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The rates of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are rising across the country. But the signs and symptoms of dementia vary widely from person to person, and it can be difficult for family and caregivers to understand the experience. A virtual dementia tour seeks to bridge the divide by putting people in the shoes of someone experiencing dementia.

Vasily Yakunin, representing Homer’s Church of the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord, announced that two invited speakers will provide a community conversation at the Kachemak Bay Campus on the history of the Russian Orthodox religion on Friday August 15th. Yakunin spoke to KBBI’s Emilie Springer and explained the speakers’ background and some of the history of the church in Homer.

Homer’s Naomi Klouda has recently published The Alaska Glacier Dictionary and shared some of the features of the book, some changes in glaciers she has witnessed over time and provided a reading of the introduction with Emilie Springer at KBBI. Klouda gave a community presentation of her book with photographer Jim Lavrakas at the Homer Public Library on August 14th, 2025.

For years, the Ninilchik tribe has been seeking — and last week was granted — approval to use a more effective method of catching its subsistence…

Homer resident Lucas Wilcox was traveling on a train between the Ukrainian war zone and Turkey Wednesday night, switching gears from providing food relief to refugees of the Ukrainian war to feeding survivors of the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks that devastated Turkey and Syria earlier this month.

Dr. Steve Anderson, geologist with the University of Colorado, now living in Ninilchik, will provide a presentation on “what rocks can tell us about the future” at the KPC campus on Tuesday July 22. The talk is co-hosted by the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with Dr. Anderson about what brought him to Alaska, his background in geology and a preview of what he’ll share at the talk.

On Wednesday, Homer Drawdown is having its first meeting of 2023 at the Kachemak Bay Campus. The organization is part of a national grassroots movement working to address the impacts of climate change on a local level.

A contentious battle over books is playing out in Homer. Homer’s Library Advisory Board is deciding what to do with more than 50 children’s books with LGBTQ themes.

The city held one of three major celebrations planned for Pride on the Kenai Peninsula.

“I think of the tree as a survivor. It survived the worst that humanity could throw at it."