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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Know your fish
    By Nick Varney • August 13, 2025 2:30 am

    During the last couple of weeks, this column has offered more than a few tips on what techniques can be…

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    Kyle Settles and Jack Settles run along the trail at Eveline State Recreation Site on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, during the inaugeral 5K hosted by Kachemak Bay Running Club. (Photo courtesy of Michael Murray)
    17 compete in Eveline 5K
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 13, 2025 2:30 am

    An inaugural 5K fun run along the trails at Eveline State Recreation Site was hosted by Kachemak Bay Running Club…

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    A map from the public notice of the application for the permit shows the proposed location of a gravel pad for boat and vehicle storage on the Homer Spit, with markers showing where the proposed parking pad would go below the High Tide Line (HTL).
    Public comment period opens for proposed Spit parking...
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 13, 2025 2:30 am

    The permit application is open to public comment through Sept. 5.

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    "The White Horse" is an acrylic painting by Felicity Jones Bechtel on display through August at the Art Shop Gallery. Photo provided by Felicity Jones Bechtel
    ‘My season of originals’
    By Christina Whiting • August 13, 2025 1:30 am

    Local artist exhibits her foray into a new medium and a new chapter in her life.

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    An adult kittiwake sits on its nest with two visible chicks on July 15, 2025, at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Claire Labuda
    Research program monitors seabird survival
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The program asks for citizen science inclusion in monitoring disturbances and reproductive success at three kittiwake colonies near Homer.

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    The Homer Mariner football team warms up during practice on Friday, August 8, 2025 on the terf at Homer High School. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Homer football opens season Friday at Houston
    By Jeff Helminiak • August 13, 2025 1:01 am

    The Homer football team will open defense of its Division III state title Friday with a 7 p.m. nonconference game…

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    The Soldotna Field House is seen on a sunny Monday, March 31, 2025, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Grand opening for Soldotna Field House on Saturday
    By Jacob Dye • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Though the field house will be opened this weekend, it will not open to general public operations for a couple more weeks.

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    Joel Johnson, president of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation; Carrie Hourman, lead sustainability director for Dow Climate & Circularity; and Susan Sherman, executive director of the Marine Debris Foundation, sit for a panel at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Kenai Classic Roundtable at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Annual Kenai Classic Roundtable to focus on Alaska...
    By Jacob Dye • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the Soldotna Field House.

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    A vintage KBBI mug, repurposed and filled with various office supplies, rests in the Homer News office window on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    KBBI seeks art submissions for annual membership mugs
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 8, 2025 2:30 am

    The mugs will be released in October, as an incentive for the fall membership drive.

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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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    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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    A community member works with clay on a wheel in the ceramics studio at Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Homer Council on the Arts
    Homer’s art scene heads into fall
    By Christina Whiting • August 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Like the fireweed blooming in fields around town, Homer Council on the Arts’ activities are bursting onto the scene for…

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Remember that fish are fish
    By Nick Varney • August 7, 2025 1:30 am

    I have heard from many of you complaining that those &#@*% fish are driving some of you nuts at the…

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