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Hospitalizations see uptick; COVID cases still declining

South Peninsula Hospital reports zero hospitalizations and one emergency room visit related to COVID-19

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre speaks during an assembly meeting on Tuesday in Soldotna. The meeting was Navarre’s first as mayor since being appointed last month.

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Navarre attends 1st assembly meeting as mayor

Mike Navarre attended his first Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting as mayor Tuesday night, where assembly members offered…

Fat Bear Champion 747 photographed on Sept. 6 by L. Law. (Photo courtesy Katmai National Park)

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Fattest bear crowned in annual competition

The final matchup brought Bear 747 and Bear 901 head-to-head

Voting booths are set up at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Unofficial results: school bond, field house OK’d

Incumbents also came out ahead in preliminary results

Staff move tables ahead of lunchtime at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Critical needs’: Aging school on the brink

Renovations are cost prohibitive at Soldotna Elementary

Kenai City Manager Paul Ostrander sits inside Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ostrander to leave City of Kenai in January

Ostrander has served as the city manager since 2017

Efrosinia Yakunin, a Nikolaevsk parent, testifies in support of a charter school for the area during a board of education meeting on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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2 groups pursue peninsula charter school options

There are currently four charter schools operating as part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections at Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)

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Homer voters come out for low-key election day

Voters weigh in on important borough and city issues.

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27 new deaths reported; COVID cases, hospitalizations down overall

For the period of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, 554 new COVID-19 cases were reported

Elementary school students line up to touch a salmon during the annual egg take demonstration at the Anchor River on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. Students leave the egg take event with fertilized salmon eggs to raise into fry throughout the year through the Salmon in the Classroom project hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

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Kids to learn about fish life cycle

Alaska Department of Fish and Game representatives will conduct presentations at coho salmon egg takes on Oct. 11

Sir James Adcox, left, leads Silas Barnes, Manoah Barnes and Nehemiah Barnes through the Literary Haunted House at the Kenai Community Library on Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Central peninsula libraries host haunted houses, scary storytimes, seasonal crafts

It’s all about Halloween at Kenai and Soldotna libraries

Fat Bear Week bracket (Photo courtesy Katmai National Park & Preserve)

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Fat bears face off

Voters decide on the heftiest Katmai brown bear

The Kevin Bell Arena ice rink nears completion on Sept. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The Homer Hockey Association announced Wednesday that the arena was closed indefinitely due to insufficient insurance coverage. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)

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Homer hockey arena closed due to insufficient insurance

The board of directors discovered that their liability insurance policy is inactive