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    This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire File)
    School staff eye retirement reform
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 6, 2023 2:30 am

    S.B. 88, sponsored by Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, would establish a new defined benefit system

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    Jonathan Parducho, a pharmacist, removes a tray of vials of of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox from a box containing 20 doses, in the vaccine hub at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Friday, July 29, 2022, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
    Only 5 cases of mpox detected in Alaska
    By Jacob Dye • April 6, 2023 1:30 am

    An epidemiology bulletin released by the State Department of Health on Wednesday provides a summary of Alaska’s public health response…

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    COVID-19: Borough cases hit low not seen in...
    By Jacob Dye • April 6, 2023 1:30 am

    Only 12 cases were reported this week, down from 22 last week

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    The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation building is seen in Juneau, Alaska, in March 2022. The deadline for the permanent fund dividend is coming up fast, landing on March 31, 2023. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)
    PFD application deadline is next week; state revenue...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 23, 2023 2:30 am

    Alaska North Slope crude oil was estimated to be about $71.62 per barrel on Monday

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    COVID-19: Cases jump in Kenai Peninsula Borough
    By Jacob Dye • March 23, 2023 1:30 am

    COVID-19 cases jumped up in the Kenai Peninsula Borough this week, according to state data updated Tuesday.

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    The cover of the March 20 State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin, “AKVDRS Homicide Victims Update — Alaska, 2011-2020” (Screenshot)
    Department of Health: Homicides increased last decade
    By Jacob Dye • March 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Homicides accounted for 19% of the violent deaths in Alaska from 2011-2020

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    COVID-19: Cases and hospitalizations drop
    By Jacob Dye • March 14, 2023 1:30 am

    The state reported no new resident deaths from COVID-19 this week

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    Glen Trombley, a Kenai River personal use guide, testifies to the Alaska Board of Fisheries during the 2023 Statewide Finfish Meeting on March 10, 2023 at the Egan Civic & Convention Center in Anchorage Alaska. (Screenshot)
    Board of Fisheries approves regulation changes
    By Jacob Dye • March 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Changes include simplified registration and new invasive species

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    COVID-19: Cases and hospitalizations on the rise
    By Jacob Dye • March 7, 2023 1:30 am

    COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are up locally and statewide, according to data updated by the Department of Health on Tuesday.

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    Information about SNAP benefit amounts is posted on a wall at the Alaska Division of Public Assistance’s Kenai office on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Food bank sees demand jump amid SNAP benefit...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2023 2:30 am

    About 9.5% of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s roughly 22,800 households received SNAP benefits in 2021

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    Dipnetters can be seen here fishing in the Kenai River on July 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Board of Fisheries to meet
    By Jacob Dye • March 6, 2023 1:30 am

    March 10 through March 13, the board will meet at the Egan Civic Convention Center to discuss 19 proposals

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    COVID-19: Cases and hospitalizations fall statewide and in...
    By Jacob Dye • February 28, 2023 1:30 am

    21 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alaska

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    COVID-19: 13 new deaths confirmed, cases and hospitalizations up statewide
    COVID-19: 13 new deaths confirmed, cases and hospitalizations...
    By Jacob Dye • February 21, 2023 1:30 am

    Hospitalizations and statewide reported cases of COVID-19 are both up this week, according to the State Department of Health. Cases…

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