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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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Hospital ‘extremely busy’ as COVID patients surge
There were 14 COVID patients admitted as of Tuesday afternoon.
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School district offers updated remote learning options
Students learning 100% remotely will not be allowed to return to in-person learning outside of the transfer dates…
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Opinion: Alaskans must work together to support in-person learning
We now have effective tools to slow the spread of COVID-19, or at least to reduce its impact…
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Demonstrators protest COVID-19 vaccine and mitigation mandates
The state has neither imposed a mask nor a vaccine mandate throughout the course of the pandemic.
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More than 1,000 cases reported over the weekend
The new case count includes 147 resident cases on the peninsula and 12 more nonresident cases under investigation.
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No mask mandate, but rules abound
Quarantine, vaccination status and testing part of school district’s layered COVID mitigation plan.
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Cases trending up as school year approaches
The state is also seeing a shift in the age range of people testing positive for COVID-19, according…
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Dipnetting season ‘generally productive’ for city
The total revenue for the season, which was open from July 10-31, was about $485,600.
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Soldotna reinstates mask requirement in city buildings
The new policy, which was authorized by the Soldotna City Council during the council’s Wednesday night meeting, takes…
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Zink: We’ve reached a really hard point in the pandemic
The virus has mutated into a more transmissible strain while health care capacity is dwindling and the public…
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Peninsula records 8% of state’s new cases
The Kenai Peninsula is second to last for vaccine rollout, only above the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s 37.2% inoculation rate.
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258 new COVID cases, 33 locally
22.5% of all hospitalizations in the Gulf Coast — which includes the Kenai Peninsula — were COVID-related as…
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Man in 30s latest COVID death, hospitalizations and cases up
Over the weekend the state reported another 826 resident and 37 nonresident COVID cases.
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Delta variant accounts for 90% of new COVID cases, state reports
Data suggests that on average, one person with the delta variant will infect between five and eight other…
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School district doubles down on optional masks
Masks will be required on buses, but not mandated in classrooms
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2 more COVID deaths as cases rise
As of Tuesday, every census region in the state was categorized as high alert status.
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‘We’ve been super, super busy’
Local hospitalizations reach levels not seen since pandemic’s peak last year