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.