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As the COVID-19 pandemic brought life to a virtual standstill in 2020, Patrick Simpson dedicated his newfound spare time to apply for funding to develop a novel plastic-to-lumber recycling project.

Some Homer residents are experiencing long-COVID symptoms amid steady COVID-19 transmission levels.

South Peninsula Hospital’s specialty clinic on Bartlett street has run out of Moderna Bivalent booster doses, according to Derotha Ferraro, director of public relations for the hospital. Last week, the SPH COVID clinic received a shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Bivalent vaccines, but due to high local demand, all 300 of the Moderna doses have run out.

The majority of Alaska is on high alert based on community COVID levels and a struggling healthcare system, according to local health officials.

As Covid-19 case numbers dip, many musicians are resuming their pre-pandemic tour schedules. The internationally acclaimed Zodiac Trio is no exception. Homer is their first stop on a short Alaskan tour that was scheduled before the pandemic.

It was a big spring for Alaska’s unofficial state bird.Erin Lockwood certainly noticed more mosquitoes than usual at her house in Kenai. And she found it perplexing.

All restrictions on burning on the Kenai Peninsula have been lifted.The wet weather over the weekend brought the wildfire risk substantially down on the peninsula.

COVID-19 numbers continue to climb across the lower Kenai Peninsula, according to local public health officials.South Peninsula Hospital’s Derotha Ferraro and Public Health Nurse Lorne Carroll discussed the increase on KBBI’s COVID Brief Thursday.

South Peninsula Hospital is closing its COVID-19 testing site Friday after nearly three years of providing services in Homer.

Nearly 150 wildland fires are actively burning across Alaska. There are no large wildfires in the Kenai area. But smoke from the Interior is blowing down to the region. The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a “moderate” air quality warning for Southcentral Alaska.