Kathleen Gustafson

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Senior Producer at KBBI-AM (Homer, AK)

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Friday Morning 05/02/2025

1 week ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

The annual Kachemak Bay Campus Conservation Ecology Student ScienceSymposium began Thursday morning and will run with presentation eventsthrough Friday. Support for the morning newscast comes from the Homer Foundation. For 33 years, The Homer Foundation has worked with friends and neighbors across the Southern Kenai Peninsula to meet the big challenges of today and grow exciting ideas for the future. The Homer Foundation has awarded over $5 million in grants and scholarships.
Thursday Morning 05/01/2025

2 weeks ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

A Homer pilot and passenger from Anchorage died Monday afternoon in a plane crash near the small Kenai Peninsula community of Nanwalek. Also, Homer’s first cruise ship for the season, the Viking Venus, with Viking Ocean Cruises arrives this morning. Support for the morning newscast comes from the Homer Foundation. For 33 years, The Homer Foundation has worked with friends and neighbors across the Southern Kenai Peninsula to meet the big challenges of today and grow exciting ideas for the future.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education grapples with their budget

2 weeks ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

This week:KPBSD Board President Zen Kelly and Seward Representative Virginia Morgan talk about school funding and how the state budget affects the school district's budget. Bills discussed in this episode:SB 152 Education Tax https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB%20152SB 113 Corporate Income Tax https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34? Root=SB%20113SB 57 Cell phones and many amendments https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB%2057.
Dementia Awareness Week

2 weeks ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

This week, learn about Hospice's ongoing work with people living with Alzheimer's disease and their meetings and trainings scheduled for Dementia Awareness Week. This week's events include their Positive Approach to Care, Creating Friendly Spaces and the Dementia Roadmap, all taking place in the next few days. Guests:Hospice Director, Holly DramisProgram Director Morgan Laffertand Hospice volunteer Nona Safra. For more information, go to https://www.hospiceofhomer.org/.
Wednesday Morning 04/23/2025

3 weeks ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

Lawmakers are taking public testimony this week on a bill that would raise Alaska’s age of sexual consent from 16 to 18, and Triumvirate Theater premieres its new performance space in Kenai. Support for the morning newscast comes from the Homer Foundation. For 33 years, The Homer Foundation has worked with friends and neighbors across the Southern Kenai Peninsula to meet the big challenges of today and grow exciting ideas for the future.
Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor, Episode Six - The 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

3 weeks ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harboris a ten-part series aired once a month to record our harbor's history told by people who lived and worked in Homer at the time, and their descendants. This is Episode 6 which focuses on the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound and its effects on Homer Harbor. Guests:Robert ArchibaldAnnette BellamyCecil Cheatwood Bryan Hawkins Nancy Hilstrand Ray Kranich Kate Mitchell This series is sponsored by The Homer Marine Trades Association.
Tuesday Morning 04/15/2025

1 month ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

KBBI's Simon Lopez has a recap of Monday night's Homer City Council meeting. And, from Emilie Springer, a report on Saturday's virtual town hall with District 6 Representative Sarah Vance of Homer. Support for the morning newscast comes from the Homer Foundation. For 33 years, The Homer Foundation has worked with friends and neighbors across the Southern Kenai Peninsula to meet the big challenges of today and grow exciting ideas for the future.
Homer Opus violin program teaches music and resilience

1 month ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

Organizers and instructors from Homer Opus, put violins into the schools and start young musicians on their way to becoming performers. Panelists:Daniel Perry, Violin Instructor, OPUS Board MemberLyn Maslow, Violinist, Paul Banks Preludes liaison, OPUS Board MemberLinda Reinhart, Violinist, OPUS Board Member, Treasurer. Players:Lily Eberle Chapman School Griffin Hagen, Paul Banks Elementary SchoolMolly Marden, Fireweed Academy.
Summer programs, federal funding and making The Pratt Museum digitally accessible

1 month ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

Representatives from The Pratt Museum talk about summer programs, current exhibitions and their project to make all the information and objects at The Pratt digitally accessible. Plus, a frank and lively discussion about recent cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and the changing nature of federal funding with panelists:Whitney Harness,Co-Executive Director, Pratt Museum,Liv Wisnewski, Curator of Collections & Exhibitions, andMemphis Despain, Graduate Intern.
Thursday Morning 04/03/2025

1 month ago | kbbi.org | Kathleen Gustafson

The Alaska Dive Search, Rescue and Recovery team found the body of a Seldovia man inside a submerged vehicle near Seldovia Pier on Wednesday. And, KMXT Kodiak's Davis Hovey reports from The Alaska Food Policy Council's food festival and conference in Kodiak. Support for the morning newscast comes from the Homer Foundation.