Kenai Peninsula Borough

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.

Hicks has represented the assembly’s District 7 since October 2025. In a resignation letter, he said he is moving out of state next week and will not attend any future assembly meetings.

Petitioners cited private property rights and safety issues from lack of infrastructure. But others say privatizing the road would shutter a longstanding community fishing spot and limit already-sparse river access.

Monday’s vote came on the heels of public meetings the borough held in Sterling, Seward and Kasilof to ask the communities what they want to see happen with the buildings.