Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved next year’s property tax rates and passed a resolution honoring a Homer resident who died earlier this year at its meeting Tuesday.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed several items and heard public testimony on school funding at its meeting last night.

Twice a day, cars queue up at the busy intersection of the Old Sterling Highway and new Sterling Highway in Anchor Point. Parents drop off and pick up their kids at Chapman School, while highway traffic whizzes by. Some relief is on its way, after the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved spending this week to expand the school’s footprint.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering an ordinance to buy additional land for Chapman School in Anchor Point to improve student drop-off safety.

Voters defeated the bond for South Peninsula Hospital in Homer by a landslide during borough elections this year.

Voters living in the South Peninsula Hospital Service Area will have the final say on if the bond is approved.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly introduced several ordinances and carried out multiple commendations at its meeting Tuesday.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly held its yearly meeting in Seward and coincidentally approved various pieces of legislation for the city.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson is the fourth person joining the race for the District 6 Alaska House seat.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed a resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting supporting a project that would install a heat pump at one of the schools in southern Kachemak Bay.