Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 14

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 14

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 14
Juneau awaits results from hundreds of COVID-19 tests

Juneau awaits results from hundreds of COVID-19 tests

‘An all-hands-on-deck situation.’

Juneau awaits results from hundreds of COVID-19 tests
cares photo illustration

Kenai, borough announce new grant programs

Small business assistance and rent and mortgage relief are available to some residents

cares photo illustration
Mayoral candidates Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings (left) and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce (right) participate in a forum during the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce Joint Luncheon and the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center on Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Mayoral candidates weigh in

Mayoral candidates discuss voting, leadership and borough operations

Mayoral candidates Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings (left) and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce (right) participate in a forum during the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce Joint Luncheon and the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center on Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
A sign warning residents of of bluff erosion is seen at the end of Spur View Drive in Kenai on Monday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Bluff project enters design phase

The effort to stabilize erosion of the Kenai bluff has been a city priority for years

A sign warning residents of of bluff erosion is seen at the end of Spur View Drive in Kenai on Monday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
Alaska State Troopers badge.
Alaska State Troopers badge.
The entrance to the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, AK as seen on February 26, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Court reports for Sept. 13, 2020

Read the latest reports.

The entrance to the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, AK as seen on February 26, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Risk levels

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 12

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Risk levels
A member of the Homer Volunteer Fire Department walks toward a boat fire on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 in the Homer Harbor in Homer, Alaska. Firefighters doused the blaze that caught on a 32-foot fiberglass boat that evening. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Firefighters douse boat fire

No one injured in blaze at the Homer Harbor

A member of the Homer Volunteer Fire Department walks toward a boat fire on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 in the Homer Harbor in Homer, Alaska. Firefighters doused the blaze that caught on a 32-foot fiberglass boat that evening. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
The sign outside Soldotna City Hall is seen here on July 16, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna launches new grant programs

The three new grant programs are available through the CARES Act.

The sign outside Soldotna City Hall is seen here on July 16, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
Brian Mazurek / Peninsula Clarion                                Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce participate in a mayoral candidate forum Wednesday at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center hosted by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce.

Candidates tackle government, business

Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings and current Mayor Charlie Pierce discuss tourism, taxes and business

Brian Mazurek / Peninsula Clarion                                Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce participate in a mayoral candidate forum Wednesday at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center hosted by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce.
COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

97 new cases of COVID-19, 1 death

An Anchorage woman in her 40s is the 43rd person to die with the disease.

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
Marnie Alcott, the CEO of the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska, shows one of the dormitories at the center that could be used as an emergency cold weather shelter this winter on Sept. 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Challenger Learning Center eyed as potential cold weather shelter

The project hinges on a grant recently made available through the CARES Act.

Marnie Alcott, the CEO of the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska, shows one of the dormitories at the center that could be used as an emergency cold weather shelter this winter on Sept. 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 11

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 11

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 11
Police Chief David Ross spins the Magic Weight wheels at Three Bears on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, with a crowd cheering the results of the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo Divining Point, LLC)

Kenai Silver Salmon Derby kicks off next week

The derby is open to ticket-holding participants for silver salmon caught from the Kenai River.

Police Chief David Ross spins the Magic Weight wheels at Three Bears on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, with a crowd cheering the results of the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo Divining Point, LLC)
COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

DHSS announces 112 new cases, none on peninsula

No new cases were recorded on the Kenai Peninsula.

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)
Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 10

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 10

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Sept. 10
Brown Bears fans celebrate Luke Radetic’s goal in the third period by throwing the customary fish on the ice Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna Regional Sports Complex will open for winter, with some changes

City officials presented their COVID-19 mitigation plan for the sports center

Brown Bears fans celebrate Luke Radetic’s goal in the third period by throwing the customary fish on the ice Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)