Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

Voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough will choose a new mayor in a special election this Valentine's Day. Several Kenai and Soldotna candidates are already thinking of running for the open seat, which they would fill through October 2023.

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will weigh in on two boroughwide bonds this October, for upgrades to a dozen schools and for a new emergency services building in Soldotna.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough now says mayor and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce was asked to consider resigning from office after an employee filed workplace harassment claims against him and a law firm found them to be credible.

A new overhaul to Kenai Peninsula Borough code regarding gravel pits and other material sites is up for public comment next month.

Central Peninsula Hospital is buying the independently owned Surgery Center of Kenai for nearly $10 million.The purchase of the two-operating room facility will, in turn, expand the hospital’s capacity and allow it to address a backlog of surgeries.

Assembly members voted to support some big-ticket items including the over $9 million purchase of a surgery center for Central Peninsula Hospital.The Assembly also supported spending $16 million to replace a fire station for the Central Emergency Service Area to be paid for with municipal bonds. Now, the question over whether to purchase the upgraded facility will be put to voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough election on Oct. 4.

“I'm not a big fan of bonds and debt and taking on more payments, just in general,” Assemblymember Bill Elam said. “But, I've been to a lot of these schools now. And we really do need to get some of this stuff addressed.”

A proposed solar farm in Sterling could add to the peninsula's growing portfolio of renewable energy projects.

In the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly District 9 race for the South Peninsula, Mike Tupper has a sizable lead over Ashton Callahan and Dawson Slaughter.…

The three men running for a three-year seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly representing District 9, the South Peninsula, faced off in another…