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Staff with the Seldovia Village Tribe Health and Wellness Center and the Seldovia Village Tribal Administration conduct free COVID-19 testing Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Seldovia, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Seldovia Village Tribe)

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Following community testing event, Seldovia Village Tribe finds no positive cases

The remote community of Seldovia across Kachemak Bay can breathe a bit easier for now in the wake…

The Homer Public Library is closed on March 16, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer Library offers pickup service

The Homer Public Library now offers limited service where people can check out materials and pick them up…

The sign announcing the start of the Alaska Highway in Dawson’s Creek, British Columbia. Taken in August of 2018. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska snowbirds allowed to drive home through Canada

Alaskans looking to return home after snowbirding in the Lower 48 will be allowed to travel through Canada,…

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District building is closed on March 26, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Budget estimates down in face of pandemic

The borough finance department has had to adjust projections.

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1 new COVID-19 case announced Tuesday

The latest person to contract COVID-19 in Alaska is an Anchorage man, and he brings the state total…

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Peninsula COVID-19 cases grow over weekend

Two more COVID-19 cases were reported Monday, bringing the total number of cases in Alaska to 370. This…

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Another Homer person tests positive for COVID-19

Another Homer person has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Sunday’s update from the Alaska Department of Health…

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One new COVID-19 case reported for Alaska

Update: This story has been updated to include one new case reported on Saturday and a clarification by…

Signs on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the main entrance to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, warn visitors not to enter until they have been met by hospital staff. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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New cases announced in Homer, Anchor Point

One case is from community transmission, the other still under investigation

The sign at the Homer Farmers Market on Ocean Drive, as seen on April 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer Farmers Market, Alaska Food Hub set to start this month with safety precautions

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic brought businesses and much of society to a screeching halt in March, life…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Monday, April 20, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Seawatch: State announces protocols for commercial fishermen and charters

Two more cases announced Thursday brings state total to 337

Dunleavy: Virus isn’t going anywhere

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Dunleavy: Virus isn’t going anywhere

“The more we learn about this virus, it appears it’s going to be with us for some time.”

In this file photo, the Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte, left, Malaspina and Tazlina, hidden from view, are tied up at the Auke Bay Terminal on Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska ferries to receive $10M in virus relief

JUNEAU — The Alaska ferry system is expected to receive an initial injection of $10 million in federal…