Kenai Peninsula Borough

Borough presentation says Soldotna Elementary rebuild stays within voter-approved bond

Borough officials are set to tell the Kenai school board Nov. 2 that the Soldotna Elementary rebuild stays within its voter-approved bond.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Tree cutting along Kenai Peninsula salmon streams falls to fewest since 2018

Tree cutting along Kenai Peninsula salmon streams is down to 391 so far this year from 2,772 in 2022, and restoration credit requests hit 32, the borough says.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Alaska Supreme Court upholds borough's denial of Anchor Point gravel pit permit

The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the denial of an Anchor Point gravel pit after an eight-year fight, saying the owner's must-approve reading defies common sense.

by Bill AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Central Peninsula Hospital gets OK for an ear, nose and throat clinic in Soldotna

Central Peninsula Hospital plans an ear, nose and throat clinic, likely in 2027. A doctor warned that once the area's ENT retires, it's Anchorage or bust.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min readFrom Oct 6

Kenai Peninsula Assembly president proposes filling vacant seats until 30 days left in a term

Kenai Peninsula Assembly holds a hearing tonight on Ryan Tunseth's rewrite letting it fill vacant seats until 30 days before a term ends, matching state law.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Kenai Peninsula Borough and Soldotna man agree to end lawsuit over trespass ordinance

A Soldotna "First Amendment Auditor" and the Kenai borough agreed to walk away from his lawsuit. Each side pays its own lawyers, and the trespass law stays.

by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago2 min read

Borough Planning Commission to hear proposal for Nikiski gravel pit on Oct. 12

A paving company wants to dig a gravel pit at Mile 31 of the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski. Neighbors get their say Oct. 12, three minutes at a time.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula voters decide on school board term limits

Kenai Peninsula voters decide on school board term limits that would not keep anyone off a ballot until 2032. The assembly sent it to them 9-0.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 1

Kenai Assembly asks state to ban cloud seeding, on consent agenda

A company seeded clouds over the Kenai Peninsula and the borough learned about it from a press release. Nobody has the authority to require otherwise.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

The Kenai Borough Assembly president wants three votes to carry the assembly

The Kenai Borough Assembly president wants three votes to carry the assembly instead of five. Two of nine members were appointed on his motions.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

Follows: Kenai Peninsula assembly president proposes rewrite of rules for filling assembly vacancies

Two Kenai Peninsula subdivisions go to the plat committee Sept. 28

Two subdivision plats, one in Nikiski and one in Anchor Point, go before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Sept. 28. Written comment closes the Friday before.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula assembly president proposes rewrite of rules for filling assembly vacancies

Kenai Peninsula Assembly President Ryan Tunseth is proposing to rewrite the rules for filling vacant assembly seats, with a public hearing set for Oct. 20.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula mayor's ordinance would regulate weather modification

The Kenai Peninsula Borough would regulate cloud seeding on its land and ask the state to consider banning weather modification.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Three Sterling streets end at the river, and the neighbors have had enough

Three Sterling streets dead-end at the Kenai River on public easements, and neighbors report trespass, human waste and an armed confrontation.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 12

Two candidates file on the last day for Kenai Peninsula Borough offices

Two more candidates filed on the last day for Kenai Peninsula Borough offices, including one seeking an Assembly seat that has been sitting vacant.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula planning commission to hear Cohoe road vacation Sept. 14

Kenai Peninsula planning commission will hear a petition Sept. 14 to vacate Keyros Avenue in Cohoe, with the borough assembly retaining veto power over any approval.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Assembly candidate Berga discloses North Slope job, Kenai Fish stake

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidate Nathan Berga disclosed North Slope oilfield income and ownership of a Soldotna fishing business in a financial filing Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The lone applicant for a Kenai Peninsula Assembly seat could be seated Sept. 1

Nathan Berga is the only applicant for Kenai Peninsula Borough's vacant District 7 seat and could be appointed Tuesday, Sept. 1, restoring the assembly to nine members.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai could put school board term limits to voters under a new state law

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will decide on school board term limits at a Sept. 1 public hearing, after state law changed to allow municipalities to propose them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche files to run again

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche, a former Soldotna mayor and state Senate President, filed to run for another term ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

The Kenai Assembly will fill the vacant Kalifornsky seat Tuesday

The Kenai Assembly will appoint someone to the vacant Kalifornsky seat Tuesday from three applicants — voters decide who finishes the term in November.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A closed Seward school would become a city-run community center

