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KBBI's News Department brings you the latest news from Kachemak Bay, the Kenai Peninsula and Alaska. Updated weekday mornings and afternoons.
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The state House’s ethics committee has launched an investigation into whether Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance illegally used state resources when she successfully pushed the local newspaper to remove and revise a story; and this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition wrapped up last week at Homer High School.
Kenai Peninsula residents facing housing or financial instability got free medical care, food, and cold-weather gear Tuesday at Homer’s South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center; Homer City Manager Melissa Jacobsen told the city council Monday night she selected Officer Michael Scanlon as the city’s next police chief; and for the series Alaska Survival Kit, Alena Naiden with the Alaska Desk set out to find a few tips for getting started with cross-country skiing.
Kenai Peninsula residents facing housing or financial instability got free medical care, food, and cold-weather gear Tuesday at Homer’s South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center; Homer City Manager Melissa Jacobsen told the city council Monday night she selected Officer Michael Scanlon as the city’s next police chief; and for the series Alaska Survival Kit, Alena Naiden with the Alaska Desk set out to find a few tips for getting started with cross-country skiing.
Aaron Sechler, owner of Citizen Salmon Alaska, a wild Alaskan seafood processing company based out of Ninilchik and Anchorpoint is partnering with organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul to provide seafood donations to aid organizations in need of food amid recent political events in those cities; and after years of delays, the build contract to replace the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ferry Tustumena is out to bid.
Aaron Sechler, owner of Citizen Salmon Alaska, a wild Alaskan seafood processing company based out of Ninilchik and Anchorpoint is partnering with organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul to provide seafood donations to aid organizations in need of food amid recent political events in those cities; and after years of delays, the build contract to replace the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ferry Tustumena is out to bid.
A long-sought K-12 charter school in the remote community of Nikolaevsk will officially open its doors this fall; and a man is dead after a fire broke out in one of the rooms at Kenai’s Uptown Motel on Sunday.
A long-sought K-12 charter school in the remote community of Nikolaevsk will officially open its doors this fall; and a man is dead after a fire broke out in one of the rooms at Kenai’s Uptown Motel on Sunday.
The Homer City Council rejected a proposal to update city road and sidewalk standards Monday night; and Homer’s John Bushell has recently received several recognitions for a musical/ media construction “Swift Current Swimmer” mirroring the life cycle of salmon from their stream/ fresh water birth to return as mature adults.
Homer’s John Bushell has recently received several recognitions for a musical/ media construction “Swift Current Swimmer” mirroring the life cycle of salmon.
Homer’s Kachemak Nordic Ski Club annual Junior Nordic ski program will begin on the last Saturday in January; and an unknown amount of fuel has spilled from a fishing vessel that ran aground near St. George Island earlier this month.
Homer’s Kachemak Nordic Ski Club annual Junior Nordic ski program will begin on the last Saturday in January; and an unknown amount of fuel has spilled from a fishing vessel that ran aground near St. George Island earlier this month.
Cook Inlet could welcome Greek traffic in the form of liquefied natural gas shipping containers if a new Alaska LNG Project partnership comes to fruition; and Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’ll soon propose a statewide sales tax as part of his larger plan to stabilize the state’s finances.
Cook Inlet could welcome Greek traffic in the form of liquefied natural gas shipping containers if a new Alaska LNG Project partnership comes to fruition; and the Alaska Legislature is back in session. Lawmakers in the House and Senate gaveled in Tuesday.
It’s been about four months since the board of Kenai’s Challenger Learning Center of Alaska abruptly voted to shut its doors, citing financial hardship, and as KDLL’s Ashlyn O’Hara reports, the void has Kenai wondering what to do with the vacant building; and the Alaska Legislature is back in session. Lawmakers in the House and Senate gaveled in Tuesday.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly honored a championship wrestling team and approved several funding requests during its meeting last night; and it’s been about four months since the board of Kenai’s Challenger Learning Center of Alaska abruptly voted to shut its doors, citing financial hardship and, as KDLL’s Ashlyn O’Hara reports, the void has Kenai wondering what to do with the vacant building.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly honored a championship wrestling team and approved several funding requests during its meeting last night; and hundreds of health care workers and government officials are descending on Anchorage this week for the kickoff of a five year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska.
State lawmakers gavel in for the second half of the 34th Alaska Legislature today in Juneau; and hundreds of health care workers and government officials descended on Anchorage last week for the kickoff of a five year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska.
A Homer choir teacher is receiving a statewide honor for his work in the classroom and the community; and Homer’s Maynard Smith is directing a one act play by American playwright, Arthur Miller, Incident at Vichy.
A Homer choir teacher is receiving a statewide honor for his work in the classroom and the community; and Homer’s Maynard Smith is directing a one act play by American playwright, Arthur Miller, Incident at Vichy.
The Alaska Air National Guard rescued a person suffering a cardiac emergency in Seldovia early last week; the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is bracing for another tough budget season.
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