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The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information)

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Fire season outlook ‘average’ this year

While the outlook looks average, weather patterns and fire mitigation techniques can all be factors.

Teresa Becher watches as beluga whales swim up the Kenai River on Saturday, April 24, 2021. She and her volunteer team monitor belugas in the Cook Inlet. (Photo by Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Beluga time

Get out your binoculars: The whales are frolicking in the Kenai River

The South Peninsula Hospital vaccine team pose for a photo during a pop-up clinic for Homer Community Food Pantry volunteers and clients on Monday, April 12, 2021, at Homer United Methodist Church in Homer, Alaska. From left to right are Rosanna Hunting, Annie Garay, RN; Anna Lewald, MPH, RN; Dr. Christy Tuomi, Bonita Banks, BSN, RN; Shari Daugherty and volunteer Mary Hayden. (Photo courtesy of South Peninsula Hospital)

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Single-dose COVID shot on pause

Six severe blood clots were reported in relation to Johnson and Johnson/Janssen vaccine.

Courtesy photo Dr. Cheryl Siemers, the new director of Kenai Peninsula College, is seen in this undated photo. She begins her term on Monday, June 21, 2021.

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Cheryl Siemers to lead Kenai Peninsula College

Gary Turner is the current KPC director, and will be stepping down in June.