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Anchor Point house fire still under investigation

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Alaska Native group to receive EPA funds for clean water projects

The agency is handing out $4.3 million to participating tribal organizations nationwide.

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Anchor Point house fire leaves one dead, one in serious condition

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The entrance to the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area in the Tongass National Forest was covered in snow on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, a day after federal authorities announced the next step in restoring the 2001 Roadless Rule on the forest. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Feds put freeze on Roadless Rule rollback

On the Roadless Rule again.

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

Family practice physician Christina Tuomi, D.O., (right) gets Homer’s first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine from Emergency Department nurse Steve Hughes (left) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Tuomi has been the hospital’s medical lead throughout the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)

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Feds issue vaccine mandate to health care workers; Dunleavy joins lawsuit against the rule

Rule by CMS applies to hospitals, rural health clinics, community mental health centers.

Tim Navarre, president of the Kenai Peninsula Foundation, stands in a bedroom at a cold weather shelter set to open next month on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Shelter prepares to open doors

Efforts to establish a cold weather shelter on the peninsula have been in the works for years.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

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…

Bethany Wortham, under the Twitter handle @petuniawings, posts that Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, blocked her account on Oct. 23, 2021. Wortham sued Micciche for blocking her account but has now decided to drop the lawsuit. (Screenshot)

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Micciche constituent drops lawsuit over Twitter dispute

The constituent sued Micciche after he blocked her on Twitter.

Commercial fishing vessels are seen here on the Kenai River on July 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fishing industry takes a hit during pandemic

Overall fish harvesting jobs in Alaska dropped by the widest margin since 2000 — 14.1% — in 2020.

Snow and debris from an avalanche can be seen near Mile 45 on the Seward Highway on Monday, March 29, 2021. (Photo courtesy Goldie Shealy)

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Center promotes avalanche awareness

The Chugach Avalanche Center in Girdwood will begin its daily forecasts Saturday.

Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion The intersection of Willow Street and the Kenai Spur Highway shows stoplights out Wednesday night as approximately 2,700 people experienced a Homer Electric Association power outage.

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Outage knocks out power to much of Kenai

Power had been restored by about 9 p.m.