The meeting was a chance for residents to weigh in on a petition to create a recreation service area. The community center board says the facility needs more financial support to stay open.

Hibbert was sworn in during the assembly’s regular meeting and will serve until the next borough election in November.

On central Kenai Peninsula voters’ ballots were candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House, Alaska governor, candidates for State House and a ballot proposition.

Among the applicants are a former assembly member, a former Oklahoma mayor and a speech-language pathologist with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

Annual .5K Brewery to Bathroom returns to Soldotna to tackle a tough subject with a lighthearted tone.

State law already gives cities the authority to bar people from public property in some cases. But Soldotna doesn’t have an internal policy outlining what that process looks like, and when it should be used.

Early Alaska Primary Election results show incumbents leading in local state legislative races. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly appoints a familiar face to its vacant Kalifornsky seat. Plus, Sterling residents speak out about a proposed ballot measure during a town hall event.

Alaskans have a few more hours to vote in the statewide Primary Election. A new app aims to fill fishery data gaps in Bristol Bay. Plus, Get Out the Native Vote hopes to reverse declining turnout trends in Western Alaska.

On this episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re airing part of a gubernatorial forum organized by the Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re checking in on the status of legislative tax breaks for the Alaska LNG Project and where the project stands now. Up first, we’re joined by Adam Prestidge, president of Alaska LNG for developer Glenfarne.