Crews in Homer started work this week on a nearly $3.7 million pavement preservation project on Kachemak Drive.
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Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLThe proposal comes about two weeks after city officials told council members about a need for more city revenue to pay for projects. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLCrews have already resumed work on the Cooper Landing Bypass Project. Other ongoing projects include the second phase of improvements to the Kenai Spur Highway between Swires and Sports Lake roads. -
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.A new disaster relief assistance program helps Alaska peony farmers purchase new rootstock to replant. -
U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceA project to remove an invasive weed from Crescent Lake is running long on expenses, short on money.
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On the Kenai Peninsula, the end of winter comes with the return of the midnight sun and salmon, an influx of tourists and fireweed and a welcome reprieve from the cold and dark. But the change in seasons also means road work, and the traffic jams that come with it. This year will be no different; advocates have been pushing state legislators this session to raise the age of consent from 16 to 18. The House passed a bill that would do that unanimously last year, but the proposal has been stuck in a Senate committee ever since; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will not ask state lawmakers for more school funding.
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