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    One of the recently rescued harbor seal pups is seen here at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska in this undated photo. (Courtesy Chloe Rossman/Alaska SeaLife Center)
    SeaLife Center fundraising gets off to strong start
    By Brian Mazurek • July 15, 2020 2:30 pm

    City of Seward pledges $500,000, memberships soar

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    The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information)
    State lifts burn suspension
    By Brian Mazurek • July 8, 2020 2:30 am

    Residents may now obtain permits for burn barrels as well as for small and large-scale brush fires.

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    A young volunteer chases three piglets named Mary Hamkins, Petunia and Sir Oinks-a-lot through a race during the pig races at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019 at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Kenai Peninsula Fair canceled this year
    By Megan Pacer • July 5, 2020 5:30 am

    Cotton candy, carnival rides and racing pigs will have to wait for another summer, according to the board of directors…

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    Registered Nurse Cathy Davis (left) and Chief Nursing Officer Dawn Johnson (right) work at a table to get COVID-19 tests ready for the public Friday, May 29, 2020 at the Boat House Pavilion on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. South Peninsula Hospital is now offering free COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic people with no appointments necessary at the Boat House Pavilion through June 6. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    3 cities, 3 testing strategies
    By Brian Mazurek • July 1, 2020 2:30 am

    Peninsula communities take different approaches to COVID-19 testing.

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    A king salmon during the 67th annual Golden North Salmon Derby at the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor in August 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire
    Kings sport fishing closed on Kenai River, limited...
    By Brian Mazurek • June 10, 2020 2:00 pm

    Early-run king salmon emergency orders on Kenai, Kasilof Rivers to last through June 30

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    Lost Lake, Soggy Bottom 100 canceled
    Lost Lake, Soggy Bottom 100 canceled
    By Jeff Helminiak • June 10, 2020 1:30 pm

    The U.S. Forest Service will not be allowing any recreational permits for the remainder of 2020.

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    Registered Nurse Cathy Davis (left) and Chief Nursing Officer Dawn Johnson (right) work at a table to get COVID-19 tests ready for the public Friday, May 29, 2020 at the Boat House Pavilion on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Expanding testing available on southern peninsula
    By Megan Pacer • June 2, 2020 10:30 am

    Health care organizations on the southern Kenai Peninsula are taking part in the efforts to expand testing capabilities in Alaska.

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    A member of the Gannet Glacier Type 2 Initial Attack Crew uses a drip torch during a burnout operation at the Swan Lake Fire on June 18, 2019. (Photo courtesy Alaska Division of Forestry)
    Burn ban lifted — except on the Kenai
    By Brian Mazurek • May 27, 2020 2:30 am

    Ban will stay in effect on the peninsula due to recreational traffic associated with fishing season.

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    The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska, on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    HEA announces board election results
    By Brian Mazurek • May 7, 2020 2:30 am

    The election was held by mail-in ballot only this year due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Dunleavy unveils plan to disburse $1.25B in federal relief funds
    Dunleavy unveils plan to disburse $1.25B in federal...
    By Victoria Petersen • April 22, 2020 1:30 am

    Borough would receive $37 million in community assistance.

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    Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink, left, speaks by video in a press conference on April 6, 2020, in Juneau, Alaska, while Gov. Mike Dunleavy, right, listens. (Photo by Austin McDaniel, Alaska Governor’s Office)
    15 new COVID-19 cases reported
    By Megan Pacer • April 12, 2020 5:30 am

    15 new cases reported Sunday, bringing state total to 272

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Thursday, April 9, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)
    8th Alaskan dies of COVID-19, Kenai reports its...
    By Megan Pacer • April 10, 2020 5:30 am

    11 new cases reported Friday, bringing state total to 246

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    COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)
    Anchor Point man dies out of state from...
    By Megan Pacer • April 4, 2020 5:30 am

    A resident of Anchor Point has died from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, but the person was…

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