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

According to critics, a recent comprehensive study of Seward area flood risks is merely a road map to the next disaster. Bob White, a board member of the Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area, claims t...

The State of Alaska owes the Kenai Peninsula Borough 27,000 acres of land under the Municipal Entitlement Act and the borough is taking the final steps toward getting the property it wants from the...

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members now will be receiving their meeting packets electronically rather than by mail in a continuing effort to eliminate paper. Work sessions during the afternoon pr...

On hand for the official ground breaking ceremony for the Bear Creek Community Center on Saturday was BCFSA resident Ron Long as well as Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre and KPB Capital...

Free hazardous waste disposal A hazardous waste disposal day is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Seward Transfer Facility, 3200 Dimond. Homeowners and small businesses are invited to dispose of oil, batteries, antifreeze,...

Thursday, May 16 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek Fire Station, 13105 Seward Highway (Mile 5), 224-3345. Friday, May 17...

Seward’s High School is leading the way in a national trend toward increased flexibility in educating students on their way to graduation. Trevan Walker, SHS Principal, walked Kenai Peninsula...

BCVFD is hosting an Advanced Auto Extrication class May 17 to 19 with the Puyallup Extrication Team. When other departments on the Peninsula heard they were all jealous and scheduled two classes at...

Last showing of SHS play Local performances of the Seward High School theater department’s production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Coliseum” conclude tonight. Cost of admission is $7 or $20 per family and the show starts at 7...

May 12, 1988 The Seward Phoenix LOG Cold showers optional for inmates: City buying more hot water heaters for Spring Creek – A major design flaw with the hot water heating system could stir up problems with inmate morale, prison Superintendent...

Corrections: KRXA were the call letters of the AM radio station that broadcast in Seward. At some point in the 1990's the call sign was changed to KSWD. Doug Grant provided technical support to KSWD 9...

Thursday, May 2 6:30 p.m., Pioneers of Alaska, Seward Senior Center, 336 Third, 288-3616. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek...

School board meets here Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6 at Seward High School. Spring concert set for May 2 Seward community choir’s Spring Concert will run from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 2 in the...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Specking Resigns: Branson name submitted for Specking seat – The name of Margaret Branson, Cooper Landing resident, has been submitted to the governor as a replacement for Rep. Keith Specking. Specking is resigning his...

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 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...

Updated: Additional clarification to the original story can be found at the bottom of the page in italics. Contract negotiations raising pay for Kenai Peninsula Borough employees 2 percent took over...

When Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Brent Johnson and Kelly Wolf sponsored an ordinance partially legalizing fireworks use on the Kenai Peninsula, they lit a fire under Seward area first...

With a light agenda for the first Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting in April, Mayor Navarre proclaimed April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The assembly also heard a presentation on...

Mark Beals, fire chief of the Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department graduated last month from Keiser University in Sarasota, Fla. with an associate’s degree in fire science. He completed the program with 42 credits at Keiser along with credits...

Thursday, April 11 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Church of the Nazarene, Fourth and C, 362-6623. 7 to 8 p.m., Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department meeting, Bear Creek Fire Station, 13105 Seward Highway (Mile 5), 224-3345. Friday, April 12 1...

Moose Pass is about to have a new fire hall. Perhaps a better way to phrase it is that Moose Pass will soon have a different fire hall. However, the renovated building that will house two fire...

Matt Allen is the new face of the Seward Child Advocacy Center which was established in 2011 to provide the community with a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach to the problem of child abuse....

Compiled by Julie Rosier In Anchorage... Expo ‘87 successful – It was a success! By all accounts a smashing success. According to Mayor Harry E. Gieseler it may have been the first time a small town in Alaska had made an all out effort to...

There’s no plan to get critical natural gas supplies to Southcentral Alaska that has the momentum that the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. Alaska Stand-Alone Pipeline project has, according to...