COVID-19

The department reports 500 more deaths than expected in 2020, as well as over 1,400 more than expected in 2021. Almost half of those total deaths were caused by COVID-19.

A lot has changed since then. But today, the peninsula is still seeing cases and reeling from the fallout of the pandemic.

Starting Friday, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will no longer conduct contact tracing or implement universal masking on a school-by-school basis.

Update: This story was updated Tuesday, Feb. 8 with an updated list of KN95 pick-up locations.The Kenai Public Health Center has packages of KN95 masks in…

When the pandemic grounded people at home, many new crafters picked up painting, sewing and bread-baking for the first time. For those already making…

A COVID-19 vaccine requirement for employees of Central Peninsula Hospital is moving forward again, following a Thursday decision from the U.S. Supreme…

School administrators hope new isolation requirements for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will alleviate strain from the rising omicron…

At-home COVID-19 tests are in short supply around the U.S., amid rising coronavirus case counts and concern about the more contagious omicron variant.Some…

Kenai City Council members unanimously voted last night to oppose vaccine and mask mandates from the government — another resolution against mandates that…

This year’s Thanksgiving is, again, happening in the shadow of COVID-19.But this year, there are more tools available to have a safer holiday gathering,…