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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Seward High School math teacher Stephanie Cronin is going to new places and will be taking the high school students with her. Cronin, who won the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Talent show smash hit – People are still chuckling about it – They say it was the best talent show in years. Hosted by genial master of ceremonies Bob Mott, the program featured a zany good start with a group of very...

Compiled by Julie Rosier This Week in City Hall – The Seward Advisory Harbor Commission met last week to present a proposed ordinance which would have increased present small boat moorage rates to $6 per foot of boat per year. The commission and...

John “Craig” Turnbull, Superintendent of Spring Creek Correctional Center, retired today from the institution where he began his career in corrections over 20 years ago. In the State of Alaska pen...

Postmaster will work with public – A petition circulated in protest of newly shortened postal service window hours was handed to Seward Postmaster Deane Nealson earlier this week. In response, she stated that she made the most objective decision...

As the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s newest public school, Seward Middle School may find itself without enough students to stay open. That’s one of the possibilities discussed at a...

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre spent Feb. 13 in Seward, talking with local residents about various issues of concern. Probably 15-20 people stopped by the KPB annex office in Sea View Plaz...

Correction: The general obligation bonds to pay for Bear Creek Service Area's new fire station are not to exceed $1.4 million. The content below has been corrected (Dec. 12, 2012) During the...

Correction: An entry in last week’s “Captain’s Mast” about an incident at McDonald’s on Nov. 14 misidentified Russell Jackson as Kevin. Kevin Jackson was not involved in the incident. The entries in the police log come from Seward Police...

Before reporting on the Oct. 23 meeting, I want to thank all of the community members who attended my community meetings on Oct. 13, where we discussed the capital project requests and state revenue s...

What are the top three concerns regarding your district and what do you propose should be done about them? Mike Chenault House District 28 • Republican • Nikiski First, I would want to know what the city of Seward’s and the Kenai Peninsula...

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...

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is seeking interested community members to participate in the annual budget development process and serve on the Budget Development Committee. The committee reviews current budget practices and procedures used...

Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department’s Autumn Ludwig received further recognition, this time from the City of Seward, for rescuing Mount Marathon Race contestant Penny Assman from a potentially...

How would you like to see your children offered wild Alaska-caught fish for some of their school lunches? Or maybe potatoes or lettuce they grew themselves, or hardboiled eggs from chickens raised...

The big race on Nov. 6, at least as far as the sign wars in Seward go, is the senate race for the newly formed District N. The two South Anchorage candidates running for the opportunity to represent...

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education and school district administration heard a presentation by Friends of Jesse Lee Home about their plans for the Balto Leadership School in Seward, during...

Representatives from Seward High School’s student council recently travelled to Soldotna for the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s district-wide meeting. Their goal was to elect new members for a variety...

Seward Elementary is one of four Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools to have received national recognition for supporting the health of children and communities. As part of their ef-forts in the federal HealthierUS School Challenge, the...