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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly swore in Theo Noomah to Homer’s seat Tuesday as Kelly Cooper wrapped up her final meeting. Members also passed five spending ordinances on the consent agenda, including another $500,000 for a mobile garbage shredder, and introduced a grant for a Bear Creek Fire cardiac monitor.
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Sabine Poux/KDLLThe storm watch is in effect through late Sunday night and is expected to make travel difficult. The agency is predicting two and ten inches of snow on the western Kenai Peninsula, with up to a foot possible in higher elevations. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLAfter polls closed on Election Day, Chuck Winters led incumbent Paul Whitney by 36 votes. But Whitney pulled ahead after Soldotna’s election officials counted hundreds more absentee and question ballots. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLAbout 42% of visitors used the elevated walking track, which department staff say is the facility’s most popular component. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLCity Manager Janette Bower penned the ordinance, which she said would help curb behavior that disrupts city services or threatens public safety. She now says those are rules the city can implement and enforce without council permission.
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The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for parts of Southcentral Alaska, including the Kenai Peninsula; Seldovia will settle a tied city council seat Monday, and it could come down to a coin flip; and Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, the leading candidate for governor, just barely crested the important 50% mark in the latest election results the Alaska Division of Elections released Thursday.
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