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KBBI Newscast
Hosted by Simon Lopez, Josh Krohn, Kaylin Holmes · EN
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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Thursday Morning 04/09/2026
Apr 900:09:27Tap to summarizeLeaders of the state Senate are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend; and upper Cook Inlet’s commercial driftnet fishing fleet has a new rulebook for the salmon fishing season that starts in July.
Transcribe →Wednesday Evening 04/08/2026
Apr 900:09:11Tap to summarizeThe Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly authorized funding for school repairs and introduced several new ordinances at its meeting last night; and upper Cook Inlet’s commercial driftnet fishing fleet has a new rulebook for the salmon fishing season that starts in July.
Transcribe →Wednesday Morning 04/08/2026
Apr 800:08:55Tap to summarizeSouth Peninsula Haven House started a girls after school running program, Girls on the Run, 12 years ago and this year was able to add another program, “Let me Run,” for boys; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly authorized funding for school repairs and introduced several new ordinances at its meeting last night.
Transcribe →Tuesday Evening 04/07/2026
Apr 800:09:10Tap to summarizeSouth Peninsula Haven House started a girls after school running program, Girls on the Run, 12 years ago and this year was able to add another program, “Let me Run,” for boys; and the future of the Kenai Peninsula’s K-12 schools dominated discussion at a Soldotna town hall Friday.
Transcribe →Tuesday Morning 04/07/2026
Apr 700:08:55Tap to summarizeThe Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and its two largest unions are at an impasse on salary negotiations; and the Nikolaevsk Charter School for grades K-12 will open in Nikolaevsk on the Kenai Peninsula and recently hired a principal.
Transcribe →Monday Evening 04/06/2026
Apr 700:09:10Tap to summarizeThe Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and its two largest unions are at an impasse on salary negotiations; and the Nikolaevsk Charter School for grades K-12 will open in Nikolaevsk on the Kenai Peninsula and recently hired a principal.
Transcribe →Monday Morning 04/06/2026
Apr 600:09:27Tap to summarizeThe Homer Airport Terminal reopened Thursday, but it's not back to full operations; and large majorities of Alaskans tell pollsters they’re sick of changing their clocks twice a year.
Transcribe →Friday Evening 04/03/2026
Apr 400:09:11Tap to summarizeThe Homer Airport Terminal reopened Thursday, but it's not back to full operations; and large majorities of Alaskans tell pollsters they’re sick of changing their clocks twice a year.
Transcribe →Friday Morning 04/03/2026
Apr 300:09:27Tap to summarizeThe city of Seward is looking to fill a seat on the Planning and Zoning Commission; Arctic sea ice has been shrinking in recent decades, reaching record lows both in summer and in winter. A new study shows a continuation of this trend; and the Alaska House narrowly passed a bill Wednesday that would update the state’s corporate income tax to capture more revenue from companies that sell to Alaskans over the internet.
Transcribe →Thursday Evening 04/02/2026
Apr 300:09:11Tap to summarizeThe city of Seward is looking to fill a seat on the Planning and Zoning Commission; and Arctic sea ice has been shrinking in recent decades, reaching record lows both in summer and in winter. A new study shows a continuation of this trend.
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