Brent Johnson, currently serving as the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly president, has thrown his hat into the ring for the Alaska State House District 6 primary election. House District 6 includes the southern peninsula communities of Homer, Seldovia, Fritz Creek, Fox River, Halibut Cove, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Diamond Ridge, Anchor Point, Nikolaevsk, Happy Valley, Ninilchik, […]
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Vance introduces constitutional amendment to protect correspondence program funding
Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, with Rep. Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, in their respective roles as chair and vice chair of the Alaska State House Judiciary Committee, introduced a constitutional amendment, House Joint Resolution 28, in response to the Superior Court ruling on April 12 that invalidated education funding for correspondence program students across the state, […]
Read MoreHouse District 6 race gets 3rd candidate
Alana Greear, elementary teacher at Kachemak-Selo School, joins the race for the District 6 seat of the Alaska State House alongside Anchor Point-based candidate Dawson Slaughter and incumbent Sarah Vance. Greear filed a letter of intent with the Alaska Division of Elections on April 5, and is running as an independent. Greear has a master’s […]
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