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A number of people in Juneau have gone missing in 2021, including Clifford White, bottom left, who hasn’t been located. (Composite photo / Juneau Empire)

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Rescues and recoveries: Police, searchers talk recent missing persons cases

2021 has had a number of high-profile missing persons cases.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy spoke with reporters at the Alaska Governor's Mansion on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, before greeting guests for the traditional Christmas open house. The event was suspended last year due to COVID-19 but was back this year with limited health mitigation rules in place. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Juneauites fill Governor’s Mansion as annual open house returns

Kids more interested in cookies than governor.

Signage indicates that face masks are required for entry to the Soldotna Public Library on March 25, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Soldotna City Council voted Wednesday to make mask-wearing optional in city facilities. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Masks recommended, not required in Soldotna city buildings

Council amends measure to make mask-wearing optional

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district changes COVID policy for close contacts

The policy went into effect on Nov. 29

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.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Lawmakers, school board talk Juneau priorities

The Kenai Peninsula’s state legislative delegation joined the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday…

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.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Michael Penn/ Juneau Empire File Juneau residents attend a vigil to end gun violence sponsored by Moms Demand Action at the Mayor Bill Overstreet Park on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. Tuesday, members of Moms Demand Action held a vigil on Zoom.

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Local group urges residents to Be SMART about guns

‘Unintentional child shootings are 100% preventable’

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Winter weather brings hazardous conditions to peninsula

Precipitation and heavy winds in many parts of Southcentral Alaska prompted avalanche and travel advisories in the region…

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.

The badge for the Kenai Police Department (Clarion file)

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Walmart briefly evacuated after bomb threat

The investigation is ongoing.

Diamond Ridge Road near Homer, Alaska, had been plowed on Monday morning, Dec. 5, 2021, but visibility was limited. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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School district announces 90-minute early release today.

Winter storms makes driving difficult on southern Kenai Peninsula.