A coalition of Alaska organizations and agencies won $49 million to grow the state’s mariculture industry over the next five years, the White House announced Friday; and two Homer teenagers, in full-length wetsuits, recently plunged into the cold waters of Kachemak Bay to go on a miles-long swim.

Two Homer teenagers - in full-length wetsuits - recently plunged into the cold waters of Kachemak Bay to go on a miles-long swim; and today, cultural education is a huge and growing focus for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe in Kenai, and it’s hoping it can expand its programming even more now with its brand new educational campus.

Biologists say they’re picking up the pace on genetics research to better understand the issue of salmon bycatch; and the Moose Pass School continues a successful robotics program.

Two harbor seal pups who were rescued earlier this summer after being abandoned on a beach in Kasilof were released back into Cook Inlet last week; Kenai Peninsula Borough Chief of Staff Aaron Rhoades will leave the borough administration with his boss at the end of September, according to a memo from the borough’s legal department, uploaded this week; and KBBI is now broadcasting in Seward.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Chief of Staff Aaron Rhoades will leave the borough administration with his boss at the end of September, according to a memo from the borough’s legal department, uploaded Tuesday; and the school in Moose Pass is one of the smallest on the Kenai Peninsula, but its award-winning robotics program is anything but.

Locals discussed addiction resources on KBBI's Coffee Table for National Recovery Month; biologists say they’re picking up the pace on genetics research to better understand the issue of salmon bycatch; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s legal department says it hired an Anchorage law firm to perform a confidential human resources investigation earlier this summer.

The Homer-based company Salmon Sisters launched a line of apparel earlier this month that's getting a lot of attention. Hundreds of comments on social media have called their new clothing design “cultural appropriation;” and locals discussed addiction resources on KBBI's Coffee Table for National Recovery Month.

The Homer-based company Salmon Sisters launched a line of apparel earlier this month that's getting a lot of attention. Hundreds of comments on social media have called their new clothing design “cultural appropriation;” Alaska’s experience with the delta wave that emerged in the COVID-19 pandemic is likened to a “superstorm” in a new study that compares pandemic patterns in regions across the Arctic; and starting this Friday, KBBI is extending local service to include weather, marine forecasts, community calendar announcements and bushlines to our new listeners in Seward.

Each year, researchers from the University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon Program follow salmon upstream rivers and streams around Lake Aleknagik to survey the number of salmon that reach these spawning grounds.

The fourth annual Alaska World Arts Festival kicks off in Homer on Sept. 9; the KPB's legal department hired an Anchorage law firm to perform a confidential human resources investigation last month.