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A female harbor seal pup that was admitted to the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program on May 4 is seen here in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)                                A female harbor seal pup that was admitted to the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program on May 4 is seen here in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)

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SeaLife Center launches new fundraising campaign

Aquarium received $250,000 matching donation

This screenshot from a project by University of Alaska Southeast postdoctoral researcher John Harley shows Alaska’s cities and census-designated places. Darker-colored areas on the map are communities with higher social vulnerability indices. (Screenshot)

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Researcher hopes map project can aid pandemic response

Grant-funded effort offers a detailed look at where Alaska’s most at-risk populations live.

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 31, 2020

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 31, 2020

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

Prep sports jump back into action

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Prep sports jump back into action

Decision on opening schools to come Wednesday or sooner

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Peninsula cases decline; statewide numbers remain steady

Since Sunday, the state has reported 478 new cases of COVID-19

Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula                                The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meets on Tuesdays inside in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Two intended candidates miss filing deadline for assembly

They won’t be on the ballot

The sign outside Soldotna City Hall is seen here on July 16, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna approves more pandemic relief

Programs will provide direct relief for city residents who have experienced economic hardships

Yearning to go back

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Yearning to go back

Nikiski volleyball seniors talk about how they’re coping with pandemic’s disruptions

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 29, 2020

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 29, 2020

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

Harbor seals make their way into Cook Inlet after being released by staff from the Alaska SeaLife Center at the Kenai Beach on Aug. 27, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Back in the ocean’

SeaLife Center releases 5 harbor seal pups on Kenai Beach

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State reports 86 new COVID-19 cases, 1 in Soldotna

The state also announced Thursday an outbreak at the McLaughlin Youth Center in Anchorage.

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What happens if there is a COVID-19 case in the schools?

District has plans to keep COVID-19 out of schools, but also plans for if COVID-19 makes it into…

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 27, 2020

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 27, 2020

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

Fireweed Academy Kindergarten teacher Erin Pollock holds class outside on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Janet Bowen, Fireweed Academy)

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Lower peninsula schools open for in-person and remote education

Schools in the areas with low and medium risk can progress with in-person learning

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State announces 1 new death related to COVID-19

1 new case on the southern peninsula, 2 more in Soldotna

A dead Cook Inlet Beluga calf is seen here on the beach near the Discovery Campground at the Captain Cook State Recreation Area north of Nikiski on Aug. 16, 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Dead beluga calf poses questions for biologists

The calf was discovered at Captain Cook Discovery Campground on Aug. 16.

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 26, 2020

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 26, 2020

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

Seward goes 15 days without a COVID-19 case

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Seward goes 15 days without a COVID-19 case

Mayor credits businesses, nonprofits, citizens

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CARES relief expanded

Businesses considered “secondary income” are now eligible.

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$300 employment assistance will likely take 2 months, officials say

The state reported 138 cases in the last two days, only one of which was a nonresident.