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

March 16, 1989 The Seward Phoenix LOG Korea trade fair delegates promote tourism, industry – Seward’s seven samurai of city salesmanship have sailed home Seoul. Partly as a result, the community is rapidly becoming a player in the vast,...

Mitch Seavey is looking forward to being the oldest musher to win the Iditarod sled dog race next year, beating his own record from his win this year. However, after the blur of the post-race media...

The following is from the editorial page of the April 28, 1988 Seward Phoenix LOG. NOT SEEING IT TILL IT HITS YOU IN THE HEAD... That’s how we feel. Sometimes all it takes is a letter to the editor to make you see what you don’t have. Several...

Once a year the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meets in Seward. For those unfamiliar with the proceedings there is an opening ritual including a prayer. While the sun shone brightly outside, Pastor...

The weather couldn’t make up its mind for the duration of the 18th Annual Seward Mayor’s Cup dog sled race, alternating between blue skies and spring sun and significant flurries. The Saturday...

Two Sewardites were recognized for their public service at the outset of Monday’s Seward City Council meeting. John French was applauded for his work representing the Seward area on the Prince...

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...

The 18th annual running of the Seward Mayor’s Cup sled dog race is scheduled for Saturday, April 6. The entry fee of $200 benefits the Seward Iditarod Trail Blazers, whose mission it is to promote the restoration of the Iditarod Trail in the area...

Travis Beals leans into the runners as his 11-dog sled team tacks toward the Iditarod finish line in Nome last week. #22 Beals took on the trail in earnest but intended from the get-go to make his...

Editors note: This online article contains corrections made since the print edition. After a close contest, Mitch Seavey crossed the finish line late Tuesday night to win his second Iditarod and becom...

While Mitch and Dallas Seavey maintain the family tradition of leading the Iditarod race, making an early jump into the top tier of racers, Travis Beals breaks in the trail and a dog team in his...

Seward area residents met with Chugach Forest administrators last Thursday to discuss the future of the National Forest. Skiers, hikers, snowmobilers, fishermen, cabin renters, independent loggers,...

The Nome Nugget is Alaska’s oldest newspaper and for over a century the Nugget has opined on all things of interest to the people of the Northwest. The paper was once a daily, then a tri-weekly, and now a weekly but it still remains an important...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Polar Bear Jump-Off raises $8,492 — Every year, the buzzards return to Hinkley, Ohio, and the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. And in a similar annual rite of passage, Resurrection Bay provided an icy baptismal...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Seward only Boro community with sales growth — The City of Seward was the only community of the Kenai Peninsula to experience growth in the third quarter (1987), according to borough figures. Seward’s taxable sales grew...

Before we announce the 2012 Citizen of the Year, some more about the nominees... Mayor David Seaward Mayor Seaward was nominated because he captures the essence of hope, humility, honesty and humor. S...

The contributions of Lee Poleske to the Seward community stood out as we reviewed the nominees for the LOG Citizen of the Year. An unassuming man, Poleske contributes to the community in many ways...

Compiled by Julie Rosier The LOG looks back through the pages of 2012... January Jumpoff hits $2 million mark The Seward Polar Bear Jumpoff Festival raised over $173,000 for the American Cancer Societ...

April Town turns out to Choose Respect About 50 residents of Seward joined 123 other Alaska communities holding Choose Respect events March 29 to honor the survivors of domestic violence and sexual...

Each year The Seward Phoenix LOG asks the community for nominations of who best sets the higher standards by which a community is defined as a great place to live. Any individual, organization, or entity can be nominated and it all depends on who is...

Travis Beals, 21, a life-long Seward resident, dog musher and owner of Turning Heads Kennel, along with his partner Sarah Stokey, of Cape Cod, are caring for, and training their 40 sled dogs at the...

Iditarod veteran racer Dan Seavey and local historian Lee Poleske led a program on the historic Iditarod Trail and the Iditarod Sled Dog race on Nov. 7 at Seward Senior Center. Poleske presented a...

The five-year commemoration of the historic Iditarod Trail was honored with a Partners in Conservation award by the U.S. Department of the Interior last month. Since January 2008, the Iditarod...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Assembly cool on talks with school board — Getting together with the school board periodically to talk things over was technically approved by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly last week by a fraction of a vote. With...

A press release from Alaska’s Washington D.C. delegation earlier this month announced a $129,200 grant to the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities to implement a portion of the Seward Highway Scenic Byway Interpretive Plan by...