Alaska Gov. Bill Walker said until the state balances its checkbook, so to speak, state leaders can’t address projects that would build a more sustainable economy.
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Marijuana Control Board Chair under fire for initiative to ban commercial pot
The chair of the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Board is gathering signatures to have Kenai Peninsula Borough vote on outlawing commercial cannabis operations in areas of the borough outside cities.
Ninilchik tribe sets net in Kenai River
On July 27, the Federal Subsistence Board approved the tribe’s emergency special action request to operate a community subsistence set net fishery on the Kenai.
Homer police handling more calls involving intoxicated people
Homer Police Chief Mark Robl says the department has been responding to more calls involving intoxicated people this summer.
Senior tax exemption will go to Kenai Peninsula Borough voters
Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will have their say on whether the borough’s optional senior property tax exemption will be phased out. Currently, seniors in the borough receive $350,000 in property tax exemptions — $150,000 mandated by the state, $150,000 offered by the borough and another $50,000 from the borough for all residential property owners.
Former Kenai Peninsula hockey coach arrested for sexual abuse of minors
Troopers say the investigation against Elliot began in December 2015, on a tip from a citizen who was concerned that Elliot had abused a family member.