Kenai Peninsula Borough

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.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is evaluating the efficacy of its recycling efforts and solid waste management as a whole after the loss of a baler at the Central Peninsula Landfill.

The Nikiski Fire Service Area got a more than $300,000 state grant in 2021 to set the program up.

The 34th Alaska Legislature convenes Jan. 21.