Kenai Peninsula Borough

Now that borough code matches state law, the assembly will still need to pass an ordinance if it wants to spend public money promoting a ballot proposition. But, they won’t need to go around their own rules first.

The program will give discounts and special financing terms to eligible participants who bid on qualifying pieces of borough land.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Brenda Ahlberg, the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s emergency manager, to talk about emergency preparedness amid an eruption advisory from Mt. Spurr.

Since the catastrophic failure of the bailer at the Central Peninsula Landfill last year, the commission’s been the sounding board for community members wanting to share their concerns and ideas about the problem.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members on Tuesday formally asked the State of Alaska to increase and inflation-proof the base amount of money school districts get per student.

Borough Mayor Peter Micciche says the borough’s interest in the land is directly tied to housing shortages.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough won’t get kicked out of the federal government’s national flood insurance program.

Among the candidates are a Soldotna High School teacher, a small business owner and the chairman of Alaska’s Oil and Gas Royalty Board.

Some riverfront property owners say the maps are inaccurate and will lock them into stricter development rules in the decades to come.

The amount will augment money voters approved through a school maintenance bond initiative in 2022.