The closed Seward Middle School would be leased to the city for $1 a year to become a community center, under a deal the borough Assembly takes up Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest nine on drug charges during Salmonfest in Ninilchik

Troopers arrested nine at Salmonfest, eight on felony drug distribution charges, though the dispatch names no one and gives no drug quantities.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 31

Micciche sets break-even floor on Kenai Peninsula tax break for Alaska LNG

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche set a floor on Alaska LNG tax breaks at 75% off, saying the borough will not accept less than break-even on a $23.6 billion to $28.4 billion facility.

by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago3 min read

Sterling residents want to tax themselves for recreation

Sterling residents want to tax themselves for recreation. On Aug. 4 the borough sets the date for a public meeting where they can back or fight the plan.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Kenai assembly weighs putting school board term limits to voters

Kenai's assembly weighs term limits for school board members — but can't impose them alone, so a yes vote just puts the question to borough voters. Hearing Sept. 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

The state ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto gear their permits don't allow

Alaska ordered Cook Inlet setnetters onto gear their permits don't allow, deepening a years-long squeeze on a fishery it controls in state waters.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly to revisit Nikolaevsk school transfer Tuesday

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will reconsider Tuesday its approval of transferring the $8 million Nikolaevsk School to a Russian Old Believer nonprofit.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

HB 381 exempts Alaska LNG project property from municipal taxes, replaces with volumetric splits

HB 381 replaces municipal property taxes on the Alaska LNG project with a new volumetric tax. • Phase 1 revenue splits favor pipeline communities while Phase 2 directs 48 percent to the Kenai Peninsula Borough. • The state expects the project to generate 26 billion dollars over 30 years. • Tax changes expire if construction misses a December 31 2034 deadline.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago3 min read

A fish truck rolled on the Seward Highway, cutting off the road into town before the Fourth

A fish truck rolled on the Seward Highway late Friday, scattering its load and closing the road into town for hours — just as crowds arrived for the Fourth and Mount Marathon.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

Troopers: hatchet attack on partner at a Kenai campground

Troopers say a Wasilla woman attacked her partner with a hatchet, choked him, and threw full beer cans at him at a Kenai Peninsula campground. She faces assault charges.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

Kenai's $9.4M school-cost risk may never actually come due

A gas-tax bill could add up to $9.4 million a year to Kenai's school costs — but the Legislature's analyst says a sunset means none of it would ever be charged.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

A Russian Old Believer village fights to keep its school

Nikolaevsk — a Russian Old Believer village on the Kenai — may hand its shrinking school to a local nonprofit, a bid to keep education in the community as families drift away.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read

In a quiet Kenai neighborhood, a fight over how many homes is too many

A developer wants townhouses and a six-plex on a quiet Kenai dead-end — the most density the zone allows — and at least one neighbor isn't sold on the traffic.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read

A widely felt quake rattled Southcentral Alaska on Saturday

A magnitude 4.2 quake near Hope shook Anchorage and the Kenai on Saturday night. Early estimates ran higher, but the reviewed magnitude is small, and no damage was reported.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

On the Kenai, a cabin tests the river's 50-foot buffer

As peak season packs the Kenai, a company wants to build a cabin inside the 50-foot buffer that keeps development off the river's salmon-bearing banks.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read

An escaped campfire grew to 89 acres near Sterling — cutting power and closing a road

An unextinguished campfire near Sterling grew to 89 acres, cut power, and closed Swanson River Road. Put out your campfires.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 22, 2025

Kenai airport eyes automated fee system amid pilot privacy backlash

Kenai Airport is moving toward an automated landing fee system using aircraft tracking data, but a federal bill co-sponsored by Senator Dan Sullivan would ban that exact use, forcing the airport to choose a different technology if the law passes.

by Walter AlaskaNews5mo ago2 min read

Senate Finance weighs Alaska LNG tax worth $124M a year — and whether it's enough for host communities

Governments are making compromises on the amount of property tax they'll receive - not all are happy about it

by Walter AlaskaNews5mo ago3 min read

Seward Council to decide fate of pool that trained Olympic gold medalist

Seward City Council meets Tuesday to decide if it will fund the high school pool, which trained Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby. • The school district plans to close all its pools without new money or a city takeover. • Community swimmers are urging residents to speak at the meeting to keep the facility open.

by Alaska News5mo ago2 min read