Guardian Flight will be taking up residency at the Kenai Municipal Airport in April. Kenai City Manger Paul Ostrander made the announcement at the Kenai City Council meeting on February 21.

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska), today announced a $33.5 million grant coming to Alaska to assist communities impacted by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on November 30, 2018.

The Kenai Chamber of Commerce held their 2020 job shadow luncheon on Wednesday at Kenai Christian Church for Kenai Central High School juniors looking to  explore the wide variety of careers that the peninsula has to offer.

On Tuesday, an ordinance passed in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, tightening restrictions on residency requirements for those who run for public office. Previously, the residency requirement had only been 180 days prior to an election.  It passed with eight yes votes, zero no votes, and one absent.

During a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the President’s $5.3 billion budget request for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2021, Senator Lisa Murkowski advocated on behalf of the need for sustainable timber harvesting and recreation access in Alaska, particularly in the Tongass.

U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) executed a series of search warrants as part of ‘Operation Cold Snap,’ resulting in federal charges against 16 individuals for federal firearm and drug trafficking crimes.

On Thursday, the Alaska VA held a veteran town hall, designed to allow feedback from veterans, family members, and other stakeholders in veterans’ healthcare.

On Tuesday, February 25, the Sterling Highway MP 45-60 team will be holding a public open house where interested residents can hear about engineering design updates and see what’s next for the project.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration met with residents at Kenai Central High School to discuss the nearly $145 million preliminary budget for the school year beginning in August, as well as to address concerns from the public.   Liz Hayes, Director of Finance for KBPSD, and Dave Jones, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Support, held their presentation in the school’s library, the second of four such meetings they are conducting throughout the peninsula.  They walked the crowd of around 20 residents through a PowerPoint presentation, followed by a lengthy question-and-answer session.   The two highlighted budget cuts since the 2015 fiscal year, with a total reduction of $11,091,048 in that time frame.   Mr. Jones mentioned that the cuts are due to a five-year list of cuts that the district is sticking to. He said he hopes the government in Juneau adheres to their responsibility to find new funding, pointing out that the district is having a difficult time with the budget cuts.   Dave Jones: “At the state level, where have we been and where are we going?  A year ago, we were talking about the Governor’s budget cutting $20 million to this school district. It wasn’t realistic for us…

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