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This week schools across the Kenai Peninsula complete the 2026 school year with senior graduations. The final school day for the district is May 21st. Homer High School’s graduation took place on Monday evening with a full gym of family and community members.

Seldovia’s annual non-motorized fishing derby begins Friday and runs through the weekend. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with event coordinator Amelia Pollack for history and details about the event.

The Homer Farmers Market is preparing for its season opener. The first market starts May 23 for Memorial Day weekend.

Homer's Pier One Theatre opens its summer season this week with "The Little Prince," adapted from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella.

Last weekend the Alaska School Activities Association held the annual Solo and Ensemble Music Festival on the UAA campus in Anchorage. Homer High School students traveled to attend the event and Emilie Springer spoke with band teacher Eric Simondsen for a review of the event.

Alaska’s Copper Ammo Challenge is a program that encourages Alaskan hunters to use copper rather than lead bullets as a health benefit to scavenging animals. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with representative Ron Clarke about details of the challenge and what it offers to hunters.

Homer’s annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference took place last weekend, May 16-19. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with event director Erin Hollowell for a review of the conference and some changes people will see next year.

Each spring, in conjunction with Earth Day, HoWL hosts a week of spring cleaning with DirtBag clean-up week to start off their summer programs. This year the event will take place April 20-24th. Molly Mitchell with HoWL met with KBBI to provide more details about the annual event.

Alaska Department of Transportation crews are clearing water from mile 162 of the Sterling Highway after a plugged culvert caused a washout south of Anchor Point today.

The Alaska Afterschool Network honors Homer’s Lucas Thoning with a statewide superhero award with his work with Project GRAD at the Razdolna School on the Kenai Peninsula. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with the network director Thomas Azzarella about what the award entails.