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Marnie Alcott, the CEO of the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska, shows one of the dormitories at the center that could be used as an emergency cold weather shelter this winter on Sept. 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Challenger Learning Center eyed as potential cold weather shelter

The project hinges on a grant recently made available through the CARES Act.

Brown Bears fans celebrate Luke Radetic’s goal in the third period by throwing the customary fish on the ice Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna Regional Sports Complex will open for winter, with some changes

City officials presented their COVID-19 mitigation plan for the sports center

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 10

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 10

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Police Chief David Ross spins the Magic Weight wheels at Three Bears on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, with a crowd cheering the results of the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo Divining Point, LLC)

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Kenai Silver Salmon Derby kicks off next week

The derby is open to ticket-holding participants for silver salmon caught from the Kenai River.

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

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DHSS announces 112 new cases, none on peninsula

No new cases were recorded on the Kenai Peninsula.

A sign on the doors of the Alaskan Hotel and Bar in downtown Juneau letting customers know of a temporary closure. Several bars downtown voluntarily closed their doors recently after an outbreak of COVID-19 among bar workers. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Juneau bars, breweries shutter after outbreak

‘Take it seriously.’

Linda Farnsworth Hutchings, left, and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, right, participate in a mayoral candidate forum hosted by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mayoral candidates talk pandemic recovery

Mayor Charlie Pierce and Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings participated.

Kenai Chamber welcomes new executive director

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Kenai Chamber welcomes new executive director

Brittany Brown took over at the beginning of the month

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 9

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 9

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

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DHSS announces 66 new residents, more than half in Anchorage

There were two new cases in Soldotna and one in Homer.

An exclusive Q&A with Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen

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An exclusive Q&A with Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen

‘We believe in the individual.’

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 8

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 8

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Students return to school

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Students return to school

‘It felt like game day of the World Series’

In this March 12 file photo, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a news conference in Anchorage . Dunleavy will pay $2,800 to reimburse the state for ads an independent counsel found were political and violated ethics rules, according to a recently released settlement. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Dunleavy to pay $2,800 after ads found to violate ethics law

The Republican governor said he did not believe he had violated the state executive ethics act.

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

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DHSS announces 35 new cases, all residents

Daily COVID update

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 7

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 7

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate

From a perch on Lunch Mountain, a hiker enjoys the sunshine and the view of Tutka Bay on the Tutka Backdoor Trail in Kachemak Bay State Park. (Photo by Clark Fair for the Peninsula Clarion)

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How Alaska’s state parks came to be

Kachemak Bay State Park and Alaska State Parks have golden anniversary

Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers

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Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers

Restaurants and their employees nationwide have been decimated by the pandemic.

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

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34 new positive cases, 1 on peninsula

Daily COVID update

The construction efforts on the Church of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary are seen here in Kenai, Alaska on Sept. 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Church shows off 125 years of history

Relics from the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church will be displayed for two months