KBBI's News Department brings you the latest news from Kachemak Bay, the Kenai Peninsula, and Alaska. Updated weekday mornings and afternoons.
The driver in a fatal Seward Highway crash over the weekend now faces charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence. The Trump administration in March signed an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which funds public library programs around the country. A Kodiak fisherman was sentenced last month to a year in jail for illegally shipping diseased Tanner crab from Alaska to Washington.
The City of Soldotna will spend more than $150,000 upgrading their police force's network of body-worn, vehicle and department cameras. Most Alaskans travel around the state by automobile or small plane. A few might travel by bicycle. But one Anchorage man prefers getting around another way – by lacing up his roller skates.
UAF scientists discuss significance of the finding of three newly identified fish species from 73 million years ago in the Arctic.
Volunteers this week recovered the remains of three people missing since their boat capsized in Kachemak Bay last summer. A hiker from Seward was struck by a massive boulder on Saturday and spent almost two hours pinned face-down in a glacial creek. A prematurely born harbor seal pup was rescued earlier this month from a beach near Kenai.
A prematurely born harbor seal pup was rescued earlier this month from a beach near Kenai, and in the Anchorage School District, a recently-introduced curriculum for young students learning to read is making a major impact.
Kenai Peninsula Borough code now mirrors state law regarding the use of public resources to promote ballot initiatives. Motivity Dance Collective presents Thumbelina, a dance performance choreographed and directed by Alison Arima and Breezy Berryman.
A driver died after their vehicle went off the road and rolled into the Anchor River early Tuesday morning, and a hiker from Seward was struck by a massive boulder on Saturday and spent almost two hours pinned face-down in a glacial creek.
A driver died after their vehicle went off the road and rolled into the Anchor River early Tuesday morning. The Homer City Council delayed budget votes and approved zoning changes at its meeting Tuesday night. The federal government is charging the owner of two popular Mexican restaurants in Soldotna with being in the U.S. illegally and making a false statement of citizenship.
The Homer City Council delayed budget votes and approved zoning changes at its meeting Tuesday night, and documenting history comes in many forms, like word of mouth.
If you've ever thought about buying land to build a home in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the conditions just got a lot more favorable. That's after borough assembly members greenlit a program this week [that aims to make it easier to buy and develop residential property on the peninsula. Anyone walking along North Kenai Beach recently has probably noticed a big pile of rocks sitting on the north shore of the Kenai River near its mouth. It's where work on a decades-in-the-making bluff stabilization berm is starting.
If you've ever thought about buying land to build a home in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the conditions just got a lot more favorable, and nearly 600 seniors graduated from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District this week, marking a continued decline in student enrollment.
National Maritime Day was yesterday, a small but important holiday recognizing the hard work that goes into a career at sea; and nearly 600 seniors graduated from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District this week, marking a continued decline in student enrollment.
On Wednesday evening, Homer High School held the graduation ceremony for the senior class of 2025. National Maritime Day was yesterday, a small but important holiday recognizing the hard work that goes into a career at sea.
On Wednesday evening, Homer High School held the graduation ceremony for the senior class of 2025. A series of large, fraudulent cash withdrawals made with fake military IDs and passports at banks from Wasilla to the Kenai Peninsula have landed a man and woman in jail. Monday was Arbor Day in Alaska, a holiday dedicated to conserving forests and planting trees.
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary findings Wednesday, on the fatal plane crash in Nanwalek, which killed two people and seriously injured a third late last month. The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, a state corporation that seeks to improve health, awarded over $2 million to 24 organizations in the state this year. Three of this year's recipients are on the Kenai Peninsula.
Pier One Theatre opens their 52nd season on the spit this Friday; and nearly 60 pieces of art made by women is the subject of this month's main installment at the Kenai Art Center.
Summer is a busy time of year for the Kachemak Bay State Park and there are three upcoming community events that can both raise money and help train volunteers for park needs.
Summer is a busy time of year for the Kachemak Bay State Park and there are three upcoming community events that can both raise money and help train volunteers for park needs.
A young sea otter rescued from a Homer beach is now under care at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward; and Homer's artist and writer Brianna Allen is putting together the next version of the Momologue Collective, a book of stories she collected from over 200 moms about their experiences in motherhood that was published in 2022.
The Homer City Council voted down a proposal to enact special event fees and more at its meeting last night, and winning a race is no walk in the park, especially if you're running. But one Sterling woman recently did just that, placing first in a duathlon in Hawaii.
The annual Safe and Healthy Kids Fair will take place at Homer High School on Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m; the Seward City Council will issue two proclamations at tonight's meeting; and winning a race is no walk in the park, especially if you're running, but one Sterling woman recently did just that, placing first in a duathlon in Hawaii.
Ninilchik and Clam Gulch beaches will stay closed to razor clam harvests through the year, and Homer's Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival got underway on Wednesday last week with birding tours and other events scheduled around Homer, Anchor Point, Kachemak Bay and other Cook Inlet locations.
Ninilchik and Clam Gulch beaches will stay closed to razor clam harvests through the year; and Homer's Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival got underway on Wednesday this week with birding tours and other events scheduled around Homer, Anchor Point, Kachemak Bay and other Cook Inlet locations.
On May 27th, Homer's Japanese Club will depart from the Anchorage airport for a two week trip to Japan; and Monday was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, an annual commemoration that honors the lives of Native people around the country impacted by violence.
