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

Master artist, Justine Pechusal christens the new mural “Friendship Across Water” with a blossom and water from Resurrection Bay to symbolize the message of the mural. As she sprinkled water from...

The 2013 Seward Halibut Tournament continues The 2013 tournament runs through the entire month of June with daily tickets available for $10 from charter operators, the Seward Resort and the Chamber of Commerce booth from 6 to 8 a.m. every day. Three...

The small version of the mural that will be installed in Obihiro this fall is being placed in Seward this week. The design for “Friendship Across Water” goes to Seward’s sister city in Japan...

The Seward Chamber of Commerce hosted a car wash in their parking lot on the weekend which gave many Sewardites an opportunity to wash away the winter’s grime just in time for our real spring time....

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...

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,...

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...

Seward’s Obihiro Mural Committee hashes out details of the up-coming project. The City of Seward is presenting a mural to its sister city, Obihiro, Japan. The project involves taking a design and...

International Friendship Association shares sister city updates The Seward International Friendship Association (SIFA) meets at 5:30 p.m. tonight in the community room of the library. Agenda items include updates from sister city Obihiro, Japan, info...

Artists work on the mural that will grace the south wall of the new Seward Community Library Museum this spring. Nicole Feemster and her assistant Tekla Seavey can place a few of the 4- x 10-foot...

Application deadline for the student exchange with Seward’s sister city Obihiro, Japan in 2013. The exchange is usually in late July or in August. Exact dates for this year’s exchange are not yet announced. Interested students submit a written...

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...

Matt Hershock, owner of the Sea Bean Cafe, took his three minutes to offer thanks and a suggestion at Monday’s Seward City Council meeting. Seward Police Department policy doesn’t allow officers...

See the entire weekly calendar advertisement at http://thesewardphoenixlog.com/customer_files/pdf/City SEWARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Monday, December 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL...

Absent a couple of members, Ristine Casagranda and Vice Mayor Jean Bardarson, this Monday the Seward City Council held its first regular meeting since Oct. 22. Local businessman Tim McDonald began...

For their innovative Bits of History video series, Amy Carney and Lee Poleske were awarded archival Certificates of Excellence by the Alaska State Historical Records Advisory Board (ASHRAB) earlier...

Consul Koichi Funayama and Adam Weinert of the Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage, were the guests of the Seward Mural Society on Sunday at the Seward Arts and Music Festival. They came to Seward...

Sikuliaq launch party planned The Seward community is invited to a launch party for the R/V Sikuliaq from 4-7 p.m. Monday Oct. 15 at KM Rae Building, 125 Third. The party will include food and door prizes. Quilting group meets at senior center...

Editor’s note: Amy Carney traveled to Obihiro, Japan as a participant in the adult exchange with Seward’s sister city. Carney works as the Seward Library/Museum Collections Coordinator. Sometime a...

A delegation from the City of Seward will visit Seward’s sister city Obihiro, Japan to celebrate Obihiro’s 130th anniversary. Seward City Council directed the city clerk to solicit letters of interest from citizens who would like to accompany...

The mayor of Seward’s sister city, Obihiro, presents Obihiro’s flag to Ray Hugli, Seward’s mayor, during the special Japanese delegation visit during Seward’s Diamond Jubilee in August of...

In a quiet section of the Seward Museum on Friday night a video was filmed about Seward’s sister city connection with Obihiro, Japan, and the student and adult exchanges with the sister city. Resurr...

The Seward Mural Society gets a glimpse of the design for the upcoming mural that has been selected to be painted for Seward’s sister city, Obihiro, Japan. The master artist for the project is...

Exchange students from Obihiro, Japan play Monopoly with hosts after a farewell potluck on Monday. The students arrived in on July 22 as part of the exchange with Seward’s sister city. They return...

Civil Air Patrol unveils new center Seward Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will hold an open house for it’s new operations center from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 21. The CAP Operations Center is a designed to be a functioning flight operations...