...the drive to aim as high as he could. "It met the need I had to test myself by reaching that level," he said of becoming mayor. "I absolutely didn't expect to win when I ran." However, it is not where he wants to be anymore, he said...

...approved filing a petition with the state to annex the four areas. The veto was only the third exercised by Carey since becoming mayor in 2001. Previously, he vetoed an ordinance that would have exempted adult-oriented businesses holding a liquor...

...reaching beetle program officials. "I've been there (to the program office in Soldotna) two or three times since becoming mayor, and there's no one there," he said. He noted that borough Planner Max Best had talked with someone from the...