Homer City Council and Mayor candidate forum

By Jamie Diep

Published August 30, 2024 at 3:53 PM AKDT

(from left to right) Homer city mayoral candidates Jim Anderson and Rachel Lord and incumbent city council candidates Donna Aderhold and Shelly Erickson answer questions during a forum held on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in the Homer Public Library Fireside Lounge in Homer, Alaska.

KBBI and the Peninsula Clarion spoke with Homer Mayor candidates Jim Anderson and Rachel Lord, and Homer City Council candidates Donna Aderhold and Shelly Erickson at the Homer Public Library on Aug. 29 as part of a candidate forum series at the Homer Public Library.

This is the first candidate forum co-hosted by KBBI with the Peninsula Clarion. The next forum will be hosted with KDLL and the Clarion for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Sept. 10 at the Soldotna Public Library from 6-7 p.m.

Election day for municipal races is Oct. 1.

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Jamie Diep

Jamie Diep is a reporter/host for KBBI from Portland, Oregon. They joined KBBI right after getting a degree in music and Anthropology from the University of Oregon. They’ve built a strong passion for public radio through their work with OPB in Portland and the Here I Stand Project in Taipei, Taiwan.Jamie covers everything related to Homer and the Kenai Peninsula, and they’re particularly interested in education and environmental reporting. You can reach them at jamie@kbbi.org to send story ideas.

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