Kenai Peninsula News

Kenai Fire Chief Jay Teague says structure fire risk tends to increase during the winter months, but the two recent hotel fires are anomalies.

Approval from the Alaska Board of Education came roughly two months after Kenai Peninsula school board members also signed off.

The announcement described a smattering of new nonbinding agreements that cover gas supplies from ExxonMobil and Hilcorp, roughly two-thirds of the steel needed for the pipeline and construction services.

Voters will consider whether to move city elections from October to November. The Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Soldotna made the same change after roughly two-thirds of peninsula voters enacted the change through a ballot proposition.

Through the partnership the company would “facilitate the construction and operation” of at least six liquefied natural gas carriers.

Building maintenance and upkeep shifted to the city when the building shut its doors. The closure comes as the city has identified a need for major improvements to or reconstruction of its existing public safety building.

State lawmakers will gavel in for the second half of the 34th Alaska Legislature Tuesday in Juneau.

Hazardous conditions closed schools, tribal facilities, city services and certain businesses last week.

Early estimates put the district about $8.5 million in the red if it maintained the same staffing and programs next school year.

Under the nonbinding agreement, Glenfarne would lend Donlin its pipeline expertise and Donlin would buy natural gas from Glenfarne.