The position is set to be added at the city-owned shop on Funny River Road. The position will support Soldotna’s two mechanics by performing maintenance and repair on vehicles, equipment, and small tools.

Appointments will be scheduled by vaccine providers throughout the day on Thursday, and according to DHSS, the bulk of appointment will be added around noon. Appointments are expected to go quickly due to limited vaccine supply.

The Upper Cook Inlet sockeye salmon forecast was also revealed. They estimate a total run of 4.37 million, escapement of two million, and a harvest of 2.37 million.

COVID-19 has taken that one-day, one-roof model and prompted a transformation into a “point-in-time” event, where the same people will be outreached to rather than invited to one location.

Kenai, Homer, and Seward have more in common than being cities on the Kenai Peninsula. Culturally, they each share the distinction of having an official sister city in Japan. Those living in an Alaskan sister city can put together a video to win big prizes.

A candidate must receive 15 signatures from current HEA members, though HEA recommends aiming higher than that, in the event that some signatures end up being from residents who are not current HEA members.

Senator Shower noted that the bill does not prevent people from registering to vote with their Permanent Fund Dividend application; rather, it forces people to manually opt-in on their application rather than it being an automatic trigger.

The Soldotna City Council is set to meet on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., but the meetings are still virtual-only to those planning to attend. That means either utilizing the Zoom online platform or calling in via telephone.

The three 30 minute sessions will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, hosted on the board’s online livestream channel. Archived videos will be posted later by 2:00 p.m. for those who cannot attend live.