Dozens of gillnetting boats powered by motors leave the Homer Harbor every year to fish for salmon in the waters of Bristol Bay, this summer, a unique boat will join them. An 80-year-old restored wooden sailboat -- powered mostly by wind and sail -- left Homer last week for the 300-mile journey to Naknek; and COVID-19 numbers continue to climb across the lower Kenai Peninsula, according to local public health officials.

Dozens of gillnetting boats powered by motors leave the Homer Harbor every year to fish for salmon in the waters of Bristol Bay, and last week, an 80-year-old restored wooden sailboat, powered mostly by wind and sail, left Homer for the 300-mile journey to Naknek; and COVID-19 numbers continue to climb across the lower Kenai Peninsula, according to local public health officials.

Millions of honeybees bound for Alaska died this April when they were left in a hot cargo bay in Atlanta, Ga. Of those millions, a few thousands survived and are now under the care of beekeepers in Georgia

You might have noticed a new voice on the airwaves lately.Hope McKenney joined us as KBBI’s new News Director late last month, after reporting in the Aleutian Islands for the past three years. KBBI's Desiree Hagen sat down with Hope to talk about where she comes from, her adjustment to Homer, and where she hopes to take the station’s newsroom.

The small community of Moose Pass has existed since before highways were built on the Kenai Peninsula, But now, an Alaska Department of Transportation plan to resurface and restore the road has residents afraid that construction on the Seward Highway will cause irreparable damage to their town; and the Kenai Peninsula was rocked to sleep last night by a pair of minor earthquakes.

The Kenai Peninsula was rocked to sleep Monday night by a pair of minor earthquakes; the M/V Tustumena returns to service this week; and dipnets are hitting the water at the beaches in Kenai.

Alaskans marched in four cities across the state Saturday to advocate for reproductive rights. In Homer, the afternoon march drew about 400 people and many had the same message: Abortion is health care; and Alaskans have less than a week to register to vote in the Aug. 16 special general election and primary.

Alaskans marched in four cities across the state Saturday to advocate for reproductive rights. In Homer, hundreds of people marched through downtown, with the message: abortion is health care; and the state has OK’d an Alaska company’s application to get a prospecting permit for Augustine Island, in lower Cook Inlet.

The costs of some farming materials — including fertilizer and hay — have shot up in the last year. Local producers are feeling the squeeze; and It was a big spring for Alaska’s unofficial state bird, Erin Lockwood certainly noticed more mosquitoes than usual at her house in Kenai. And she found it perplexing.

Organizers with Planned Parenthood are holding four rallies in Alaska on Saturday to advocate for abortion access in the state; before 1951, all commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay had to fish on sailboats; and by most accounts, it was a big year for mosquitos in Southcentral Alaska.