With all votes tallied, the Kenai Peninsula Borough officially has a new mayor; and being prepared for the unpredictable is the goal of a new year-long series of emergency preparedness events, hosted by the Seldovia Village Tribe.

KBBI welcomed a new reporter, Corinne Smith, this week following the departure of Desiree Hagen; and a Soldotna CrossFit gym is raising thousands for a woman who died when the roof collapsed at her South Anchorage gym this weekend.

KBBI welcomed a new reporter, Corinne Smith, this week following the departure of Desiree Hagen; and a Soldotna CrossFit gym is raising thousands for a woman who died when the roof collapsed at her South Anchorage gym this weekend.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is slated to certify the results of last week’s special election for Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor today; and a new land planning group based in Nikiski is getting pushback from a Native village and corporation on the other side of Cook Inlet, which say they don’t want to be a part of it.

A new land planning group based in Nikiski is getting pushback from a Native village and corporation on the other side of Cook Inlet, which say they don’t want to be a part of it; and Alaska is slated to get $285 million from the federal government to modernize the state's ferry fleet and improve service, but to actually spend the windfall, the state needs to put up money, too.

After more than a decade at KBBI — and 15 years in the community — Desiree Hagen is leaving Homer to become news director at the public radio station in Kotzebue — which hasn’t had a news department in two years; and there’s a fundraiser for ovarian cancer research tonight at Alice’s Champagne Palace.

The National Weather Service is freshening up its Alaska marine zones; there’s a fundraiser for Ovarian Cancer Research tonight at Alice’s Champagne Palace; and after a months-long wait, thousands of Alaskans have gotten their food stamps, but thousands more are still waiting.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough won’t know until next Tuesday whether it’s enough for former Alaska Senate president Peter Micciche to win the four-way mayoral race outright; the Soldotna City Council has chosen Janette Bower as its next city manager; a highly trafficked bridge in Kasilof could be getting an upgrade; and the National Weather Service is freshening up its Alaska marine zones.

The Soldotna City Council has chosen Janette Bower as its next city manager; and the Alaska Department of Public Safety is sharing its new body-worn camera policy with the public and hopes to distribute body cameras to officers statewide by the end of the year.

As of the last update, candidate Peter Micciche was leading with a majority of votes in the special election for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor; the Alaska Department of Public Safety is sharing its new body-worn camera policy with the public and hopes to distribute body cameras to officers statewide by the end of the year; and a mandate that protects the Russian River watershed from mining has been extended another 20 years.