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The Alaska State Ferry Tustumena steamed into Homer Monday night at 7 p.m., but there wasn’t the usual rush of cars and people disembarking. In fact, the…

Homer Mayor Ken Castner was an early adopter of a Covid-19 public health emergency last month when the pandemic started to threaten Alaska. By adopting an…

The Homer City Council received a lot of interest in the position of city manager when the job was advertised for the second time this year. After going…

Anticipation was high when the State Ferry Tustumena turned around in Dutch Harbor on Saturday and made a beeline back for Kodiak after a crew member was…

The KPB Assembly did not schedule any remote meetings for this year.

A play that took Alaska by storm seven years ago is now a high school social studies class.

Caregivers in Homer gathered Thursday to support a state bill that would increase oversight of in-home care services and regulate how Medicaid funding is spent.

The USS Momsen guided-missile destroyer docked in Homer for two days, May 3-4. The 500-foot warship is fully armed with surface-to-air missiles, and its crew is part of the U.S. Navy’s missile defense system in the Pacific. A Navy spokesperson would not disclose their purpose in Homer, but the crew hosted public tours of the ship.

At the end of June, Red flag fire warnings were in effect for interior Alaska after a week of high burn rates. KBBI’s Emilie Springer spoke with University of Alaska Fairbanks climate specialist Rick Thoman about the status of summer burns and a decrease in federal funding impacts to weather monitoring.

Seward’s annual Mount Marathon race is scheduled for the Fourth of July and is part of the city’s upcoming three day festival. Emilie Springer spoke with city coordinator Liz Marsh and race director Matiaas Sari for more details.