http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com Serving Seward, Alaska en-us 2010 Alaska Newspapers, Inc. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:11:32 PST 1440 http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/graphics/rss_sl.gif http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010nikishka_beach_access_restored http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010nikishka_beach_access_restored Access to Cook Inlet beach by way of Nikishka Beach Road has been restored today, according to a statement by Superior Court Judge Moran. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:35:18 PST http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010man_found_guilty_in_decades_old_seward_murder http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010man_found_guilty_in_decades_old_seward_murder Last week a Kenai jury found 56-year-old Fairbanks resident Jimmy Lee Eacker guilty for one count of murder in the first degree, a news release from the Alaska State Troopers said. The conviction relates to the March 6, 1982, murder of Toni Lister of Seward. Lister was 29 at the time of the murder. The trial against Eacker lasted multiple weeks. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:26:30 PST http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010alaskas_air_carriers_shape_future_at_conference http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010alaskas_air_carriers_shape_future_at_conference A gathering of aviation industry officials spent five days meeting on aviation safety, business practices, airports and technology improvements that will shape the future of Alaska's air transportation in the year to come. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:15:22 PST http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010peninsula_conservationist_enters_hall_of_fame http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010peninsula_conservationist_enters_hall_of_fame Marge Mullen, the founder of the Kenai Peninsula Conservation Society, is among the inductees into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame this year. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:12:33 PST http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010mummy_ground_squirrel_tells_of_a_different_alaska http://www.thesewardphoenixlog.com/article/1010mummy_ground_squirrel_tells_of_a_different_alaska One fall day in Interior Alaska, a lion stalked a ground squirrel that stood exposed on a hillside like a foot-long sandwich. The squirrel saw bending blades of grass, squeaked an alarm call, and then dived into its hole. It curled up in a grassy nest. A few months later, for reasons unknown, its heart stopped during hibernation. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:11:10 PST