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Borough to consider banning smoking in buildings
Current code only bans smoking in assembly chambers during meetings and session.
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New voting machines get test spin
Testing voting equipment has always been open to the public, but was made more accessible due to sweeping…
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COVID divisions shape heated testimony
After raucous meeting, assembly tables resolution on ‘vaccine segregation’.
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State, hospital officials brief assembly on COVID
“The hospital has been over capacity for basically the month of August,” an official said.
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Borough resolution opposes ‘COVID-19 vaccine segregation’
The legislation does not nullify COVID mandates instituted by the borough’s incorporated communities.
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Census shows slight peninsula population growth
The 2020 census kicked off in January 2020 in Toksook Bay, Alaska.
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Borough, cities mull use of relief funds
ARPA funds are in addition to money received through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
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Soldotna City Council stands by Farnsworth-Hutchings as planning pick
The City of Soldotna and borough have clashed in monthslong recruitment and appointment process.
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Borough mayor promotes debunked COVID treatments
Pierce defends ivermectin as potential virus med, proposes local clinical trials
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Assembly OKs purchase of training mannequins
The equipment would be used in day-to-day training for the purpose of learning new medical techniques.
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Borough encourages voters to participate in municipal election
Kenai, Soldotna, Seward and Homer city councils as well as school district and assembly have seats open.
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Soldotna, Kenai to mull partnership for 911 dispatch services
Queen floated the idea of partnering with Kenai to offer dispatch services.
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Kenai signs onto beetle funding request
The peninsula’s latest spruce bark beetle outbreak has impacted more than 1 million acres in Southcentral Alaska.
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Mayor blasts hospital over COVID-19 treatment
Pierce shared anecdotes about what he believed was ineffective emergency room treatment.
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City, borough and school board seats up for grabs
The candidate filing period for people interested in running for seats open in the Oct. 5 municipal election…
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Nikiski soil treatment facility on track for approval
The facility would be located near Mile 27.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski.
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Borough sales tax revenue higher than anticipated
The borough said it planned conservatively in anticipation of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Borough seeks to change planning commission selection process
Traditionally, cities have advertised for their vacant seat on the commission, with applications forwarded to the city council…
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Emergency management seeks to reduce accidental 911 calls
According to OEM, 98% of accidental 911 calls are the result of smartphone and smart device technology.
