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

As the snow and ice melted Seward celebrated breakup with a variety of activies presented by the 2nd Annual Seward Spring Break Up Festival. Seward Adventure Co. hosted a fat tire bike demonstration...

Two skiers, stranded in the Turnagain Pass area, were brought to safety Saturday. Three skiers were hit by an avalanche about 8 p.m. Friday, according to Megan Peters, Alaska State Troopers Public Information Officer. The avalanche initially buried...

SeaView Community Services Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program is spearheading a public event in Seward to draw attention to the issue of sexual assault, rape and domestic violence in Alaska,...

Last week, the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) welcomed its first stranding patient for the 2012 season. On March 12, residents of Port Heiden discovered a deceased Northern sea otter and her surviving...

Tsunami alert systems in Alaska, including Seward, will be tested from 9:45-10:15 March 28. Tsunami sirens may be heard, and alerts may be issued on Radio and TV. The drill will test the tsunami warning system from end to end. Emergency...

Greetings my fellow citizens, summer is on its way! Our Seward-Bear Creek Flood Service Area (SBCFSA) now has two studies to complete for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and then we will be able to acquire a funded mitigation project! This is after...

The sun hangs longer in the sky. Sunrise to sunset, the time of sunlight now dominates the pie graph in my ‘daylight’ app on my iPhone. We Alaskans feel the undeniable stirrings of light and...

March 5 Seward Parks & Recreation held the end of season recreational volleyball tourney here at the AVTEC Gym. Four teams competed for the first and second place titles. AVTEC (Michelle Travis, Jordan Soto, Gabe Rukouishilkoff, Micheley Hoeft, Alvin...

After many years of planning, the dream of a mariners’ memorial for our port community of Seward is coming to fruition. Harmon Construction put the finishing touches on the lighthouse/widow’s walk in late December, which will be the focal point...

With spring fast approaching we can all anticipate that great feeling from spotting the first buds of green awakening from the ground. What a nice time to be alive, in Seward, on a sunny day, with a...

The recent heavy snowfall in the Seward area poses a potential collapse hazard to roofs. The National Weather Service has indicated that the snow/water weight equivalent is significantly above average for Seward. This heavy snow load could exceed...

Seward City Council is soliciting interested volunteers in serving on an ad hoc committee for the purpose of planning a community celebration for the centennial of the city of Seward’s incorporation. Letters of interest can be submitted to the...

The Pacific halibut fishery got underway on March 17 and if the dynamic of supply and demand holds true, there will be an upward push on prices. The coast-wide halibut catch was reduced by more than...

Mary Karen Fyles Gillenwater’s family came to Seward when she and her twin brother Jim Fyles were 6 years old. Her dad worked for the city until he retired and her mother did a variety of jobs among which was to work at the library. Karen contracte...

The Seward Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) provides educational funding to members of SVFD and their immediate family members pursuing continuing education, as well as community members pursuing careers/degrees in emergency services (fire, EMS or...

A new program to prepare children for kindergarten begins this fall at Seward Elementary. The federally-funded Title 1 Pre-K classes, taught by certified teacher, focus on readiness skills like large and small gross motor skills, listening and...

The 2nd Annual Seward Break Up Festival offered oodles of activities over the weekend. Ready for the green of spring, people turned out for the pub stroll, home brew challenge, live music, fish...

Mount Marathon Race applications due March 31 Applications for the 85th annual Mount Marathon Race are due to the Seward Chamber of Commerce, Conference and Visitors Bureau by midnight March 31.Applications can be completed online at www.seward.com....

Community Schools/TRAILS Emily at the ILC at 224-8711 Anchorage Mall and Zoo Trip — 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 31. The group will stop at Dimond Mall about noon for lunch. Then at 1 p.m. their off to the zoo. Those who wish to stay at the mall are...

Thursday, March 22 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Social Security representative, City Council Chambers, 410 Adams, 224-4046. Noon to 1 p.m., SeaView Community Services Board meeting, SeaView, 302 Railway. 6 to 8 p.m., Creative Writing Workshops, Seward Arts...

Located at the bottom of Adams Street, the initial Standard Oil Company facility was built in 1923. Expanded over the years, it was destroyed by the 1964 Earthquake. The gasoline and other petroleum...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Line vandalized, pickets follow — It’s not Seward’s fight, but the city was pulled into the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ strike against Chugach Electric Association on Sunday, when vandalism to...

March 12 09:12 - Subject requested that someone contact her mother at the Marina Motel due to a family emergency. Contact was made and the message passed. Expressed their thanks for the assistance. 09:45 - Purse/walled found, and entered into lost...

The view from the Resurrection Boulevard was stunning Saturday after almost three feet of snow fell in town on March 14 and 15. The Seward Public Works crew moved massive amounts of snow during and...

Seward’s darkest day was March 27, 1964. At 5:26 p.m. that day the ground shook and rolled violently for 4 minutes with the second worst earthquake on record. A magnitude 9.2 disaster. Many...