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Soldotna lawmakers on Wednesday are scheduled to consider an adjustment to the city's landscaping ordinance as it pertains to undeveloped residential property.

Borough Mayor John Williams has approved paying court-ordered attorney fees to a plaintiff who sued the borough late last year when the assembly failed to seat three incumbents re-elected to their assembly ...

Seven parcels of land considered surplus to the needs of the borough's land bank would be offered for public sealed bid later this year if the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approves.

The $108 million borough budget proposed for fiscal year 2009 beginning July 1 gets the second of three scheduled public hearings at today's meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly.

Meeting in Seward on Tuesday, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted to adopt new road design and construction standards. via Clarion Dispatch

An equipment failure at the Homer Electric Association substation in Kasilof was to blame for a power outage that affected approximately 2,500 members from Kalifornsky Beach to Clam Gulch early Saturday ... via Clarion Dispatch

Central Peninsula General Hospital Inc. board finds space for its alcohol and chemical dependency treatment program HAL SPENCE Central Peninsula Hospital is ready to invest in a 40-acre parcel that includes a ... via Clarion Dispatch

“I want to make sure they have factual information. This doesn't help us out, it helps out the borough. We are not feathering our nest. This money goes directly into the ground and makes better roads”

Kenai Watershed Forum officials hope a second try will mean success for an ordinance that would provide $100,000 in the FY 2009 borough budget for its culvert repair program that restores vital salmon habitat. via Clarion Dispatch

Published: March 14th, 2008 12:38 AM Last Modified: March 14th, 2008 12:59 AM POPULATION: 6,914 LOCATION: Along Kalifornsky Beach Road, off the Sterling Highway, 10 miles south of the City of Kenai, on the east ... via Anchorage Daily News

Roland Maw of Cohoe has been busy. He was nominated by Governor Palin and in September appointed by President Bush to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission , a group with three members each from Canada, ... via Peninsulaclarion.com

“It's solely to increase revenues to the city”

City council gets earful from those potentially affected PHIL HERMANEK Peninsula Clarion One resident after another came before the Soldotna City Council Wednesday night to say they don't want to become part of ... via Clarion Dispatch

“It's a little looser than the original 2007-33”

New substitute proposed for subdivision constuction standards HAL SPENCE Peninsula Clarion There is a new wrinkle in the yearlong debate over how to ensure that new subdivision roads are built to borough ... via Clarion Dispatch

“Preliminarily it seems these concerns can be overcome”

Assembly to look at controversial measure HAL SPENCE Peninsula Clarion A controversial measure imposing new subdivision road requirements on some developers that won a majority of votes Dec. via Clarion Dispatch

“We should consider supporting Kenai as a secondary (location) if they can make a competitive bid”

City council members look into annexing 4 areas PHIL HERMANEK Peninsula Clarion The first ordinance introduced by Soldotna in the new year and set for public hearings could lead to enlarging the city by nearly ... via Clarion Dispatch

"May you live in interesting times," the saying goes. Well, 2007 proved to be an interesting year on the Kenai Peninsula. via Clarion Dispatch

“It's trying to manage the fish when it's a people problem, that's when it gets all convoluted.”

A proposal that would increase the mandatory closed periods for the Kasilof commercial set gillnet fishery sparked heated debate between sport fishermen and commercial fishermen at Wednesday's Soldotna-Kenai ... via Clarion Dispatch

“Although construction of a bike path adds to the expense of this project, doing so greatly improves safety”

Embracing its support roll, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed three resolutions Tuesday in support of grant applications for community projects, including student housing, a bike path and dock ... via Clarion Dispatch

“We put mercaptan in it, which gives it the rotten egg odor so people can detect if there's a natural gas leak in their home”

A rotten-egg smell wafted through Soldotna, but it wasn't a dangerous gas leak. It was a malfunction in a pump that put more scent into the odorless natural gas than it was supposed to. via Clarion Dispatch

“And I certainly hope that they will be filing an action immediately.”

Superman, Sprague, Fischer aren't seated; legal action promised HAL SPENCE Three assembly candidates re-elected Oct. via Clarion Dispatch