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Brazilian musician Eduardo Mendonça began a week-long residency at Fireweed Academy in Homer this week. He’s an award-winning recording artist, vocalist, percussionist, guitarist and musical arranger, who has toured around the world, and he says he’s happy to be back performing and teaching in Alaska.

Alaskans headed to the polls Tuesday to participate in the first ever statewide ranked-choice election.

Local dancers are performing a ballet version of Alice in Wonderland this weekend at Homer High School’s Mariner Theatre, and community members are invited to come dressed to the theme.

This morning on The COVID-19 Brief, Derotha Ferraro from South Peninsula Hospital has the local information on vaccines and COVID tests available at the…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance Tuesday, to simplify the vaccination schedule for most people. KBBI spoke with two Homer healthcare professionals — public health nurse Lorne Carroll and South Peninsula Hospital spokesperson Derotha Ferraro — for the latest on COVID on the Kenai Peninsula, and public health guidance.

The Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward has admitted two new patients to its wildlife rehabilitation program. SeaLife Center staff rescued a young male harbor seal and male sea otter pup in late August and early September, respectively.

Voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough will choose a new mayor in a special election this Valentine's Day. Several Kenai and Soldotna candidates are already thinking of running for the open seat, which they would fill through October 2023.

KBBI’s Sean McDermott spoke with Therese Lewandowski from the League of Women Voters and Kenai Peninsula Votes — two nonpartisan voting organizations — about what voters should expect from Tuesday's special election for Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor.

The Homer Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting an ongoing series of classes on soil and seeds just in time for spring planting.

The Homer Theatre kicks off its 18th Annual Documentary Film Festival Thursday night. It marks the culmination of the 2022 Alaska World Arts Festival, which takes place over two weeks every fall. Homer Theatre owners Lynette and Jamie Sutton began putting on DocFest just a few years after purchasing and fixing up the theatre in 2002. They’ve been collaborating with the World Arts Festival since 2020.