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Cycle Logical, founded by Derek Reynolds in 2006, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as Homer's destination for human-powered adventure. What began as a bicycle repair operation has grown into a beloved cornerstone of the Homer community, serving cyclists, skiers, and skaters across every season.

Homer OPUS is a nonprofit organization that delivers string-based music programs to youth ages kindergarten through 12th grade and adults in Homer, Alaska. The organization has several end of the school year performances coming and coordinator Elizabeth White met with Emilie Springer to provide details.

The University of Alaska wraps up the spring semester with commencement on May 3rd. Homer’s Semester by the Bay offers a marine mammals concentration in the Fall and an environmental conservation concentration in the spring. The students in the spring program finished their semester with multiple events and KBBI’s Emilie Springer was able to observe several of these.

Homer’s month-long community walking challenge sponsored by the South Peninsula Hospital wrapped up at the end of May with a celebration to announce team winners and where their donations will go in the community. Emilie Springer spoke with Homer Steps Up coordinator Annie Garay about this year’s event challenge.

In celebration of National Trails Day, Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park is bringing volunteers to work on trail assessments and clean up on June 6th. Emilie Springer spoke with chairman Mako Haggerty and long time participant with Friends, Kathy Sarns, about what the day will include.

The recent summer quarter donation from Homer’s 100 Women Who Care was voted to support Homer’s Independent Press. Emilie Springer spoke with the group's local coordinator Catriona Reynolds about the group and how their donation process works.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public comment through June 22nd on a draft feasibility report for a Homer Harbor expansion.

Over the summer, Homer Public Library offers many events for Homer youth, some are on-going, full summer events and some are coordinated workshops. Emilie Springer visited the library to share some of what is being offered this week.

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.

Homer Mariner’s finished their 2026 school year sports season last weekend with a state championship win in their division baseball. Emilie Springer spoke with coach Tyler Krekling and several of the players before their end of the season barbecue on Monday evening.