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Concert-goers listen to The Discopians at Concert on the Lawn on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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‘Dancing at the end of the world’

KBBI AM 890 hosted their annual Concert on the Lawn Saturday.

Homer’s Cosmic Creature Club performs at the 2024 Concert on the Lawn at Karen Hornaday Park on Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Concert on the Lawn returns for a sunny day of music and dance

Homer’s KBBI annual Concert on the Lawn returned to Karen Hornaday Park on Saturday with about 350 people…

Music lovers dance to Nervis Rex at the KBBI Concert on the Lawn on July 28, 2012, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong Homer News)

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KBBI to host another annual Concert on the Lawn

The concert, which began in Homer in 1982, will include a wide array of musical groups

Emilie Springer/Homer News
Josh Krohn, Kim Wylde and Loren Barrett stand in front of the Brother Asaiah statue at KBBI on Monday.

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Homer’s public radio station KBBI turns 44

On Aug. 4, 1979, Bev Munro flipped a switch and announced “This is KBBI, Homer, Alaska, signing on…

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Homer Concert on the Lawn celebrates music and community spirit in Homer

Homer’s public radio station, KBBI, provided live music to the city of Homer at the annual Concert on…

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NONPROFIT NEEDS

The R.E.C. Room (youth Resource & Enrichment Co-op) needs a refrigerator.  Contact: Anna Meredith, recroom@kbfpc.org, 235-3436  KBBI is looking…

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NONPROFIT NEEDS

KBBI is looking for a volunteer to help stuff envelopes for a mailing on Sept. 8, 9 and/or…

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Another great event in Homer

On June 19-20, the Kachemak Bay Celtic Club had the good fortune and perfect weather to entertain residents…

Flowers in teapots add some color to the boardwalk by Coal Town Coffee and Tea on the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Recently while walking the Spit, the Betster noticed an odd phenomenon: Homer cars sure do have a lot…

Two savannah sparrows fly around a sign at the Mariner Park Beach on the Homer Spit near the storm berm. Over the past years, the berm has built up, improving habitat for birds.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

You know how in all the hip cities neighborhoods have cool names? There’s Soho in New York for…

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Public answers KBBI’s call for help

I’d like to share a positive story about people coming together to support services they consider very important…

KBBI’s General Manager Dave Anderson displays the public radio station’s master control boards, which are out of date and in dire need of replacement. The station is hoping to raise $12,000 by the end of June to buy new equipment.

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Indiegogo to the rescue: KBBI faces equipment crisis

“Oldies” are a popular radio staple. But that’s for music, not for infrastructure. The southern Kenai Peninsula’s public…

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Writers’ conference success from opening to last chapter

The Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College would like to extend its sincerest appreciation and gratitude to…