Sexton recommends keeping an eye on the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Hub online to check eligibility and to check for potential open appointments for future vaccination clinics in the area.

Council Member Teea Winger introduced a substitution to the ordinance that drastically expanded the program. It would expand the ordinance to make it a $1,000,000 program. After hours of debate, a $335,000 voucher program was the result.

What about the rest of the district? “By next Thursday, parents in the Central Peninsula and Southern Peninsula can expect to hear if their students will be able to start as early as February 1, that Monday.”

Brenda Ballou with the City of Seward believes that the private pilots who use the airport are certainly being impacted, but that there are more urgent concerns afoot, which has prompted the Seward City Council to attempt to take action at their next meeting.

While Dr. Mitchell’s information echoed the consensus of modern science regarding COVID-19 and its vaccines, a handful of members of the public took issue with not only the data presented by the doctor, but also the presentation itself.

The aim for the donated funds is to support 20 fully-funded space simulator missions or virtual STEM programs for 5th and 6th grade students on the Kenai Peninsula.

The IRS anticipates a first week of March refund for many taxpayers if they file electronically with direct deposit and there are no issues with their tax returns. This would be the same experience for taxpayers if the filing season opened in late January. Taxpayers will need to check Where’s My Refund for their personalized refund date.

Senator Sullivan on Tuesday: “When the inevitable budget battles occur, it will be critical for our nation’s security and military members to have a secretary of defense who understands firsthand the very real morale and readiness problems that result from drastic cuts to our military.”

The lease sale is not yet set in stone, as the current stage is simply a draft Environmental Impact Statement. The move opens the door to public comment on a potential sale that involves around one million acres of the Cook Inlet.

The first declaration was issued on March 18 of last year, and has been extended with a current expiation date of January 31. City Manager Paul Ostrander issued a memo to the council, requesting an extension to the declaration until February 28.