Nikiski

The pool's boiler has run its course, and North Peninsula Recreation Service Area Eric Eleton says the whole system connected to the boiler will need to be upgraded too.

On Tuesday, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted in a smaller map of the Nikiski planning commission that includes just the east side of Cook Inlet. Residents of the west side of the inlet have strongly supported the change, while advocates in Nikiski rallied to maintain larger boundaries.

Jesse Bjorkman [R-Nikiski] has introduced two bills and worked from the helm of the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee during his first legislative session. We checked in with Bjorkman on his work so far, and his move south.

A study from the Wildfire Research Center will look at the social and ecological aspects of fire mitigation in Nikiski, Cooper Landing and Funny River.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly failed this week to come to a consensus on the size of the Nikiski Advisory Planning Commission, after representatives from the west-side community of Tyonek voiced strong support for making the area smaller.

The borough's newest Advisory Planning Commission, based in Nikiski, is getting pushback from the Tyonek Native village and corporation on the other side of Cook Inlet, which say they don’t want to be a part of it.

Peter Ribbens, an environmental professional in the oil and gas industry, was selected last night in a 5-3 vote to serve in the Nikiski assembly seat left vacant by new State Senator Jesse Bjorkman.

Heidi Covey, William Hubler, Lenora Niesen and Peter Ribbens are all vying for the Borough Assembly seat left open by Republican State Sen. Elect Jesse Bjorkman. The assembly will select someone next Tuesday who will serve until the next election in October.

The Nikiski Shelter of Hope opened in Dec. 2021, with space for 22 clients. Clients have come from as far as Homer and Seward, said Love INC Executive Director Leslie Rohr.

The Nikiski advisory planning commission will cover 3.5 million acres. That size was a sticking point Tuesday for some members of the borough assembly.