City Manager Paul Ostrander: “By stabilizing this bluff and providing an assurance to those folks that the bluff will not continue to erode, that it will be stabilized, it will spur private development in that portion of the city that we haven’t seen, again, in several decades. So, this is critically important to capital investment in, what I think, is probably the premiere location in the City of Kenai.”

They remind drivers to expect, and be prepared for, long delays. Flagging operators will guide drivers through the area, and they expect the final paving work to take them well into the first week of October.

Fletcher created the local congregation, in Homer, to make a point and effect change when it comes to the borough’s invocation policy. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska sued the borough in 2016 on behalf of residents who were denied the right to deliver invocations under the borough’s previous policy.

The permit is open to any qualified Alaska resident or non-resident and is non-transferable. Season dates are October 25 – November 30; however, the hunt will be closed by emergency order when the harvest quota is reached. Interested hunters should be aware that access to the hunt area is limited and the terrain is extremely demanding.

At approximately 1:52 a.m. on Saturday morning, Kenai Police conducted the traffic stop on Robert Peterkin for driving without lights on. He was administered a breathalyzer test, found to be over the limit, then remanded to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

Each Wednesday at noon, a team including Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anne Zink, as well as Alaska’s Chief Epidemiologist, Joe McLaughlin, will discuss the latest science and the medical response to COVID-19.

This Resolution aims to authorize City Manager Paul Ostrander to enter into a new Airline Operating Agreement with FLOAT Shuttle, effective September 8. FLOAT Shuttle plans to continue to operate in Alaska as Corvus Airlines, Inc. They will be responsible for financial obligations to the airport pursuant to the Airline Operating Agreement as of September 8.

This year’s event pays $3,000 for the adult overall first place winner and $500 for the youth overall first place winner, with additional daily prizes for adult and youth. The Kenai Silver Salmon Derby awards prizes using a Magic Weight that is randomly generated using two wheels of identical size. Since any fish over four pounds is eligible to win, anglers of all skill levels have a chance to earn prizes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider a resolution that would call for entering a joint resolution with the cities of Kenai and Soldotna. Joint Resolution 2020-01 aims to promote community awareness to take all necessary precautions to follow the preventative measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control to reduce the spread of COVID-19 throughout the borough.   The meeting will be tonight, September 15, at 6:00 p.m.   Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce is the sponsor of the resolution. In a memo from his desk, he notes that preventative measures are the best defense against the spread of COVID. He believes a reminder to residents is necessary to encourage them to take the CDC’s recommended mitigation measures.   Numbers of COVID-19 have been lower in the Kenai Peninsula Borough since the weekend of August 15 and 16, where there was a test positivity rate of 3.0%. Since that weekend, the numbers have gradually fallen, now consistently sitting below 1.0% in daily reports. Although the rates of positive tests have slowed, CDC guidelines suggest that mitigation is still necessary to keep the numbers down, especially as the virus’ numbers in nearby Anchorage remains relatively high.   Most residents of the…

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Eligible households may qualify to receive up to $1,200 a month in housing assistance, September through December, depending on the cost of their rent or mortgage and the amount of their income loss due to work shutdowns or slowdowns from COVID-19.