...assistant. Both positions are effective July 1. The mayor also announced the hiring of an administrative assistant, Jessica Arness, who will also earn $45,883. Duane Bannock, the mayor's current acting chief of staff, will resume his former...

...hired an administrative assistant who will earn a $45,883 salary, matching his new special assistant's pay. Jessica Arness, who was the Kenai Convention and Visitor's Bureau director of marketing and membership, started her job in the...

...Democratic caucus that many were forced to stand along the perimeter of the room. "I've never been to a caucus," said Jessica Arness, of Nikiski. "It's great to see the community get together like this." Arness and Lester Nelson of Soldotna...