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Four candidates are running for the open Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor seat in the Feb. 14 special election. The winner will serve through the next municipal election, in October.
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A former fire technician from Kachemak Emergency Services area says she was repeatedly sexually harassed by a supervisor, then fired for complaining about his behavior. The lawsuit was filed Monday morning.
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Natural gas producer HEX is appealing the state's assessment on its property in Cook Inlet. The Kenai Peninsula Borough gets about half the sales tax on the property each year — and has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to litigate the matter.
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Population data released last week by the state shows outmigration from the state as a whole — and a declining population in all but four boroughs — between July 2021 and July 2022.
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough is holding a special mayoral election Feb. 14 to fill the remainder of former Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce's term.
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Voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough will choose a new mayor in a special election this Valentine's Day. Several Kenai and Soldotna candidates are already thinking of running for the open seat, which they would fill through October 2023.
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A 20-page lawsuit, filed Friday against Pierce and the borough, details an alleged pattern of harassment by Pierce that the complainant said the borough did not remedy.
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The charging document details a lengthy investigation that was put on hold when the lead investigator himself was arrested on child sexual abuse charges.
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Energy utilities have been meeting since May to talk strategy as Cook Inlet’s top producer of natural gas warns future contracts are not a guarantee. This week, a local sustainability commission said the Kenai Peninsula Borough, too, could play a role in helping avoid an energy crisis down the road.
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With all votes in, voter turnout for last week's municipal election has increased to 18.2% borough-wide, according to the laydown from the borough clerk.