In a 9-1 vote last week, the Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee recommended that the Board of Game not approve two intensive management proposals that include aerial wolf control. Vice Chair Tom Young said he voted against the wolf control proposals because they address the wrong cause. “The l...
Thu, 11/03/2011 - 9:39pmThe United Fishermen of Alaska has offered its support for restoration of a Coastal Management program for the state, but stopped short of endorsing the initiative process in which local communities hope to force the creation of a new program. The board noted the importance of fisheries to the Alask...
Thu, 11/03/2011 - 9:36pmScot Leaders was not expecting the offer for the position of district attorney. But when previous Kenai District Attorney Lance Joanis left to take a position with the attorney general’s office, working on child-in-need-of-aid cases, state Attorney General John Burns offered Leaders the posi...
Thu, 11/03/2011 - 9:31pm
Mary Copple listened all night Tuesday to the sounds of her roof being ripped apart. “My fiancé comes in and he goes, ‘Bad news — you’re starting to lose your roof,’” she said Wednesday afternoon with a laugh. “We just watched all night, and heard bangs and the shingles flying i...
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 7:51pmKenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Linda Murphy mentioned Tuesday she would seek to implement an idea that hasn’t been utilized since sometime in the 1970s in the borough. That idea, Murphy said during the assembly comments portion of the assembly’s regular meeting, was attaching fiscal not...
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 8:09pmSchool district enrollment is down, which means changes may be coming. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District enrollment numbers are based on a 20-day count that took place last month. "Overall enrollment trend for our district is down," Dr. Steve Atwater, KPBSD superintendent said during a pre...
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 8:47am
A Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly-generated proposition and the race for the borough mayor’s position this fall were factors in starting a dialogue about how borough residents are taxed and the balance between those taxing levels. Proposition No. 1, which appeared before voters in October, sought...
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 10:28amLocal electric customers will see a slight decrease in rates this month. The Wholesale Power Cost Adjustment (WPCRA) component of Homer Electric Association’s members’ bills will go from 5.297 centers per kilowatt hour to 4.424 cents per kilowatt hour. Overall, that’s a decrease of about 4.4 p...
Tue, 11/01/2011 - 5:02pmAccording to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, school has been cancelled at Nikiski North Star today. Staff is at the school in case children arrive; parents are being contacted via AlertNow. Also, Mountain View, Skyview, and River City Academy are on a two hour delay start. Stay up...
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 8:21am
