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

Revised at 11:40 a.m., July 5. The previous reports listed the gun time in the "TIME" column and it should have been chip time. This does not affect overall or age group placements because the current report is sequenced by chip time even though it i...

King of the Mountain in 2012 is Matthew Novakovich. The 38-year-old runner from Anchorage finished the treacherous 3.5-mile course up and down 3,022-foot Mount Marathon in 44 minutes and 7 seconds,...

The 4th of July began rainy and cool with Mount Marathon shrouded in clouds. The day ended with a runner missing on the mountain. Michael LeMaitre went up the mountain with the rest of the Mount...

The Seward Fire Department is continuing the search efforts to find Michael LaMaitre. Anyone interested in helping, can call the department at 224-3445. Be prepared to give them your name, phone contact information and experience with mountain...

Holly Brooks, 30 of Anchorage, won the Women’s Mount Marathon Race well ahead of the competition on July 4 with a time of 51 minutes and 53 seconds. The nordic skier and member of the Winter...

Mile Knotek, 17 of Moose Pass, won his second Boys Mount Marathon Race July 4 with a time of 27 minutes and 18 seconds. The Seward High School state cross country champion trains on the mountains in...

The Independence Day celebration and Mount Marathon Race on July 4 went well before the tragedy of the missing runner, said Seward Chamber of Commerce Director Cindy Clock on Tuesday. “We’re happy to host the event,” she said. “It’s a boon...

Seward should “think big,” and create a long-term phased approach to developing its harbor expansion and improvement plans for the Seward Marine Industrial Center (SMIC) and keep in mind the...

Seward Middle School gymnasium filled with hundreds of eager people of all ages on July 3, the eve of the Mount Marathon Race, to attend the mandatory safety meeting, raffle and auction, most of them...

Submitted by Carol Griswold Scheffler Creek is a special salmon stream flowing right through the heart of town. It starts high in the Mount Marathon Bowl where ice-cold water from melting snow shoots...

Marine debris trackers are taking to the air any day to get a better idea of where and what is washing ashore from last year’s devastating tsunami in Japan. Best guesstimates claim at least 1.5...

Flood meeting planned The Seward/Bear Creek Flood Service Area holds its regular board meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, July 16 in the Seaview Plaza Building, Kenai Peninsula Borough Annex Office, Suite 122. On the agenda is Ordinance 2012-28: Amending KPB...

Thursday, July 12 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek Fire Station, 13105 Seward Hwy, Mile 5, 224-3345. Friday, July 13 7 to 9 p.m., Seward Elks Club, Seward Elks Lodge #1773, 419 Fifth, 224-3158,...

Seward resident, Renee’ Annette Collins-White, 37, formerly of Las Vegas, Nev. passed away April 10, 2012 in Seward. Renee’ was born Sept. 4, 1974 in San Bernardino, Calif. Renee’ was a very...

The Alaska State Council on the Arts, on behalf of the Kodiak Island Borough and School District, is requesting qualifications from artists for interior and exterior public artwork to be commissioned for Kodiak High School in Kodiak. The Request for...

Nominations are now for the 2012-2014 Alaska State Writer Laureate. Eligibility is open to Alaskan writers from all genres who, throughout their careers, have demonstrated: Literary excellence and mastery in style, form, and genre; Exemplary...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Education Board, Commissioner, visitor Center — The State Board of Education was in Seward June 27-19, and dedicated the new Alaska Skill Center culinary facility and Phase I of the dormitory complex. The board members,...

Sylvia Sexton | courtesy of Resurrection Bay Historical Society In July 1912 the USS Maryland, an armored cruiser, visited Seward to investigate the coal fields of Alaska as possible sources of fuel for the Pacific Fleet. Local guide E. E....

June 28 23:40 - Verbal warning for Speed issued. 23:40 - Officer responded to Forest Acres Campground for a report of a male giving two girls a pill. Officer unable to locate the male. June 29 00:50 - Yukon Bar requested an officer for a man who...

Harmon Construction installs the Mount Marathon Race murals to the building that houses Seward Senior Center and The Youth Center at Third and Jefferson just before this year’s race. The mural...

Revised at 11:40 a.m., July 5. The previous reports listed the gun time in the "TIME" column and it should have been chip time. This does not affect overall or age group placements because the...

.x { font-size: x-small; } OVERALL BIB FN LN CITY STATE AGE SEX DIV DIVPL DIVT SEXPL TIME 1 | 301 | Miles | Knotek | Moose Pass | AK | 17 | M | M 15-17 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 27:18:00 2 | 302 | Lyon |...