The Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management began installations of new tsunami siren equipment across the borough this week. Siren equipment in the 14 existent locations will be replaced, and two additional sirens will be built in new locations, totalling 16 tsunami siren installations by the project’s end.
A “Celebration of Quite a Life” will be held in honor of Craig Martin Stempniak, on Sunday, July 30th at the Orca Beach House on Kachemak Drive from 5 to 7 PM.
Back in 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers analyzed the cost/benefit of expanding our harbor, with resoundingly negative results: Yes, there are a lot of small boats who want slips, and, yes, our harbor wasn’t built for large vessels, but expansion would cost far more than the benefits it would bring. But now we are moving ahead. The Corps of Engineers has officially started investigating the City’s proposal to build a large-vessel harbor expansion, and they are holding a public meeting on May 18 at 12:30 at Islands &Ocean Visitor Center to hear what residents want.