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    Articles by Victoria Petersen
    The filing deadline for the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend is March 31.
    PFD deadline extended
    By Victoria Petersen • April 1, 2020 1:30 am

    The official deadline is 11:59 p.m., April 30.

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    COVID-19. (Image Credit: CDC)
    10 COVID-19 new cases reported, mandates extended
    By Victoria Petersen • April 1, 2020 1:30 am

    Eatery dine-in services, bars and entertainment venues to be closed indefinitely

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Tuesday, March 31, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)
    1st COVID-19 case in Kenai reported
    By Victoria Petersen • March 31, 2020 1:30 pm

    Dunleavy, commissioners talk measures to stabilize the economy

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Friday, March 27, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)
    Shelter in place, in-state travel ban measures announced...
    By Victoria Petersen • March 27, 2020 1:30 pm

    With the addition of 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and news of the first death within the state of…

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    Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)
    Schools prep for online learning
    By Victoria Petersen • March 25, 2020 1:30 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is preparing to migrate education from brick-and-mortar schools to a distance delivery system.

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    Superintendent John O’Brien seeking treatment for cancer
    Superintendent John O’Brien seeking treatment for cancer
    By Victoria Petersen • March 25, 2020 1:30 pm

    The school superintendent was diagnosed with kidney cancer days before spring break.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a press conference in Anchorage on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)
    Alaska reports 1st COVID-19 death
    By Victoria Petersen • March 24, 2020 1:30 pm

    The Alaskan who died, described as a “high-risk older individual,” was in Washington state.

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    1 new case in Sterling as governor expands...
    By Victoria Petersen • March 23, 2020 5:30 am

    5 total new cases Monday bring Alaska count to 37

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Emergency preparedness plan launched
    By Victoria Petersen • March 18, 2020 1:30 am

    “We’re asking you to help us by staying home if at all possible.”

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    Signs at the Kenai Recreation Center in Kenai, Alaska, announce the closure of the building. Public buildings are being closed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    State, local orgs prepare for coronavirus
    By Victoria Petersen • March 18, 2020 1:30 am

    Public buildings are being closed and events canceled locally and across the state.

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    Eight people in B.C. have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
    Alaska reports 1st coronavirus case; schools, universities extend...
    By Victoria Petersen • March 12, 2020 1:30 am

    All 42 schools on the Kenai Peninsula will be closed between March 16-20.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy, center, speaks about education with Clarion reporters Brian Mazurek and Victoria Petersen (not pictured) on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. The governor answered questions on a wide range of topics, including public safety, education, industry and his proposed budget. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    A Q&A with the governor
    By Victoria Petersen • March 11, 2020 1:30 am

    Dunleavy talks state budget, fiscal future and oil prices

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    Tammie Willis, a Soldotna activist, shares her story with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly at their Tuesday meeting on Feb. 25, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Hate crime resolution discussion gets heated
    By Victoria Petersen • March 4, 2020 1:30 am

    Resolution in support of state House Bill 198 passes 5-4 at Tuesday’s assembly meeting.

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