this weekend. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with the program director and some of the senior performers about what this presentation will offer the community.

South Peninsula Haven House started a girls after school running program, Girls on the Run, 12 years ago and this year was able to add another program, “Let me Run,” for boys. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with girls coach Marcee Gray about program details and what the new boys program offers.

More than 200 musicians from Homer and Kenai will perform Mozart’s Requiem this weekend. The ensemble includes the Homer High School choir, the Kenai Peninsula Community Chorus and a community orchestra. Conductors Kyle Schneider and Mark Robinson say the production allows amateur and student performers to tackle a technical choral masterpiece while offering the community a space to process grief.

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.

The Kachemak Bay Family Clinic recently received a national grant to expand cancer prevention and reproductive health care on the Kenai Peninsula. Emilie Springer spoke with community liaison Jane Rohr for more details on the grant and what it will provide.