The Seward Phoenix Log - News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966

The 41 students of Seward High School’s Class of 2013 gathered for commencement on Tuesday to celebrate their graduation. Welcomed by student body president Hayden Beard, they heard the valedictory...

The volunteers, spectators and participants at the 31st annual Terry Pollard Exit Glacier Run got an early and vigorous start to Harbor Opening Day as a total of nearly 200 gathered to the annual tradition featuring a 5-kilometer and a 10-kilometer...

Harbor celebrates opening of season in pictures....

Tessa Kelly Adelmann* Leon Tyrone Anderson Brennan Paul Atherton Hayden Curtis Gates Beard* Jeffery Allen Buchanan* Kacy Jules Burke Theodore James Cantrell-Larson Nathan Thomas Cisar Maranda Diane Clark Laura Marie Dyer* Dmitri Alan Erchinger...

First Lake remained partially frozen over due the late spring, so Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department provided a water tank at the site for Kids Fishing Day Saturday. With 120 fish and around 80...

The Seward Chamber of Commerce hosted a car wash in their parking lot on the weekend which gave many Sewardites an opportunity to wash away the winter’s grime just in time for our real spring time....

May 19, 1988 The Seward Phoenix LOG $7.5 million claim filed by prison contractor – The Seward City Council met behind closed doors Monday to discuss a $7.5 million construction claim filed with the city by prison general contractor Samwhan...

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...

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,...

Shoreside Petroleum announced, on Tuesday, an expansion to its fuel storage terminal in Seward of up to eight million gallons. The project will raise the facility’s capacity to some 10 million...

Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Patricia Linville, Seward Community Library Museum director, to the Advisory Council on Libraries last month. The 12-member council advises the State Library...

Tax day is weeks behind Sewardites but there’s still a tax to consider and perhaps appreciate. Public services in the Seward area are largely supported by sales taxes gathered by local business....

The 2013 Polar Bear Pink Cheeks Triathlon combined serious competitors with more pedestrian participants along with a few pranksters on a cloudy and sprinkly Saturday. Around 300 attended including...

Thursday, May 9 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek Fire Station, 13105 Seward Highway (Mile 5), 224-3345. Friday, May 10 10:30...

A small bush plane flipped over at landing on Montague Island’s Patton Bay and became the subject of a rescue mission by Alaska-Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons. The 8GCBC Scout carried two...

Thursday, May 2 6:30 p.m., Pioneers of Alaska, Seward Senior Center, 336 Third, 288-3616. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek...

School board meets here Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6 at Seward High School. Spring concert set for May 2 Seward community choir’s Spring Concert will run from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 2 in the...

The Seward High School team has been making the most of the clear track, getting in an early tri-meet with Palmer’s Colony High School and Homer. The Seward Spring Scramble events found Seahawk...

The 28th Alaska State Legislature finished its work late Sunday with the customary eleventh hour passage of several bills and the state budgets. The legislation that changes how oil extracted in the state is taxed, Senate Bill 21, passed the House...

City building and fire code changes under review After comprehensive revision by City of Seward Fire Chief David Squires and Building Department Inspector Stefan Nilsson as well as contributions from other city departments, a review draft of...

While Mitch and Dallas Seavey maintain the family tradition of leading the Iditarod race, making an early jump into the top tier of racers, Travis Beals breaks in the trail and a dog team in his...

Just past the halfway point in this year’s regular session, legislators in Juneau have passed three bills that await the governor’s signature or veto. One removes the phrases “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from Alaska...

It may have been pouring rain in Seward, but the weather gods were kind to the skiers at the Seward Highway’s Mile 12 on Saturday. Though warm with a bit of a slight drizzle, fresh warm snow made...

It may have been pouring rain in Seward, but the weather gods were kind to the skiers at the Seward Highway’s Mile 12 on Saturday. Though warm with a bit of a slight drizzle, fresh warm snow made...

The 2013 Seward Polar Bear Jump was another one for the books. From the plunger friendly weather to the large crowd of visiting sightseers and jumpers who showed up despite a blizzard watch for a...