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

On Saturday Santa Claus and a merry band of characters hosted area youngsters for a morning of fun at the Elks Lodge. A host of holiday characters, including elves and the Grinch joined the...

U.S.Army Sgt. Jacob Wilder, the son of Roxann and Norman Regis, and a 2006 Seward High School Graduate, received a Silver Medal Award and citation Dec. 9 for displaying exceptional heroism while...

Seward’s residents know that there is an illuminated tree on the side of Bear Mountain but do they know why it’s there? Does it say “Merry Christmas?” Is it supposed to mean “Happy...

That Holiday Spirit... We’re now in the season of joy and sharing. It’s a time of pleasant and cheerful thoughts, and nice and wonderful deeds, and maybe giving a gift or two from the Santa in all of us. Yes, there’s a lot to be joyful about...

Editor’s note: The LOG has not received a letter from Jeanie Greene. Dear Editor: I represent Qutekcak Native Tribe, I am writing this letter on the Tribe’s behalf concerning a Letter to the Editor written by Jeanie Greene, dated Dec. 16, 2011,...

Kenai Crewsers Rowing Club would like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to the communities of Seward, Moose Pass and Cooper Landing for your support in our recent silent auction at the Holiday Craft Fair. Once again it was a success for our equipment...

The Seward Community Resource Team would like to thank everyone in the community who visited our food booth at the annual Christmas Bazaar at the Dale Lindsay Railroad Terminal. The money we collected stays in the community helping the physically...

‘Twas the day before Christmas at ten in the morn, Six decades ago, a new couple was born. ‘They’ll never make it,” the gossips declared, Forgetting how stubborn—this couple now paired. They said we would fight and argue and hate, That I...

In the aftermath of Seward’s first basketball games of the season in a 66-46 home court loss against SoHi the Seahawk boys basketball team had a lot to think about before going into the Powerade/Al Howard Tip-Off on SoHi’s turf this past...

ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 2nd Avenue & Adams Street • 224-3975 Christmas Eve hymns and carols start at 11:30 p.m. and mass at midnight. SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH 5th Avenue & Jefferson Street • 224-5414 Christmas Eve mass 9 p.m. and 9:30...

Our Dec. 6 meeting day began at 2 p.m. with committee meetings. It is interesting that we not only have the same members on the assembly, but also have kept the same leadership and committee chairs....

The Anchorage School Board has named Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) Superintendent Steve Atwater as one of the two finalists in its search for the next Anchorage schools superintendent. Mr. Joe Arness, KPBSD School Board president...

Melody Moline was recently honored as the 2011 Seward Harbor Employee of the Year at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators AAHPA in Homer. The award reads in part, “Ms. Moline has gone above...

Kenai Peninsula Borough senior residents, 65 or older, as of Dec. 31 who own their home are qualified for a $300,000 tax exemption from borough property tax. Those who live in the city limits of Seward qualify for a $150,000 tax exemption. This...

Carl Christiansen, 79, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011 at his home in Seward. No service is being held at this time, but a celebration of his life will take place in the spring. A lifelong...

West Coast shellfish growers have learned to work around upwellings of corrosive waters and save the lives of their bivalve stocks. Increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are...

Seward Middle/High School and Community Choirs shared their love of singing in “Winter Wonders: A Vocal Celebration” Dec. 8 at the high school auditorium. Kyle Schneider directed, and Sue McClure...

Bird count set for Dec. 24 The Seward Audubon Christmas Bird Count is Dec. 24. Field counters will meet at 9 a.m. at the SeaView Plaza conference room at Mile 0 on Third Avenue to confirm their area/team assignments. Results will be tabulated at 4...

Winter Trail Seward-Anchorage… From the founding of Anchorage in 1914 to around 1919 during the winter months, when Cook Inlet froze up, mail between Seward and Anchorage was delivered by dog...

Seward runners compete at massive race – Four of Seward’s best high school cross country athletes took on the best of the rest from every state in the country during the National TAC Junior Olympics Cross Country Running Champions in Sandy,...

Dec. 8 01:36 - 911 caller requested an ambulance to Murphy’s Motel for a male complaining of extreme dizziness and inability to keep food down. Caller stated that he had fallen multiple times throughout the day due to the dizziness and had hit his...

Seward High School English teacher Lori Krier has been trying to educate her sophomore World Literature students about the varied socio-economic, religious, political and cultural differences...