Kenai Peninsula Borough

In this forum, hear from the uncontested, incumbent candidate for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor, Peter Micciche. We’re also joined by one of the two candidates running for a one-year term in the assembly’s Kalifornsky seat, Lisa McDonald.

Charter organizers include five parents and two Soldotna Elementary employees, who say the proposal is the result of tumult Soldotna schools have faced in recent years.

The company says it received necessary permission to make rain with drones, but local officials are pushing for more transparency.

Berga will serve until the next election, in which he is also the only candidate running for the seat.

Seward Middle School was one of four schools Kenai Peninsula school board members voted to close earlier this year to save money.

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.

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

An ordinance going before the assembly Tuesday would ask voters whether to cap school board terms at two consecutive full terms – the same limit put on assembly members and the borough mayor.

In many ways, the new station is an upgrade. Firefighters have their own rooms. A dedicated gym means crews no longer work out in the vehicle bay. And a multi-purpose conference room is big enough to accommodate every employee at once.