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A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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COVID-19 rates declining

No new deaths, hospitalizations reported for the weekend.

Kenai City Council members James Baisden (left) and Deborah Sounart (right) listen as member Teea Winger (center) speaks in support of legislation opposing government COVID-19 mandates, during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday, in Kenai.

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Kenai council declares opposition to mask mandates

The statement does not change city code or supersede federal law.

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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State officials urge vaccination as omicron spreads in US

Omicron was first identified as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization on Nov. 26.

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Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink briefs members of the media about the omicron COVID-19 variant during a remote press conference on Monday, Nov. 29.

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Omicron ‘an animal of its own’

State health officials emphasize unknowns, prevention measures in wake of new coronavirus variant spread.

A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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Anchor Point man dies of COVID-19

Death rate of COVID-19 is now 17 since start of the pandemic.

Signs welcome travelers to the Kenai Municipal Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Federal funds coming to peninsula airports

The money was made available under the American Rescue Plan Act.

A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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No current COVID-19 patients at South Peninsula Hospital

Test rates, ER visits and admissions are dropping for Homer

Members of the Many Voices advocacy group gather outside of Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna to demonstrate their support for healthcare staff on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. Folks protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and advocating for alternative treatments stand down the block behind them. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Competing demonstrations held outside Central Peninsula Hospital

Two different demonstrations — one to show support for hospital workers and one calling for alternative COVID-19 treatments…

A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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Test rate drops in Homer area

No new deaths reported for Kenai Peninsula.

The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Borough looks to tap rescue funds for projects

About $3.4 million of American Rescue Plan Act was allocated for “pay-go” infrastructure projects.

Protesters demonstrate outside of Central Peninsula Hospital on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. The group was advocating for the use of ivermectin as a treatment option for a COVID-19 patient hospitalized at CPH. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Protesters gather at CPH, seeking ivermectin treatment for patient

The CPH director of external affairs said the hospital does not treat COVID-19 with ivermectin because it has…

A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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Homer man dies of COVID-19

Latest death is part of a report of 78 new Alaska deaths reported this week.

A sign points to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic on Bartlett Street on Monday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Vaccination clinics offered in following CDC approval for young children.

As CDC moves to vaccines for children, Vance says ‘NO COVID-19 Vax for MY children’