News Release

Funny River Fire update: 67,084 acres with 15 percent containment. Red Flag Warning in effect.

Posted by on May 23, 2014 at 10:57 am

ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 714-2484 INCIWEB: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3878/ EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com 10:30am May 23, 2014 PDF: 5-23-14 – Funny River Fire Update FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 67,084 acres with 15% containment. Red Flag Warning in effect. The fire is 67,084 acres and is still contained within the […]

Update: Funny River Fire Grows to 44,423 acres, Public Meetings Scheduled for Tonight

Posted by on May 22, 2014 at 9:37 am

ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 714-2484 INCIWEB: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3878/ EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com May 22, 2014 PDF 5-22-14 Funny River Fire Update   FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE Funny River Fire Grows to 44,423 acres, Public Meetings Scheduled for Tonight Firefighters continued working through the night to contain the Funny […]

Funny River Fire Update via Alaska Incident Management Team

Posted by on May 21, 2014 at 11:52 am

ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 351-2206 EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com 5-21-14 Funny River Road Fire Update – PDF May 21, 2014 FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE Funny River Fire Grows to 20,000 acres  The Funny River Fire is sending significant smoke into Soldotna and Kasilof today and as far […]

News Release: Nikiski Schools update

Posted by on May 9, 2014 at 5:47 pm

NEWS RELEASE Nikiski schools update II Soldotna, May 9, 2014, 5:00 PM—The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) can confirm that the person who is the subject of an investigation of inappropriate contact between a teacher and a student is the same suicidal person Alaska State Troopers (AST) were searching for yesterday. KPBSD can also […]

Media release: KPBSD 2014-2015 budget revision

Posted by on April 11, 2014 at 2:17 pm

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 Media Release KPBSD 2014-2015 budget revision Soldotna, April 11, 2014—Due to the changing fiscal climate at state and local levels, district administration is recommending that funding for the Skyview Middle School pool in Soldotna, Alaska, be reinstated into the 2014-2015 (FY15) budget. KPBSD district administration has […]

KPBSD and KPC Announce New Efforts to Make it Easier and Less Expensive to Take College Classes

Posted by on April 7, 2014 at 3:34 pm

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and Kenai Peninsula College Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 or Gary J. Turner, KPC Director, 907.262.0315 KPBSD and KPC  Joint Media Release Soldotna, April 7, 2014—JumpStart opens to juniors, and includes bus transportation from high schools to KPC. Kenai Peninsula College (KPC) and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) officials jointly […]

Important Pre-K dates in April and May 2014

Posted by on April 3, 2014 at 2:57 pm

Media Release Pre-Kindergarten Title I assessments take place in April and May Will your child be four years old by September 1, 2014? Soldotna, April 2, 2014—Children who will be four years old by September 1, 2014, have an opportunity to attend pre-kindergarten classes at their local area school in the fall. To qualify for […]

Opportunity knocks: high school students to attend Job and Career Fair in Kenai

Posted by on March 17, 2014 at 5:46 pm

Media Release KPBSD juniors and seniors to attend career and job fair Soldotna, March 17, 2014—The annual Peninsula Job and Career Fair, billed as the biggest recruitment event on the Kenai Peninsula, will be Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the Peninsula Job Center in Kenai, Alaska. KPBSD and the Department […]

KPBSD schools participate in drill on 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake

Posted by on March 17, 2014 at 5:35 pm

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 Media Release March 27, 2014, at 1:36 p.m. – Great Alaska ShakeOut Soldotna, March 17, 2014—To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will participate in the Great Alaska ShakeOut “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” earthquake drill […]

How would you spend 160 million dollars?

Posted by on February 14, 2014 at 2:57 pm

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Contact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888 MEDIA RELEASE: How would you spend 160 million dollars? Soldotna, February 14, 2014—Everyone interested in quality public education is invited to a public meeting about the 2014-2015 budget designed to provide a K-12 education for our local students on the Kenai Peninsula. The reality is that when […]