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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted on Saturday

The annual tournament took place on Saturday, April 27

The annual Anchor Point winter festival is scheduled for Feb. 28-March 3

While 2023 saw the closest thing to a “return to normalcy” since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, actual COVID numbers and hospitalizations were reported to be rising for the first few months of the year before dropping to unprecedented lows. With a drastic decrease in demand for on-site tests and vaccines, the South Peninsula COVID-19 testing and vaccine site closed its doors, giving way to at-home testing and treatment at the regular hospital facilities.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony marked grand opening last week

Despite less-than-stellar weather and some last-minute operating changes, the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament saw another successful turnout.