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    Articles by Camille Botello
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    3-digit crisis line to be available starting Saturday
    By Camille Botello • July 20, 2022 1:30 am

    Alaskans with 907 area codes can dial 988 and get connected with a trained crisis counselor through Careline Alaska

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    Greg and Teresa Groeneweg pose with their dog, Ace, who is wearing a lifesaver medal Greg received from the Anchorage Fire Department years ago. He said Ace deserves it now more than him, for fighting off a bear. (Courtesy Greg Groeneweg)
    Dog rescues couple from charging brown bear
    By Camille Botello • July 20, 2022 1:30 am

    “He’s got the bear … and now he’s going to get killed.”

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    Shawn Dick of Talkneetna carries a fresh catch out of the water while dipnetting on the Kenai Beach on July 10, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    Kenai River dipnetting opens this month
    By Camille Botello • July 6, 2022 1:30 am

    The Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery opens July 10

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    Alaska State Troopers logo.
    ATV accident leaves teen dead in Ninilchik
    By Camille Botello • July 6, 2022 1:30 am

    A 15-year-old girl was driving an ATV with a 14-year-old female passenger

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    Former Homer High School athletic director poses on Friday, July 1, 2022, at the high school athletic field in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Work ethic, grit and teamwork
    By Camille Botello • July 6, 2022 1:30 am

    After two decades, Homer athletic director says goodbye to program he helped build

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    Anna waits in traffic in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on June 9, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Time well spent
    By Camille Botello • June 30, 2022 1:30 am

    There really only seem to be two seasons in Alaska: winter season and construction season.

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    Smoke from wildfires in Southwestern Alaska casts a pall over Beluga Lake on Wednesday morning, June 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Air quality advisory issued for Southcentral
    By Camille Botello • June 29, 2022 1:30 am

    The advisory was triggered by ongoing wildfires in the southwest that have produced increased levels of smoke

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    Nurse Tracy Silta draws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the walk-in clinic at the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling Highways in Soldotna, Alaska on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. COVID-19 vaccines for kids younger than 5 years old are now approved by both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)
    COVID shots for kids under 5 available at...
    By Camille Botello • June 29, 2022 1:30 am

    Roughly 18 million kids nationwide will now be eligible to get their COVID vaccines.

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    An area cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass project can be seen above the intersection of the Kenai River and Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Preservation efforts advance along Cooper Landing highway project
    By Camille Botello • June 22, 2022 1:30 am

    67 acres of wetland habitat was conserved around the Sterling Highway Milepost 45-60 project

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    A portable sign on the Sterling Highway on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, reminds voters they can vote or turn in their special-election mail-in ballots at Homer City Hall through Friday, June 10, 2022. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Special election is June 11
    By Camille Botello • June 8, 2022 1:30 am

    Saturday is Alaska’s special primary congressional election; voters will cast their ballots to fill the state’s lone seat in the…

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    Hope, Alaska, is seen on May 14, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Hope
    By Camille Botello • May 26, 2022 1:30 am

    Working in journalism is draining for a lot of reasons. We’re constantly taking meetings and phone calls, trying to produce…

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    The Alaska Division of Forestry’s White Mountain crew responds to a fire burning near Milepost 46.5 of the Sterling Highway on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Cooper Landing Emergency Services)
    Officials encourage residents to firewise homes
    By Camille Botello • May 13, 2022 1:30 am

    The central peninsula has already had its first reported fires of the season

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    Kenai Peninsula College Kachemak Bay Campus valedictorian Rosemary Kauffman speaks at her virtual class graduation on Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Screenshot)
    KPC graduates look to future
    By Camille Botello • May 11, 2022 1:30 am

    Students awarded diplomas in virtual ceremony

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    Caring for the Kenai logo. (Image courtesy Merrill Sikorski)
    Caring for the Kenai announces winners
    By Camille Botello • April 27, 2022 1:30 am

    A natural disaster preparedness digital app created by a Cook Inlet Academy sophomore took the top prize

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    The commerical fishing fleet is seen from Pacific Star Seafoods in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Board of Fish votes no on Proposal 283
    By Camille Botello • April 14, 2022 1:30 am

    The proposal would have loosened restrictions for set gillnetters in a part of Cook Inlet

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    Snow falls on studded tires on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. For Alaskans living above the 60 North Latitude line, which includes all portions of the Sterling Highway, studded tires must be removed by May 1, 2022. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    Studded tires off April 15 on southern peninsula
    By Camille Botello • April 13, 2022 1:30 am

    Studded tires cause damage on dry pavement, officials said

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