Teachers, students and employees rallied in support of Sterling Elementary School on Saturday in Soldotna. Alaskans of several religious backgrounds sang, and prayed, in Soldotna Thursday in celebration of National Day of Prayer.
A woman from the Bristol Bay community of Levelock was arrested after a fire broke out aboard a commercial vessel in Seward early Friday morning. Homer Electric Association's three incumbent Board of Directors candidates will keep their seats for another three years. Every year, the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, or KPEDD brings together industry leaders and stakeholders from around Alaska.
Every year, the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, or KPEDD brings together industry leaders and stakeholders from around Alaska; and Homer Electric Association's three incumbent Board of Directors candidates will keep their seats for another three years.
The annual Kachemak Bay Campus Conservation Ecology Student Science Symposium beganThursday morning and will run with presentation events through Friday.
Kachemak Bay Family Clinic will offer a free Saturday sex education workshop on May 3rd for youth ages 12-14 at their clinic facility on Ben Walters Lane. Salt brine is one way the Alaska Department of Transportation treats Kenai Peninsula roadways in the winter, one Seward High School freshman was recognized for introducing a road treatment alternative.
A Homer pilot and passenger from Anchorage died Monday afternoon in a plane crash near the small Kenai Peninsula community of Nanwalek; the Homer City Council passed a series of measures, postponed two items and heard from visitors at its meeting last night; and Homer's first cruise ship for the season, the Viking Venus, with Viking Ocean Cruises will arrive in Homer on Wednesday morning.
The Homer City Council passed a series of measures, postponed two items and heard from visitors at its meeting last night, Pope Francis died last week at the age of 88 in Vatican City, leaving the Catholic church's most powerful position vacant, and two people are dead, and one person is seriously injured after a small plane crashed Monday afternoon near the community of Nanwalek on the southern Kenai Peninsula.
Dozens of additional Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees will be offered contracts for next school year. Alaskans have been stocking up on emergency supplies in preparation for a possible eruption of Mt. Spurr.
Volunteers in Homer are building Kachemak Bay State Park's first organized response procedure, and Alaskans have been stocking up on emergency supplies in preparation for a possible eruption of Mt. Spurr.
Kenai Peninsula Community Choir and the Homer High School choir will perform a premier oratorio for voice and strings composed by Timothy Takach on Friday and Saturday evening starting at 7 p.m. at the Mariner Theatre; and volunteers in Homer are building Kachemak Bay State Park's first organized response procedure.
On Wednesday, student representatives from five high schools on the Kenai Peninsula gathered in Homer for a district wide student council meeting; local growers will dig into everything from compost piles to climate-resilient farming this weekend at the first Southcentral Growers Conference in Homer; and the state board that regulates big game guides and outfitters is one step closer to having a permanent administrator.
For the second year in a row, state lawmakers failed to override the governor's veto of a bill that would have increased funding for K-12 schools by $1,000 per student. Last week the lower Kenai Peninsula chapter of Future Farmers of America joined the 49th Alaska 2025 state convention in the Hoskins Building at the Palmer fairgrounds.
Lawmakers are taking public testimony this week on a bill that would raise Alaska's age of sexual consent from 16 to 18; Alaska's freshman Congressman, Nick Begich III, hasn't done much related to fisheries in his first 100 days in office. But during a commercial fisheries trade show in Kodiak last week, the Republican highlighted some seafood-related measures in the works and heard from local fishermen; and some federal workers in Juneau were fired again this month after the Supreme Court declined to reverse the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
Homer's main senior living facility plans to file for bankruptcy in an effort to reorganize more than $800,000 in debt and continue operating, and Homer High School will begin the 2025 school year with a new principal.
Homer's main senior living facility plans to file for bankruptcy in an effort to reorganize more than $800,000 in debt and continue operating. Homer High School will begin the 2025 school year with a new principal.
Almost two years after central peninsula voters backed the construction of a new fire station for Soldotna, the building is starting to take shape.
Snowmelt and sunshine typically herald the arrival of spring – but for the Kenai Peninsula's public employees, it's also budget season; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough won't ask state lawmakers to expand its taxing powers – for now.
Last week, the state transportation department issued an open call for contractors to provide “Eminent Domain Appraisal Review Services” for an 11-mile section of the Seward Highway, and a Kenai Peninsula environmental nonprofit has been hosting “Shark Tank”-style events to solicit and help the community pick small-scale projects to back.
The Coast Guard decommissioned the cutter Mustang in Seward on Tuesday after nearly 40 years of service. Last week, the state transportation department issued an open call for contractors to provide “Eminent Domain Appraisal Review Services” for an 11-mile section of the Seward Highway. History and education go hand in hand. That's why the Kenai cultural center is highlighting the history of education on the Kenai Peninsula in a new exhibit.
April is Homer's month to celebrate local youth in the arts.
More than 300 demonstrators, and a few counter protesters, lined the sidewalks of Soldotna Saturday as part of a nationwide day of protest. The first of three new Coast Guard fast response cutters to be homeported in Kodiak is officially ready for duty.
Thousands on the Kenai Peninsula lost power Sunday after a power plant in Anchorage went offline; the Kenai Peninsula School District has been offering Mass Band, an opportunity for schools to come together for a workshop and performance since the early 1980's. This evening the event is being held at Homer High School; and Soldotna Republican Reps. Bill Elam and Justin Ruffridge have introduced their first bills of the 34th Alaska Legislature.
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