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Dine-in option proves a mixed bag for area restaurants

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Dine-in option proves a mixed bag for area restaurants

Area restaurants struggle to overcome challenges as state mandates are lifted.

Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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University of Alaska announces furloughs for top leaders

Top University of Alaska administrators, including President Jim Johnsen, will be subject to mandatory furloughs to help address…

South Peninsula Hospital health worker helps NYC during pandemic

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South Peninsula Hospital health worker helps NYC during pandemic

“I felt like I needed to come … It was a calling. I had to go.”

Dunleavy: Virus isn’t going anywhere

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Dunleavy: Virus isn’t going anywhere

“The more we learn about this virus, it appears it’s going to be with us for some time.”

Tribes urge Treasury to disburse coronavirus relief funding

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Tribes urge Treasury to disburse coronavirus relief funding

At least 18 tribes sued, alleging Congress intended the funding to go only to tribal governments.

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. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula

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Gated community ordinance passes, to be reconsidered

Residents and property developers could apply to set up a private street or subdivision.

Anna DeVolld poses with an informational poster for her Promote Our Pollinators project in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Shona DeVolld)

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Bee-ing her best

Peninsula high schooler nationally honored for pollinator project

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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State confirms 6 new COVID-19 cases

The case total for Alaska is 351 people, with 228 residents reported as recovered.

Victoria Petersen / Peninsula Clarion file                                 Emerald Miller receives her high school diploma from her parents at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Connections home-school program graduation ceremony May 23, 2019, in Soldotna.

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Schools look for “meaningful alternatives” to graduations

Schools will observe state health mandates and guidelines in celebrating the class of 2020.

Caution urged as bears wake up for spring

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Caution urged as bears wake up for spring

‘That’s definitely a bear’

Storybooks, radio connect children isolated in Homer

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Storybooks, radio connect children isolated in Homer

The public library in Homer is partnering with a radio station to bring a story hour to preschoolers

Population projections run into a pandemic

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Population projections run into a pandemic

State has net zero or negative growth.

Office of the Governor                                 Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer, addresses reporters during March 25 in the Atwood Building in Anchorage.

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‘Not time to be letting our guard down’

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said the state is expecting to see more cases.

A sign announcing the closure of a Soldotna business due to the new coronavirus can be seen in this April 1 photo. (File)

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Development district launches new survey

Information from the surveys will be used to identify the needs of the region.

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Alaska sees no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday

Total number of cases rests at 339, while 217 have recovered

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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Tracing a disease to its origins

It’s an inexact science that is part clinical, part investigative work.

Ashley Story gives a haircut to client Michael Halstead on Friday at her salon Short Cuts on Lake Street in Homer, Alaska. Story’s is one of several Homer businesses to reopen their doors Friday according to relaxed state restrictions, while several others have opted to wait. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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State allows some gatherings; businesses begin reopening

Indoor gatherings will be limited to 20 people, or 25% capacity of the site, whichever is smaller.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Monday, April 20, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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State announces protocols for commercial fishermen and charters, loosens some in-state travel restrictions

Two more cases announced Thursday brings state total to 337

A sign notifying the public of closure of nonessential businesses due to public health mandate 11 can be seen in Soldotna, Alaska, on April 1, 2020. Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued guidelines allowing nonessential businesses to operate in a limited capacity on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Getting back to business

Mandate offers guidelines for nonessential businesses.

Brian Mazurek / Peninsula Clarion                                Pamyua performs at the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series in Soldotna Creek Park in 2019.

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Music in the Park returns to its local roots

Chamber hoping to hold music series once public gatherings are allowed.