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Kenai Conversation: Hospital history

Central Peninsula Hospital is celebrating a half century in business this year.

But for a long time, the hospital was just an idea — one spurred by the central peninsula’s growing population but stalled over intense community rivalries and funding drama.

Local historian Clark Fair wrote about those growing pains in a series for the Peninsula Clarion. He and CPH Spokesperson Bruce Richards join us on Kenai Conversation to talk about the hospital’s early days and how far it’s come since 1971.

 

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Aug. 4, 2021 Kenai Conversation pt. 2

You can read Fair’s history of CPH here.

Sabine Poux is a producer and reporter for the Brave Little State podcast of Vermont Public. She was formerly news director and evening news host at KDLL in Kenai.

Originally from New York, Sabine has lived and reported in Argentina and Vermont and Kenai.
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