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    Articles by Chloe Pleznac
    Jacob Davis runs to his first place win on Saturday, August 2 with a final time of 1:43:43. (Photo courtesy of Silas Firth)
    37 compete in annual Kachemak Bay Mountain Classic
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 7, 2025 2:30 am

    This year’s race was held on Grace Ridge Trail.

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    This map shows the location of a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that hit about 8 miles east of Ninilchik, Alaska on Thursday, Aug. 7, at 3:45 p.m. The map also shows the intensity of the quake as reported by observers. (Map by U.S. Geological Survey)
    4.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 12 miles east of...
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 7, 2025 2:30 am

    No tsunami alerts were issued.

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    Team Seaweed presents their research on Monday, July 28, 2025 in Pioneer Hall at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    ‘Girls on the Water’ expedition presents on summer...
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 7, 2025 2:30 am

    The program, run through UAF, helps expose young women to coastal ecosystems

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    A runner races to the finish line on Saturday, August 2, 2025 during the 3rd annual Great Salmon Run at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Over 130 Salmonfest attendees race in annual 5K
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 6, 2025 2:30 am

    The number of racers this year nearly doubled

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    A poster for the new fair, to be held Saturday, August 9. (Courtesy Sage Anderson)
    New ‘Back to School Fair’ to be hosted...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 31, 2025 2:30 am

    The fair will take place at Karen Hornaday Park.

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    Yarrow Hinnant, Elizabeth Pileckas and Kim McNett walk the Pratt Museum Trail on Friday, July 25. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Out of the office and under the trees
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 30, 2025 2:30 am

    The Pratt Museum’s guided trail tours connect visitors and residents alike with the natural world immortalized within our urbanized downtown area.

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    A copy of "The Alaska Glacier Dictionary" from the Homer Public Library. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Local author Naomi Klouda publishes dictionary for Alaska’s...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 30, 2025 2:30 am

    Copies of ‘The Alaska Glacier Dictionary’ are available at the Homer Bookstore and the Homer Public Library.

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    Kachemak Bay is seen from the Homer Spit in March 2019. (Homer News file photo)
    Toxin associated with amnesic shellfish poisoning not detected...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 25, 2025 2:30 am

    The test result does not indicate whether the toxin is present in other species in the food web.

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    A screenshot of a photo from the rescue's Facebook page shows Sushi, a cat looking for a home for over two years now. (Photo courtesy of Clear Creek Cat Rescue)
    Southcentral cat rescue seeking foster homes, adopters for...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 24, 2025 2:30 am

    In 2024, the organization helped rescue 589 cats.

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    Fresh-picked lettuces are for sale at the final Homer Farmers Market of the year on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    USDA ends regional food program, pulls $6M from...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 23, 2025 11:30 am

    On July 15, the Alaska Food Policy Council was notified that the USDA had terminated the Regional Food Business Center Program “effective immediately.”

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    An aerial photo over Grewingk Glacier and Glacier Spit from May 2021 shows a mesodinium rubrum bloom to the left as contrasted with the normal ocean water of Kachemak Bay near Homer. (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Greer/Beryl Air)
    KBNERR warns of potential harmful algal bloom in...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 23, 2025 2:30 am

    Pseudo-nitzchia has been detected at bloom levels in Kachemak Bay since July 4.

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    An angler holds up a dolly varden for a photograph on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Koby Etzwiler)
    Anchor River opens up to Dollies, non-King salmon...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 23, 2025 2:30 am

    Steelhead and rainbow trout are still off limits and should not be removed from the water.

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    Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion
Attendees dance at Salmonfest in Ninilchik<ins>, Alaska,</ins> on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.
    Salmonfest to return for 15th year of fish,...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 22, 2025 2:30 am

    This year’s festival will take place from Aug. 1-3 at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik.

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