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Flood study released
According to critics, a recent comprehensive study of Seward area flood risks is merely a road map to the next disaster. Bob White, a board member of the Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area, claims...
Community Foundation grants boost local programs
SCF awarded $44,000 in small grants to 12 different organizations during its recent grant cycle. Donors and recipients of Seward Community Foundation’s largesse filled the Seward Brewing Company...
Library mural dedicated, museum opens
Willard Dunham, Amy Carney and Keith Campbell cut the ribbon at the official opening of the Seward Community Library’s museum as a crowd looks on. Three pairs of scissors weren’t enough to go...
Borough adds to property
The State of Alaska owes the Kenai Peninsula Borough 27,000 acres of land under the Municipal Entitlement Act and the borough is taking the final steps toward getting the property it wants from the...
Assembly goes digital
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members now will be receiving their meeting packets electronically rather than by mail in a continuing effort to eliminate paper. Work sessions during the afternoon...
BCFSA multi-use facility breaks ground
On hand for the official ground breaking ceremony for the Bear Creek Community Center on Saturday was BCFSA resident Ron Long as well as Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre and KPB Capital...
Chinooks wins Alaska Seafood Contest
Chinooks Restaurant of Seward took first place at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s second annual Great Alaska Seafood Cook-off. The win was an improvement from last year when the...
City patches some rough spots
The Seward Public Works Department and Metco collaborated over the past week to smooth over some pavement breaches, breaks, chasms, chinks, clefts, cracks and fissures including this trouble spot at...
Drunk driver causes pileup
A southbound pickup travelling on Third Avenue careened into a turning Subaru knocking it into the oncoming lane. The SUV proceeded onto D Street and the pickup ended up over the sidewalk and on the...
Lemonade Day gives kids the business
Competition was intense as busy young entrepreneurs attempted to lure customers away from other stands around town. At the Seward Brewing Company, lemonade purveyors professed the superior product...
Salmon prices depend on foreign currencies
Between 60 and 70 percent of Alaska’s seafood is exported to customers around the globe, and the strength of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar plays a big role in annual sales. Tracking by ...
Lego robotics builds tech skills
The Seward Code Club was a highlight of the school year for local youth offering Lego Robotics for first through sixth graders and basic programming, minus the Legos, for 12 through 19 years olds....
Bike to School Day ends in reverse
The schoolyard at Seward Elementary empties as a flood of youthful bicyclers make their way home Friday afternoon. Alex McLain and son, Sam, were some of the last to clear the area. The annual Bike...
Back when...
1920s: Adams Street Looking east down Adams Street in the late 1920s: First building on the left is the Van Gilder Hotel, built in 1916 as an office and apartment building; it was changed to a hotel...
Turn Back the Pages
March 16, 1989 The Seward Phoenix LOG Korea trade fair delegates promote tourism, industry – Seward’s seven samurai of city salesmanship have sailed home Seoul. Partly as a result, the community is rapidly becoming a player in the vast,...
Bike Rodeo kickstarts weekend
Terry’s Tires’ Bike Rodeo was the center of juvenile activity in Seward’s streets on Saturday as Shoreside’s Helmet Junction started things rolling with an equipment swap and safety check....
Out & About
Free hazardous waste disposal A hazardous waste disposal day is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Seward Transfer Facility, 3200 Dimond. Homeowners and small businesses are invited to dispose of oil, batteries, antifreeze,...
Rocking the Boat
The following is from the editorial page of the May 18, 1989 Seward Phoenix LOG. THE BEST CANDIDATE... Next year’s race for governor is about to go into full gear. Prospective candidates are polling the voters, hoping to find out which way the...
Et tu, Begich? – Letter from the Anchorage Press editor
I’ve been accused of growing up somewhat sheltered in terms of Alaska politics – I was raised in a little leftist bubble, you might say, that encompassed Bootlegger’s Cove, Chugach “Optional” Elementary School, and, that hotbed of young...
Arctic Council Chair should be Alaskan
The chairmanship of the Arctic Council rotates between the eight Arctic nations. For the last six years the chairmanship has been successively held by Scandinavian countries: Norway, then Denmark, and then Sweden. On May 15, in Kiruna, Sweden,...
Captain's Mast
The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department. Those who have been arrested or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. May 4 00:16 - Officers responded to a report of a vehicle parked on the side of...