South Peninsula Hospital received a $1.3 million grant for a project to provide subsidized child care for hospital employees; Kenai Aviation is discontinuing service in Homer at the end of the year. The airline also canceled empty flights through the end of December; and a 72-year-old hiker was attacked by a bear in the Skilak Lake area on the central Kenai Peninsula Thursday, according to Alaska Wildlife Troopers.
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