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

Pier One Theatre was featured in last week’s Meet Your Neighbor where several events were noted occuring this week to commemorate founder Lance Petersen and a reunion party to celebrate 50 years as a community organization dedicated to the performing arts.

Even if the rain might suggest otherwise, summer is in full swing folks, evidenced all around us by the fields of lupine, traffic and tents on the Spit and lines at the grocery stores. With Summer Solstice and Fourth of July behind us, we’re losing daylight and we all know what that means, so get out and soak up all the Homer happenings in and around town, like these Best Bets.

Community organization celebrates 50 years of performing arts

New First Friday exhibits showcase local and statewide artists

Summer’s here and, at long last, so is the sunshine. Whether you’re busy in your garden, out catching fish for the freezer, hiking on local or across the bay trails, or showing visitors around our beautiful neck of the woods, there’s no shortage of fun, interesting and educational activities to keep you enjoying these beautiful days that will go by so quickly. Get out and enjoy it all, including these Best Bets.

William Peace University is teaming up with Produce Purpose, a nonprofit organization, to install a hydroponic farming operation on campus. The new program aims to provide purposeful employment for individuals with special needs, promote sustainable and pesticide-free agriculture, and encourage healthy eating habits at the university. Matthew Harvey, founder of Produce Purpose, said the program, inspired by his brother, is not only to promote interactive learning but to address a real problem ...

Georgia farmers are watching a bill that is being reintroduced in Congress for ways to help their farms become more sustainable and less likely to contribute to the warming climate. The Agriculture Resilience Act is making a comeback this year after languishing in Congress since 2019. Its goal is to make agriculture a net-zero emissions industry by 2040. ...

By Twilight Greenaway for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Last August, Zack Smith welcomed a group of farmers, agricultural researchers, and investors to his mid-sized farm just south of the Iowa-Minnesota border for a field day. It was warm out, shorts weather, and around 35 people sat on straw bales listening as the young, fifth-generation farmer—who has gained a devoted...

This piece was submitted in memory of long-time Homer resident Lance Petersen, who passed away last week at the age of 81.