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    Articles by Camille Botello
    One of two baby seal pups rescued and transported to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward is seen in June 2021. (Photo provided by the Alaska SeaLife Center)
    Baby seals abandoned, transported to SeaLife Center
    By Camille Botello • June 16, 2021 1:30 am

    Both the pups were in relatively stable condition.

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    A sign and road blocker at the head of the Hidden Creek Trail on Skilak Lake Road warns people about bear activity on Sunday, June 13, 2021 in Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Campers kayak to safety after Skilak bear attack
    By Camille Botello • June 16, 2021 1:30 am

    They were at the mouth of Hidden Creek along the shoreline of Skilak Lake

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    Setnetters make their way back to the beach near a site on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
    Personal-use setnetting opening Tuesday on Kasilof
    By Camille Botello • June 16, 2021 1:30 am

    The hours for fishing in the restricted area of the Kasilof River on Tuesday are from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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    A graph from the Department of Health and Social Service shows how each census region did in the “Sleeves Up for Summer” campaign, which sought to increase COVID-19 vaccinations by 25% in May 2021. (Photo provided)
    State falls short of 25% vaccination goal
    By Camille Botello • June 9, 2021 1:30 am

    East Aluetians Borough only region to increase vaccinations by 25%

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    Soldotna’s Sean Babitt wrestles to a Division I state title at 189 pounds against Wasilla’s Colton Lindquist on Saturday, May 22, 2021, at Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman)
    Peninsula claims 6 state wrestling titles
    By Camille Botello • June 2, 2021 2:30 am

    The Homer girls had two champions, while the Homer boys and Soldotna girls had a champion each at Chugiak High…

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    The beauty and expansiveness of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge seen from an unmanned aircraft in the upper Kenai River and Skilak Lake. (Photo by Mark Laker, USFWS)
    Wildlife Refuge to open its doors for summer
    By Camille Botello • May 26, 2021 1:30 am

    The refuge has been closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year.

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    South Peninsula Hospital registered nurse Anne Garay gives Jessica Entsminger her second COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, May 7, 2021, at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Boathouse Pavillion on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. About 25 people received vaccines in the first 3.5 hours of the 4-hour clinic. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Children as young as 12 can soon get...
    By Camille Botello • May 19, 2021 2:30 am

    Pop-up clinic is part of ‘Sleeves Up for Summer’ campaign

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    The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska as seen on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Homer Electric to do cable maintenance this summer
    By Camille Botello • May 19, 2021 1:30 am

    HEA workers plan to inject the cables with silicone to fill any cracks caused by insulation deterioration.

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    Data from the Alaska State Department of Epidemiology on Thursday, May 6, 2021 show the media usage of respondents in a survey about COVID-19 information. The report notes that this is about general media usage, not just as it pertains to COVID-19. (Photo provided by the Alaska State Department of Epidemiology)
    Survey: Friends, family most trusted among vaccine hesitant
    By Camille Botello • May 12, 2021 1:30 am

    The study analyzed the subset group of those surveyed who were not planning to get vaccinated, but who were open to learning more about the shots

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    Alaska State Troopers logo.
    Identity of body found on beach still unknown
    By Camille Botello • May 5, 2021 1:30 am

    Troopers reported on Friday that there were “no obvious signs of foul play.”

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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)
    Fire season outlook ‘average’ this year
    By Camille Botello • May 5, 2021 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    Beluga time
    By Camille Botello • April 28, 2021 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    Single-dose COVID shot on pause
    By Camille Botello • April 14, 2021 1:30 am

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

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