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

Register for Moose Pass festival Vendor registration is taking place for the Moose Pass Solstice Festival which is scheduled for June 22 and 23. The registration form and related information is available at moosepasssportsmensclub.com/events.html....

SCF awarded $44,000 in small grants to 12 different organizations during its recent grant cycle. Donors and recipients of Seward Community Foundation’s largesse filled the Seward Brewing Company...

The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department. Those who have been arrested or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. May 4 00:16 - Officers responded to a report of a vehicle parked on the side of...

Last week Dr. Jo-Ann Mellish shared her fantastic experiences studying thermoregulations in seals in Antarctica. Mellish, an associate research professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a...

At Seward Fisheries, plant manager Charles McEldowney has a situation on his hands. Seasonal workers are coming into town but container housing hasn’t been inspected and now there’s a citizens...

Two major projects that will increase the amount of available fresh water for areas under development in Seward have recently received funding. At a Monday work session Seward City Council members...

Last week, not far outside Seward’s small boat harbor, local youth aboard the Kenai Fjords Tour’s vessel Alaskan Explorer encountered a pod of black and white Dall’s porpoise resembling...

The 28th Alaska State Legislature finished its work late Sunday with the customary eleventh hour passage of several bills and the state budgets. The legislation that changes how oil extracted in the state is taxed, Senate Bill 21, passed the House...

At the Alaska SeaLife Center on March 6, tiny octopus hatchlings known as paralarvae began to emerge from eggs laid over a year ago. However, their prospects are unknown as ASLC scientists and...

Woody’s Thai Kitchen, named after the famed local sea lion attraction, is set to open this week as Seward’s latest eatery. The new restaurant at the corner of Fourth Avenue and B Streets will feat...

Mushers race in Mayor’s Cup The 18th annual running of the Seward Mayor’s Cup sled dog race will be from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 6 at Seavey’s Corner, Old Exit Glacier Road. The race begins at 1 p.m, after a bonfire and hot dogs at...

As yet unnamed, this sea otter is well travelled having made the journey from the Alaska SeaLife Center to her new home at the Vancouver Aquarium in British Columbia. The rehabilitated sea otter was...

Community Easter Sunrise Service Sunday, March 31, 7 a.m., Alaska SeaLife Center (second floor), Railway Avenue at Fourth. Joint service led by community clergy. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Good Friday service, Friday, March 29, noon. Easter...

City building and fire code changes under review After comprehensive revision by City of Seward Fire Chief David Squires and Building Department Inspector Stefan Nilsson as well as contributions from other city departments, a review draft of...

With a theme of Talk Like a Pirate, the 2013 Spring Breakup Festival brought out the inner pirate in many and a few inner ear issues for some attending the pub crawl (not pictured) as landlocked...

Spring break and pirates come to town this weekend with the staging of the third annual Spring Break Festival in Seward. Back this year are prizes for pirate costumes, a pub crawl, a craft fair, fat tire bike demonstration, scavenger hunt and live...

The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department. Those who have been arrested or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. March 4 09:05 - Individual found a U.S. passport on Fourth near AVTEC. 09:26 -...

LOG Staff The Alaska SeaLife Center is hosting the fourth annual Alaska Marine Gala at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage on Saturday, Feb. 16. At the gala the Alaska Ocean Leadership Awards Committee will present six awards to organizations and...

The following is from the journals of the Seward Police Department Feb. 3 21:59 - Individual reported an attack on his 9-year-old daughter by a house cat. 23:22 - Caller reported that he was lying on the side of the road freezing on Alameda Road....

Over the last ten months the giant Pacific octopus LuLu, a resident of Alaska SeaLife Center, has proven to be an attentive mother to the hundreds, or thousands, of eggs she laid last spring. She’s...

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski recently asked the Seward City Council to narrow down the city’s federal legislative priorities to a list of three in order of importance. As has been its custom, Counc...

About 150 people turned out for a town hall meeting on Thursday organized by the Seward Prevention Coalition. They were there to propose community-wide solutions to discourage underage drinking and...

Seward Postmaster Jerry D. Nassen and Alaska SeaLife Center mascot Professor Tuff Ted Puffin (also know as “Tuffy”) showed off the original artwork for the new 86 cent Tufted Puffin stamp. The...

The City of Seward, and local residents recently received a brand new building — the Seward Community Library Museum, which opened to the public on Jan. 14. In making the move, the library and...

Seward started celebrating its incorporation centennial May 29 last year with time set aside at Seward’s City Council meeting for a proclamation and special birthday cake sporting the commemorative seal of the 100 year old City of Seward. Locals...