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Businesses balance COVID during summer surge
Doors start closing again due to increasing peninsula case counts.
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‘We have tools, let’s please try to use them’
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said the surge has imposed challenges on hospitals and health care workers.
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Seward educator wins History Teacher of the Year Award
Liljemark is a history teacher at Seward Middle School.
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Kenai signs onto beetle funding request
The peninsula’s latest spruce bark beetle outbreak has impacted more than 1 million acres in Southcentral Alaska.
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Kenai, Soldotna endorse bus pilot program
The Kenaitze Indian Tribe is working to expand public transportation on the central Kenai Peninsula.
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Homer businesses shut down out of COVID-19 concerns
Numerous businesses close for a day or longer for testing of staff as 400th Alaskan dies of COVID-19.
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Prosecutors vet Tshibaka fishing license case
Kelly Tshibaka received the license during an event on the Kenai River in 2019.
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State to offer 3rd dose for immunocompromised, boosters likely to follow
Safeway issued a press release on Thursday stating that additional doses are available at its pharmacies.
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Officials debunk COVID vaccine misinformation
State doctors say ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine aren’t effective at treating COVID-19.
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Mayor blasts hospital over COVID-19 treatment
Pierce shared anecdotes about what he believed was ineffective emergency room treatment.
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City, borough and school board seats up for grabs
The candidate filing period for people interested in running for seats open in the Oct. 5 municipal election…
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Trump-era oil project approvals tossed
An Anchorage judge vacated permits for ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
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CEO: Permanent fund sees record returns
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation CEO Angela Rodell gave a presentation at the joint Kenai and Soldotna Chamber luncheon…
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New Biden mandate will require Heritage Place employees to get vaccinated
The mandate could take effect as soon as next month.
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4 new deaths, more than 600 new cases statewide
83 resident cases and four nonresident cases were reported on the peninsula.
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‘Our main goal is just to keep everybody healthy and in school’
KPBSD opens doors for first day of classes
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Walker to seek governor’s office again
Walker dropped his 2018 reelection bid shortly before that year’s election.
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Teachers build bridges to develop skills
Educators gathered to lay the foundation for a year of inter-school collaboration.
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Hospital ‘extremely busy’ as COVID patients surge
There were 14 COVID patients admitted as of Tuesday afternoon.