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Mara the Steller Sea Lion is seen here at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Steller sea lion at SeaLife Center to give birth

The 17-year-old sea lion will be only the second of her species to give birth at the SeaLife…

Flood watch for Anchor River

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Flood watch for Anchor River

A flood watch is in effect for the Anchor River until Friday evening, according to Thursday alert from…

Brewery expands to groceries

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Brewery expands to groceries

Kenai River Brewing is partnering with Sysco to pass on pantry items directly to customers.

Kenai Central High School sophomore Amelia Mueller is back home after leaving her foreign exchange student program in Argentina early due to the threat of the new coronavirus. (Photo courtesy of Amelia Mueller)

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Foreign exchange students navigate pandemic

“I was having a great time and I was pretty bummed I had to go home.”

A juvenile bald eagle that was rehabilitated by the Bird Treatment and Learning Center is released into the wild during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna on June 8, 2019.

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Kenai River Festival canceled

Another summertime event on the Kenai Peninsula has been canceled due to the threat of COVID-19. This time,…

Photo courtesy of Gov. Mike Dunleavy / State of Alaska                                 Gov. Mike Dunleavy touring Anchorage’s alternate care site at the Alaska Airlines Center, Wednesday in Anchorage.

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State announces 8 new cases, including 1 in Sterling

Eight new positive cases of COVID-19, including one case in the Sterling area, were announced during a Wednesday…

After construction workers removed siding from the facade of the Kenai Municipal Airport, a mural with iconic Kenai images like fishing nets, the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox chapel and a dog musher, was revealed on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska.(Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Peninsula airports get federal funds

More than $124 million in federal relief funds has been awarded to 257 Alaska airports to replace “vital…

Labor department: COVID-19 shocks Alaska’s economy

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Labor department: COVID-19 shocks Alaska’s economy

State economists are just beginning to understand how COVID-19 might be affecting our state and local economy.

A closed sign is posted at a retail store shuttered due to the new coronavirus, in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dunleavy aims to get state “back to normal”

Governor announces several changes aimed at reopening the Alaska economy.

VA to host Tele-town hall for vets Thursday

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VA to host Tele-town hall for vets Thursday

The event will discuss how the VA has changed its operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pyper Dixon and Erik Johnson, both of Seward, sprint for the finish of the Mount Marathon Race on Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mount Marathon Race postponed indefinitely

There won’t be a Mount Marathon Race on July 4 in Seward for the first time since 1942.

This Sept. 7, 2007, file photo shows Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas” docked in Seward. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

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Cruise ship companies cancel, postpone Alaska sailings

Alaska’s shortened summer season made operating “simply not viable.”

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Lifting health mandates could lead to virus ‘rebound’

A quick return to business as usual could cause a significant uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases…

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum speaks during a Tuesday, April 7, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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New state mandate OKs quarantine shelters for emergency workers, homeless

The program will use “non-congregate shelter solutions,” including hotels and dorms, to house people.

Mike Tuhy, owner and operator of the Tower Rock Lodge in Kenai casts for trout in the Upper River Kenai on Oct. 11, 2017. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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State offers guidance to anglers

Sport and personal use fishing in Alaska will remain open consistent with health mandates.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and Sen. Dan Sullivan chair a roundtable meeting on the Alaska-British Columbia Transboundary mining at the Federal Building in Juneau on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Senators reach out to Alaskans in audioconference meetings

The senators held conferences to share how Congress has responded to the pandemic.

The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA announces meeting; tells members not to attend

HEA’s bylaws require that a meeting of the members is held every year in the first week of…

Soldotna High School English teacher Nicole Hewitt teaches her students remotely from her empty classroom at Soldotna High School on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Everyone is learning a new way to learn’

Teachers, students adapt to online school during pandemic

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Thursday, April 9, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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8th Alaskan dies of COVID-19, Kenai reports its 3rd case

11 new cases reported Saturday, bringing state total to 257

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum speaks during a Tuesday, April 7, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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State extends school closure through academic year

9 new cases, but no new deaths or hospitalizations reported Thursday