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Landmark gets ‘new hat’

Church gets new roof, cupolas, crosses for 125th anniversary

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New record set for largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases

141 new cases driven in part by seafood industry outbreaks

Soldotna assistant football coach Eric Pomerleau checks the temperature of sophomore Joseph Whittom before summer workouts Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Back to school? COVID cases to decide

“We are on a tightwire between a rock and a hard place.”

In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. The Pebble Limited Partnership, which wants to build a copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major U.S. salmon fishery in southwest Alaska, says it plans to offer residents in the region a dividend. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Pebble Mine review to be released

For years, the proposed Pebble Mine has been shrouded in controversy.

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COVID-19 week in review: Nearly 400 new cases reported

There were 78 new cases of the disease reported Saturday.

A juvenile Chinook salmon swims in Campbell Creek in Anchorage in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Warmer water, rainfall tied to king salmon decline, study suggests

The study looks at nine different indicators for 15 Cook Inlet chinook popluations.

Runners take off at the start of the Salmon Run Series in Soldotna, Alaska, on July 8, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salmon Run Series switches to virtual format

Rising positive tests prompt change of course

The governor and Department of Public Safety condemned Google in a news release after the company would not allow Alaska State Troopers to pay for further distribution of an ad, July 17, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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Governor, Department of Public Safety blast Google after company cancels ad

Google says advertising company needs to be verified for the U.S.

The entrance to Kenai Kids Therapy is seen here in Soldotna on July 16, 2020. The clinic is closed until July 27 after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 last week. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Employee at Kenai Kids Therapy tests positive for COVID-19

The employee is not a therapist and did not have direct contact with any clients, owners says.

Dunleavy praises NEPA rollback at White House

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Dunleavy praises NEPA rollback at White House

‘Ended this regulatory assault.’

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State reports 75 new COVID-19 cases, 12 on peninsula

This brings the total number of resident cases to 1,693 and nonresident cases to 339.

Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion Onlookers await the passing of parade floats at the Progress Days Parade in Soldotna on July 27, 2019.

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Progress Days to look different this year

The chamber had planned to expand Progress Days to a four-day event.

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57 new COVID-19 cases in Alaska, none on Kenai Peninsula

The state of Alaska reported 57 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday — 53 resident cases and four…

Jill Schaefer, Co-Chair of the OneAlaska - Vote No on 1 Initiative, gives a presentation to the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce on July 15, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Oil initiative on agenda as chambers reconvene

Guest speaker Jill Schaefer discussed the Alaska North Slope Oil Production Tax Increase Initiative.

Ninilchik Fire Chief David Bear moves the fire truck out of the new Ninilchik Emergency Services building on Aug. 9, 2014, to make room for visitors to the open house of the new NES building. (Homer News file photo)

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Combined fire, EMS service area will go to the voters

The new entity would be called the Western Emergency Service Area.

The entrance to the Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna is seen here on June 1. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough assembly passes 2nd Amendment ‘sanctuary” ordinance

The measure affirms the assembly’s commitment to supporting citizen rights to keep and bear arms.

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Alaskan dies from shellfish poisoning

It was the first death from paralytic shellfish poisoning in 10 years.

Visitors camp on Friday, July 3, 2020, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, in a vegetated area closed to camping between the Homer Shores Boardwalk, seen here in the background, and the Central Charters Boardwalk. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Camping in prohibited areas is becoming an issue on the Homer Spit

City property is off limits to camping.

Joseph Lee, of Idaho, backed by Ivan Zarate, of Arizona, and Abiud Zarate, of Baja California, Mexico, arrange fish so their heads can be chopped off by a guillotine-style machine Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Pacific Star Seafoods in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Limiting the catch

Kenai Peninsula seafood industry sees relatively few out-of-state COVID cases

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State reports 54 new cases, 5 hospitalizations

Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services reported a slight rise in hospitalizations Tuesday, along with 54 new…