02/11/14

The City of Soldotna is looking at the variables involved in the Binkley St. improvement plans and have invited the public to City Hall tonight.

02/11/14

A couple of topics on the Borough Assembly Meeting agenda are the proposed five lane Kenai Spur Expansion and whether or not Borough Employees should be allowed to serve as Elected Officials.

02/11/14

Clam Gulch commercial fisherman Brent Johnson has been working on his selective harvest module.

Today the Alaska Senate heard an impromptu debate about oil taxes even though it was not on the agenda.   Senator Cathy Giessel began the discussion  in the special orders of the agenda.  Giessel said that “Alaska needs a healthy oil industry for Alaska’s economy, stating that it is the most viable tax revenue available.”   “Some other far fetched tax revenues that would compare to the tax revenue oil provides would be tens of thousands of cruise ships visiting Alaska and every Alaskan of age smoking 10 packs a day“, which she added were absurd.   Giessel: “I’m glad we enacted the More Alaskan Production Act Mr. President. Because I don’t want to ask Alaskans to resort to smoking, drinking, driving on studded tires. And then on top of that, invite the country of Mexico to all get on mass onto cruise ships and come to Alaska. I’m much happier seeing the activity on Point Thomson and the increased rigs on the North Slope.”   Giessel’s discussion spurred this response from Democrat Minority Leader Hollis French.   French: ” We were given that oil at statehood, to share fairly and to build Alaska. And that is now an opportunity that we…

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02/10/14

The Kenai Peninsula College will be hosting its annual Winter Health Fair this Wednesday, February 12.

Though its still a bit early to garden, the Alaska Division of Agriculture reminds retail store managers to be cautious of out of state seed potatoes and tomato plants which could be infected with Late Blight Disease.   We spoke with Mia Kirk, an agricultural inspector for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources who says they try to remind retailers every year of the guidelines in order to keep blight out of the state as much as possible.   Kirk: “One thing we can’t monitor is people who order through seed catalogs. I’m talking for potatoes because tomato seeds are not at risk, the actual seedlings are. So just to be aware that there are requirements, ya know if you’re going to bring in seed potatoes or tomato plants.”   Some of the guidelines for potatoes are that they are produced as certified seed potatoes wherever they were grown, inspected in storage with no blight found, and inspected at the shipping point.   Tomato plants that are imported from outside Alaska should also be inspected at the nursery where they were grown and the shipping point, and treated prior to shipment with a registered fungicide for blight.   Blight shows…

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02/10/14

Over the past several months, multiple Special Assessment Districts have been discussed by the Soldotna City Council.

02/10/14

House Joint Resolution 1 received much more criticism in the State House than the Senate earlier this week.

02/08/14

As off 11:00 am today, HEA crews are finishing up restoration work on the Kenai Peninsula following yesterday’s wind storm.

02/07/14

Strong winds continue to cause power outages around the Kenai Peninsula this afternoon. Joe Gallagher with HEA gave us a recent update as of 5:00 pm.