Kenai Peninsula News

Alaska’s Primary Election is Aug. 18. The top four vote-getters in each race advance to the General Election on Nov. 3.

Kenai City Manager Terry Eubank says the changes are rooted in complaints from city property owners.

Derek Berry, 39, was reported missing by family members in early May.

Stream Watch was started in the mid-1990s by a group of fishermen intent on protecting the Kenai Peninsula’s salmon habitats. The program is jointly run by the Kenai Watershed Forum and the U.S. Forest Service and has an overarching goal of promoting watershed stewardship.

More than 100 attendees gathered on May 31 to celebrate the life of Kenai Peninsula College’s longest serving director, Gary Turner, who died in April. Speakers celebrated Turner as a champion for the college and its students and staff.

Council members added roughly a quarter of a million dollars in one-time spending during their Wednesday meeting.

The borough budget designates money for local schools, road work, borough landfills, service areas and government operations, among other things.

Council member Jordan Chilson says the changes were inspired by a conversation about how Soldotna should accommodate remote participation in city meetings.

State lawmakers put $144 million in bonus funding for K-12 schools in the state operating budget, of which Kenai Peninsula schools would get around $9.5 million. The additional funding is subject to approval by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

The project is backed by $16.7 million in federal grants and local matching funds.