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Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Friday, May 1, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Intrastate travel OK’d for road system, marine highway

Travel is still prohibited to and from communities off the road system.

This aerial photo shows how retardant was used to slow the advance of a wildfire toward cabins threatened by the Murray Fire in the Caribou Hills on Sunday, May 10, 2020 near Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Duane Morris/Alaska Division of Forestry)

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Ninilchik Emergency Services, state forestry contain wildland fire near Ninilchik

Blaze threatened 2 homes and was started by juveniles playing with fireworks

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Homeland Security medical officer to tour state, assess COVID-19 needs

The two new cases, announced during Monday’s press conference, are from Anchorage and Fairbanks.

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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Rescued harbor seal pup taken to SeaLife Center

Rescue team believes she is only a few days old and premature.

Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Cinemas is seen on Monday in Kenai. Kenai Cinemas will reopen Friday, after being closed for two months due to state health mandates.

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Theaters cautiously reopen after closure mandates lifted

Movie theaters, bowling alleys, gyms and bingo halls across the state shut their doors March 18.

Robert Walsh (left), Linnanae Dohse, Scott Loehr graduate from Cook Inlet Academy on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Photo submitted by Karen McGahan) Robert Walsh (left), Linnanae Dohse, Scott Loehr graduate from Cook Inlet Academy on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Photo submitted by Karen McGahan)

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Cook Inlet graduates 3 with drive-in and parade

“This will definitely be a graduation remembered by the graduates.”

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Only new COVID-19 case is a Kenai woman

Updated state guidelines hash out face coverings

Kenai Peninsula residents eat inside Louie’s Restaurant in Kenai, Alaska on May 8, 2020. Friday was the first day that restaurants around the state began opening for dine-in services without the need for a reservation. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Everyone’s loving being back in here again’

Businesses expand service hours, customers slowly return as state continues reopening

Mark Thiessen / Associated Press file Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy listens during a news conference in Anchorage on Sept. 26.

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Court says recall effort against governor can proceed

The recall effort has reported gathering more than 34,000 signatures so far.

Byron Mallott In this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott addresses a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Mallott, who served as Alaska’s lieutenant governor as part of a “unity ticket” with former Gov. Bill Walker, died Friday, May 8, 2020. He was 77. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Former Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott dies at 77

Mallott died Friday.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District building is closed on March 26, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly approves borough employee contract

The agreement will last from July 1 until June 20, 2023.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Friday, May 1, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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3 new COVID-19 cases all from Anchorage

Updated state guidelines hash out face coverings

Dunlins, western sandpipers and a dowitcher feed on Saturday, May 2, 2020, on the Homer Spit near Green Timbers in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival goes virtual

Though the annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was canceled along with so many other events in light of…

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2 new cases of COVID-19 announced, 1 from Kenai

The cases in Kenai and Eagle River reported on Thursday bring the state’s total count to 374.

The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska, on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA announces board election results

The election was held by mail-in ballot only this year due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.

A screenshot from the Kenai Peninsula College graduation ceremony shows an August 2019 photo of Kenai Peninsula College faculty and staff. The May 7, 2020 ceremony was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Screenshot)

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‘Resilience and ability to overcome unbelievable odds’

Kenai Peninsula College graduates students from both campuses — virtually

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District staff distribute student meal for lunch at Kenai Central High School on March 25, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Meal program won’t continue into the summer

The meal program offered free breakfast and lunch during the week to any district student.

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Anchor Point man is 10th Alaskan to die from COVID-19

In addition to this 10th death, the state reported one new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Photo courtesy Seldovia Village Tribe Staff with the Seldovia Village Tribe Health and Wellness Center and the Seldovia Village Tribal Administration conduct free COVID-19 testing April 29 in Seldovia.

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Following community testing event, Seldovia Village Tribe finds no positive cases

Tests results show 168 people in village are negative for COVID-19

Ian Stewart/Yukon News A camper is driven along the Alaska Highway in a 2009 photo. The Yukon and Alaska governments are working to hook a $25 million U.S. federal grant to upkeep the highway between Beaver Creek, Yukon, and Haines, Alaska.

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Alaska snowbirds allowed to drive home through Canada

Alaskans looking to return home after snowbirding in the Lower 48 will be allowed to travel through Canada,…