Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members are getting a raise for the first time in more than 25 years. That’s after the group unanimously approved the change Tuesday. An iconic opossum who hitched a ride to Alaska on a shipping container from Washington state died on Saturday, according to a statement from the Alaska Zoo. The City of Kenai has a new mayor after swearing in former Vice Mayor Henry Knackstedt during Wednesday’s city council meeting.
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