South Peninsula Hospital Home Health Center on Pioneer Avenue will soon house a licensed childcare center for hospital employees. Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro

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South Peninsula Hospital receives $1.3 grant to open child care center

The licensed child care facility will serve hospital employees

Nurse Sherra Pritchard gives Madyson Knudsen a bandage at the Kenai Public Health Center after the ten-year-old received her first COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Department of Health urges flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccines

An Alaska Public Health Alert delivered by the State Department of Health on Monday “urges” an increase in…

U.S. Department of Justice Logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai woman sentenced in bankruptcy fraud case

Saray Lockwood formerly operated Kenai Dental Clinic with her late-husband Dr. Glenn Lockwood

Michael Daniel. (Photo via Daniel for House)

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Homer chamber board head enters race for state House

Michael Daniel, a Republican, is challenging Alaska House Rep. Sarah Vance.

Cook Inletkeeper Energy Policy Analyst Ben Boettger presents information about retrofitting homes to be more energy efficient at the Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Inletkeeper turns focus to energy for next community climate solution

The meeting marked the official kickoff of Cook Inletkeeper’s fourth installment in its local solution series

Callie Giordano’s first grade Mountain View Elementary School students practice literacy skills on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska’s adjusted school spending trails national average, UAA researchers say

Funding for K-12 education is expected to be a top issue in the upcoming legislative session

The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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HEA rates to increase Jan. 1

The cooperative’s last rate increase took effect in April 2020

A pie chart shows Kenai Peninsula Borough School District expenditures by object for the current fiscal year. (Chart via KPBSD)

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‘Budget 101’: How KPBSD organizes funds

Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes delivered the presentation to school board members during a Monday work session

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Hilcorp seeks exception to oil exploration spacing regs near Anchor Point

Hilcorp has applied for an exception that would allow it to begin prospects on an exploratory well closer…

Western Emergency Services logo. Homer News file photo

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1 dead, 1 hospitalized after small plane crash near Anchor Point

Dec. 8 crash incident is currently under investigation

Department of Health logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Report: Adverse childhood experiences ‘common’ in Alaska

ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood

Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fish OKs changes to king salmon, rockfish regs

The State Board of Fisheries met in Homer last month

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. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Ship noise may impact endangered Cook Inlet belugas, study finds

Cook Inlet sees traffic and noise from commercial shipping, the international airport, military operations and oil and gas…