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    Anchorage FBI office launches hate crime reporting program
    By Camille Botello • October 6, 2021 1:30 am

    The program was launched across various digital, print and radio advertisements, as well as on public transportation in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.

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    Kenai Courthouse is photographed on February 26, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)
    Man gets 100 years in prison in sexual...
    By Camille Botello • September 29, 2021 1:30 am

    The Kenai Superior Court sentenced Kevin Tuckfield, 35, to serve 100 years for sexual assault in the first degree and…

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    James Varsos, also known as “Hobo Jim,” poses for a photo during the August 2016, Funny River Festival in Funny River, Alaska, in August 2016. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    ‘Hobo Jim’ opens up about recent terminal cancer...
    By Camille Botello • September 22, 2021 1:30 am

    Varsos was named Alaska’s official “state balladeer” in 1994.

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    Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion
A podium marks the beginning of a StoryWalk at Soldotna Creek Park on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. The project was discontinued in August due to vandalism.
    Vandalism ends Soldotna library program
    By Camille Botello • September 22, 2021 1:30 am

    The StoryWalk was made possible by a $2,500 donation from the Soldotna Library Friends.

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    Ethan Benton (left) and Laura Walters of Kodiak win the vaccine lottery for the Alaska Chamber's week one vaccine lottery giveaway "Give AK a Shot." (Screenshot)
    State names winners in 1st vaccine lottery
    By Camille Botello • September 22, 2021 1:30 am

    A Valdez and Kodiak resident took home checks for $49,000 each.

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    A sign advertises free COVID-19 vaccines at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on July 13, 2021, in Anchorage, Alaska. The state announced a new initiative that gives newly vaccinated Alaskans an opportunity to win $49,000. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Newly vaccinated get chance to win cash
    By Camille Botello • September 8, 2021 6:30 am

    Incentive campaign to grant $49,000 cash and scholarship prizes to weekly winners

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    Alaska State Troopers logo.
    Pilot crashes outside Tyonek
    By Camille Botello • September 8, 2021 1:30 am

    No injuries have been reported.

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    A registered nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the pop-up clinic on the Spit on May 27. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Officials: Best immunity is through vaccination
    By Camille Botello • September 8, 2021 1:30 am

    Although COVID infection produces antibodies that can help fight the virus, it’s risky to take that chance.

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    This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. (CDC)
    Officials: Kids at risk for respiratory illnesses
    By Camille Botello • September 1, 2021 1:30 am

    Although a child hasn’t been admitted as an inpatient for COVID at the facility, there have been multiple kids who have tested positive.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce attends the March 2, 2021, borough assembly meeting at the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers at the Borough Administration Building in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough mayor promotes debunked COVID treatments
    By Camille Botello • August 25, 2021 1:30 am

    Pierce defends ivermectin as potential virus med, proposes local clinical trials

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    A sign instructing patients and visitors on the current screening process is seen in the River Tower of Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Hospital ‘extremely busy’ as COVID patients surge
    By Camille Botello • August 18, 2021 1:30 am

    There were 14 COVID patients admitted as of Tuesday afternoon.

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    A demonstrator stands at the “Y” intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling highways in Soldotna on Saturday, Aug. 14 to protest mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and mitigation protocols. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Demonstrators protest COVID-19 vaccine and mitigation mandates
    By Camille Botello • August 18, 2021 1:30 am

    The state has neither imposed a mask nor a vaccine mandate throughout the course of the pandemic.

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    AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File 
This Jan. 18, 2020, photo shows people preparing to get on a Ravn Connect airplane at the airport in Bethel, Alaska, for a flight to Toksook Bay.
    Ravn customers now able to use Alaska Airlines...
    By Camille Botello • August 18, 2021 1:30 am

    Customers will have the option to choose Alaska Airlines as a loyalty program option when booking Ravn flights.

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