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

The Seward City Council finally ended a grueling process of budget talks that began last summer with Monday night passage of general fund biennial operating budgets totalling just under $10 million...

“We need to help existing businesses. We need to think about what new businesses need to be added to the mix" —Ron Long, Seward Assistant City Manager Ron Long, the new Seward Assistant City...

The “Frozen North” in this part of the world recedes like wild animals before the advance of civilization. Probably every man now living in Seward imagined when he was a boy back in “the states” that icebergs perpetually crashed against the...

The holiday season always reminds me of my mother who passed away before my children were born which remains one of the great regrets of my life. Our mother was a short, sturdy Ojibwa woman from Lac...

The Seward Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol would like to thank the Holland America Line’s Seward Community Advisory Board for their recent grant of $2,000 to our organization. We will be using the money to purchase a new “smart board” for our...

On Dec. 2 and 3, the Seward Merchants Association sponsored a sleigh full of presents to be given away. To encourage customers to shop locally, participating merchants gave a 7 percent discount (equal to the sales tax), plus you got a ticket for the...

For hours after I came home from the high school play last week, I could not get Ashley Von Borstel’s piercing, brown-nosing chant, “Yes, Mr Griiiimmes” out of my head. Nor the high pitched sque...

Cheer coach sought SPRD is seeking qualified and certified cheer coaches to coordinate and manage a sustainable cheer program. The participants in kindergarten through 8th grade would be invited to cheer at parks and recreation’s Urbach’s Youth...

Marilyn A. Sieminski, age 63, passed away peacefully at Alaska Native Medical Center on Nov. 21, 2011. Marilyn was born July 15, 1948 in Seward, Alaska to Caroline and Jim Toloff. A lifelong Seward resident, Marilyn worked in a variety of...

‘The Muppets’ shows Saturday Hosted by Carol Ann Lindsey of Harbor Enterprises, “The Muppets” movie will show at 1 and 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at The Liberty Theatre. Both showings are free of charge....

On Saturday Seward area citizens wrapped gifts that were donated to the Angel Tree program. In the past few weeks the local groups that join together for the annual program accepted gifts for the...

Whether traveling overseas or in-state, the Alaska International Airport System, Department of Health and Social Services and the Transportation Safety Administration offers the following advice to help make sure holiday travel is healthy and safe fo...

The Seward Seahawks played Soldotna High School Stars in their first game of the 2011-12 season. The girls varsity suffered a 49-32 loss. High scores of the game include Jessica Stallings (senior)...

Sea otters are cleaning out valuable commercial fisheries in Southeast Alaska, and they have been at it for decades. A second report by the McDowell Group of Juneau updates the financial hit the...

Silvers shine at borough championships – The Seward Middle School boys and girls basketball teams finished their seasons at the borough championships last weekend in impressive positions. The Lady Silvers returned home as borough champions while...

The initial issue of The Seward Phoenix LOG on Oct. 6, 1966 ran this photo of Seward Small Boat Harbor and surrounding area by Lee Poleskie (Send your “Back when...” photo to the LOG for...

Dec. 5 00:03 - Security at the Alaska SeaLife Center advised that two males were heading towards the dock area and that the center had been having problems with vandalism. Officers responded, and contacted two subjects who were advised to stay away...

Host families for the summer 2012 Labo Japan-Alaska youth exchange program are sought by the Alaska Cooperative Extension 4-H International Exchange Program. Host families must have a child 10 to 16 years old willing to be the host brother or sister...

KPEA President LaDawn Druce and KPESA President Margie Warner Announce the Associations’ Intent to Bargain. The Kenai Peninsula Education Association, representing over 700 certified teachers, and the Kenai Peninsula Education Support Association,...

A group of surgeons, with long-established practices on the Kenai Peninsula has formed a company, Kahtnu Ventures, with a goal of opening an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) in Kenai. ASCs have been successful throughout the United States because...