Ben Carpenter

The legislature failed to override Gov. Dunleavy's veto of a $680 per-student funding increase by just one vote. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will now craft a budget with no legislative funding increase in advance of a May 1 deadline to present a balanced budget.

Ridgeway resident John Hillyer filed to run for the seat in November. It is currently held by Ben Carpenter, who has filed to run for the State Senate.

Senator Jesse Bjorkman and Representatives Ben Carpenter and Justin Ruffridge attended a discussion Monday, where Kenai Peninsula Borough School District board members discussed the district's legislative priorities, and heard from lawmakers about theirs.

A petition with more than 4,000 signatures is calling on DOT to stop its use of salt brine on Kenai Peninsula roads. They say the brine is corrosive to vehicles and dangerous, but DOT officials say they're not considering removing the substance from roads entirely.

Volcanic ash from an eruption in eastern Russia has affected more than 100 Alaska Airlines flights, including those of Rep. Ben Carpenter and Sen. Jesse Bjorkman.

Nikiski Republican Rep. Ben Carpenter co-chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, which is considering a number of potential solutions to address the PFD question this session.

Donna Arduin worked in Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office between 2018 and 2019. Rep. Ben Carpenter said she’s in Juneau now and working as his full-time policy adviser.

Two of the Central Kenai Peninsula's three-member delegation to the state capital held a town-hall-style meeting in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Building…

House District 29 Rep. Ben Carpenter of Nikiski, just a few weeks into his first term, is feeling pretty comfortable at the head of the table.Since there…

Voters in the central Kenai Peninsula are returning a solidly Republican delegation to Juneau.In the Senate District O race, incumbent Peter Micciche was…