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Sea otter pups Juniper (left) and Pushki meet each other for the first time at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Rescued sea otter pup going strong at SeaLife Center

Juniper is the latest addition to the Center’s Wildlife Response Program and was admitted in December.

A vial of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is seen at Central Emergency Services Station 1 on Friday, Dec. 18 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Scheduling system prompts confusion in vaccine rollout

Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink took to Twitter to clarify some of the confusion surrounding the…

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Weekly cases higher than last week

Alaska finished the week by reporting 411 new COVID-19 cases in the state on Friday

Vaughn Dosko (left) and Sarah Hutchison (right) discuss COVID-19 mitigation in Hutchison’s classroom at Kenai Middle School on Friday, Jan. 8 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘A change in culture’: Kenai Middle prepares for return of more students

The school is one of many preparing for the return of more students to in-person learning on Monday

In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

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Dunleavy: State will appeal Pebble decision

A “flawed decision.”

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Murkowski becomes 1st GOP senator to say Trump should resign

“I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,” Murkowski told the Anchorage…

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State reports 10 new COVID-19 cases on peninsula

338 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Alaska on Thursday

President Donald Trump addresses the nation in a video from the White House on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (Screenshot)

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‘A new administration will be inaugurated’

Trump finally faces reality — amid talk of early ouster

Bryan Stogsdill (left) and McKenzie McCarthy (right) hoist materials to the top of a communications tower on Thursday, Jan. 7 in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tower construction promises rural internet expansion

The new communications towers are intended to help expand rural internet access

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly are seen on Tuesday, Jan. 5 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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CPH doctor briefs assembly on COVID vaccine

A large portion of the presentation focused on combating misinformation surrounding the vaccine

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DHSS: 353 new cases; 15 on peninsula

Affected communities include Kenai, Soldotna, Nikiski, Homer, Other North and Sterling

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District and University of Alaska’s Center for Economic Development participate in a forum on Alaska’s economic future on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Screenshot by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Researchers: Recovery may come faster to peninsula

Peninsula’s diversity a strength amid economic struggle

Ron Henry holds an American flag at the intersection of Kenai Spur and Sterling highways on Wednesday, Jan. 6 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Locals protest election certification

The demonstration was organized to protest what the organizers said was a “rigged” election

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The U.S. government held its first-ever oil and gas lease sale Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an event critics labeled as a bust with major oil companies staying on the sidelines and a state corporation emerging as the main bidder. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File)

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U.S. holds first oil lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic refuge

The sale was held as scheduled after a judge Tuesday rejected requests by Indigenous and conservation groups to…

Workers on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, moved a new CT scanner into its new location at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. The scanner is now located close to the Emergency Department, which will shorten the time needed, for example, to get accident victims to the machine to help determine the extent of their injuries. (Photo by Brent Lautenschlager / South Peninsula Hospital)

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New CT machine installed in room closer to ER

Hospital’s new CT machine features murals to make patient experience more comfortable.

Western Emergency Services logo. (Courtesy image)

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Deadline extended for transfer of assets for Western Emergency Services

Borough’s legal department says more time is needed for proper transfer

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

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COVID cases continue downward trend

The peninsula reported 10 new cases Tuesday

Graphic by Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion

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High-risk KPBSD schools to resume on-site learning Monday

The shift comes a week earlier than anticipated

Tim Dillon, executive director of KPEDD, presents to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Peninsula one of top recipients of small business relief funds

Just under $50 million in grant funds were distributed to businesses in the area

Gov. Mike Dunleavy addresses the public during a virtual town hall on Sept. 15, 2020 in Alaska. (Photo courtesy Austin McDaniel, Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy pushes budget in virtual town hall

Dunleavy’s budget would draw about $6 billion from the Permanent Fund’s Earnings Reserve Account