Second-class borough covering the entire Kenai Peninsula — 25,000 square miles of glaciers, fjords, and world-class salmon streams. Economy built on commercial fishing, oil and gas, and tourism.
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK, USA
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Alexi Painter
“For Phase 2, your annual AVT revenue would be 8 cents times 500,000 times 365 plus 10 cents times 2.5 million times 365, and that's $107.3 million. And so that's roughly with that higher end cost estimate, that's a mill rate of about 1.97 mills.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“42.7% Of the value of this project will be located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. 900 Acres, 3 liquefaction trains, 2 240,000 cubic meter storage tanks, terminal facilities, 2 berths in Cook Inlet, moving up to 2.5 BCF a day, which means a ship or 2 will always be present. This project will nearly double the population in Akiski for 4 years during construction.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“At the 12 cents plus the community impact fund in the House version, the project will be paying in the low to mid-30% range of all other Nikiski taxpayers. Approximately a 70% reduction. That's okay. 90% Was too much. 70 Is in the ballpark.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“I currently have the statutory right under Title 29 to negotiate a deal. If you take that right away, please make sure you protect our community from harm.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Alexi Painter
“revenue begins in FY '31 with just the in-state portion, and then going as the export begins, this higher number.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Peter Micciche
“You have the choice in your hands between Alaskans like the folks on the Kenai holding the bag for 2 generations or enough in local taxes to provide for a healthy 30-plus-year partnership absent of local taxpayer subsidies.”Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 10, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 10, 2026
Troopers arrest nine on drug charges during Salmonfest in Ninilchik
Alaska State Troopers say an undercover operation at Salmonfest in Ninilchik from July 31 to August 2 produced nine arrests, eight of them for felony drug distribution, along with seizures of methamphetamine, ecstasy, prescription pills, mushrooms, cash and firearms.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
Three applicants seek Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly seat Aug. 18
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly's Committee of the Whole interviews three applicants for the vacant District 1 - Kalifornsky seat at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, and the full Assembly is scheduled to appoint and swear in one of them that evening.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min readAI
HB 381 exempts Alaska LNG project property from municipal taxes, replaces with volumetric splits
HB 381 exempts covered Alaska LNG project property from municipal property taxes and replaces that structure with a phased volumetric tax whose revenue splits shift significantly once LNG exports begin, with the Kenai Peninsula Borough receiving 48.4 percent of base Phase 2 revenue. The tax changes take effect only if specified conditions are met.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min readAI
The state ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto gear their permits don't allow
Alaska's Board of Fisheries ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto beach seines their permits don't authorize, deepening a years-long wind-down as drift rules stay unchanged.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min readAI
A fish truck rolled on the Seward Highway, cutting off the road into town before the Fourth
An overturned semi hauling fish closed the Seward Highway at Mile 15 late Friday, cutting off the road into Seward for several hours ahead of the Fourth of July and Mount Marathon.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Troopers: hatchet attack on partner at a Kenai campground
Alaska State Troopers arrested a 44-year-old Wasilla woman Thursday after she allegedly struck her domestic partner with a hatchet, choked him, and threw beer cans at him at Kelly Lake campground near Cooper Landing. A conditions-of-release violation charge indicates she was already under court restrictions.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
On the Kenai, a cabin tests the river's 50-foot buffer
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission heard a conditional use permit request Monday from Wearly Catching Silvers, LLC to place a cabin within the 50-foot Kenai River Habitat Protection District at a Soldotna-area parcel — a decision with direct stakes for one of Alaska's most productive salmon rivers.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kenai assembly weighs putting school board term limits to voters
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers an ordinance capping school board member terms; if approved, borough voters would decide the question. Hearing Sept. 1.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Sterling residents want to tax themselves for recreation
A citizen petition would create a Sterling Recreation Service Area, letting residents tax themselves for recreation. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meets Aug. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min readAI
Kenai airport eyes automated fee system amid pilot privacy backlash
The Kenai Airport Commission discussed a proposal Thursday to use ADS-B tracking technology to automatically bill aircraft landing fees, drawing sharp opposition from commissioners who warned the safety tool may soon be restricted by federal legislation.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
A Russian Old Believer village fights to keep its school
The Kenai Borough Assembly will reconsider transferring Nikolaevsk's school to a nonprofit — a bid by the Russian Old Believer village to keep its school as enrollment declines.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kenai's $9.4M school-cost risk may never actually come due
One version of Alaska's HB 381 gas-tax bill could raise Kenai Peninsula Borough school-funding costs up to $9.4 million a year, but a sunset provision may mean none is ever charged.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly to revisit Nikolaevsk school transfer Tuesday
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will reconsider a 6-2 vote to convey the Nikolaevsk School to Alaskan Homestead Education, Inc. on Tuesday, July 7, after Assembly Member Willy Dunne filed notice of reconsideration at the June 16 meeting, putting local control of the nearly $8 million property back in play for the Russian Old Believer village.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Seward Council to decide fate of pool that trained Olympic gold medalist
Seward City Council will hold a work session on the Middle/High School pool before its May 26, 2026 regular meeting, following earlier discussions about the pool's future after the school district announced closure plans.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min readAI
Senate Finance weighs Alaska LNG tax worth $124M a year — and whether it's enough for host communities
Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche told the Alaska Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that the House version of the Alaska LNG tax bill provides a workable 70% property tax reduction, while the original 90% cut would have left local taxpayers subsidizing the project.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readAI
An escaped campfire grew to 89 acres near Sterling — cutting power and closing a road
The Grandview Fire near Sterling grew to 89 acres after an escaped campfire, closing Swanson River Road and prompting Homer Electric to cut power briefly
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
Kenai Peninsula CTE students achieve 97% graduation rate
Career and technical education students in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District achieved a 97% graduation rate, with 32% of successful students economically disadvantaged, demonstrating how hands-on career training keeps Alaska students engaged and employed in-state.
by Alaska Newsadded 3mo ago4 min readAI
In a quiet Kenai neighborhood, a fight over how many homes is too many
Kenai's Planning and Zoning Commission weighs a permit for townhouses and a six-family dwelling in a Rural Residential zone, as a neighbor raises traffic concerns.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
A widely felt quake rattled Southcentral Alaska on Saturday
A cluster of earthquakes struck southwest of Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula Borough around 9:25 p.m. Saturday, with the Alaska Earthquake Center confirming a M4.2 event 16 miles west-northwest of Hope felt widely across Anchorage, and a separate M5.1 reported 20 miles south of Kalifornsky.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
Micciche sets break-even floor on Kenai Peninsula tax break for Alaska LNG
At a Commonwealth North forum in Anchorage on June 5, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche said the borough will accept a 75 percent property tax reduction for the Alaska LNG facility, giving up $132 million to $175 million, but will not go below break-even.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago3 min readAI
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly to hear Seward school lease Tuesday
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly takes public testimony Tuesday on a long-term lease handing the closed Seward Middle School to the City of Seward to run as a community facility. The Seward City Council has already approved its side and committed up to $233,000 through year's end.
by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago2 min readAI