Timothy Petty
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Kodiak council votes Thursday on backing a 10-mile path along Rezanof Drive
Kodiak's council votes Thursday on backing a 10-mile paved path along Rezanof Drive, the day the state stops taking comments on the plan that lists it.

Kenai City Council postpones vote on Mission Street bluff erosion contract until Oct. 7
Kenai's council was set to award a bluff erosion contract a day after bids closed. It punted to Oct. 7 instead, and nobody said why on the record.

A fishing advocate warns Kenai over an undersea Cook Inlet data center
A fishing advocate told the Kenai council the federal application for an undersea data center off Nikiski has no thermal modeling, in endangered beluga habitat.

Kenai voters will decide on a homeowner tax break worth about $326 a year
Kenai voters decide in November on a homeowner tax exemption worth about $326 a year. It would cost the city roughly $434,000 annually in revenue.

A cattle parasite Alaska will never see could still cost Alaskans
Screwworm can't survive an Alaska winter, but Alaskans buy beef from the herds it threatens — and we're last in line on price.

The sea lions in Congress's salmon bill breed in Southeast Alaska
A House bill would expand sea lion removals to protect Columbia River salmon. The Steller sea lions involved breed on rookeries in Southeast Alaska.

Kenai council grants Tidewater LLC 10-year first right of refusal on Denina Point Estate
Kenai City Council unanimously gave developer Tidewater LLC a 10-year first right to buy the city-owned Dena'ina Point Estates parcel and committed $54,219 toward subdivision costs.

Kenai council funds $110K roof shortfall, sets Oct. 31 deadline for Senior Center and shelter work
“if this passes and moves forward, when is the estimated time that the projects would be started and what's the projected time that they would be completed?”

Alaska fishery disaster funds stalled at OMB despite congressional approval
Congress approved $300 million in fishery disaster relief for Alaska in December 2024, but the Office of Management and Budget has not released the funds to fishing families waiting for relief.

A House bill on NOAA workplace safety is built on data from Alaska — where a third of fisheries observers report harassment or assault
A House bill to strengthen sexual harassment protections at NOAA is built on data from Alaska's North Pacific Observer Program, where nearly one third of the roughly 400 annual observers report harassment or assault.
