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

Thursday, May 23 Noon to 1 p.m., SeaView Community Services Board, SeaView, 302 Railway. 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...

May 19, 1988 The Seward Phoenix LOG $7.5 million claim filed by prison contractor – The Seward City Council met behind closed doors Monday to discuss a $7.5 million construction claim filed with the city by prison general contractor Samwhan...

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...

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 chairmanship of the Arctic Council rotates between the eight Arctic nations. For the last six years the chairmanship has been successively held by Scandinavian countries: Norway, then Denmark, and then Sweden. On May 15, in Kiruna, Sweden,...

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,...

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...

In September a list of newly approved Community Health Center applicants will be announced by the federal government. Seward’s CHC board hopes that that their application makes the final cut this...

The following is from the editorial page of the May 14, 1987 Seward Phoenix LOG. LIVING IT UP WITH THE DUCKS... We like the suggestion put forth by businessman Dale Clemens at Monday’s Council meeting. He proposed building a boardwalk extending the...

Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Patricia Linville, Seward Community Library Museum director, to the Advisory Council on Libraries last month. The 12-member council advises the State Library...

It might still feel like winter but Alaska’s 2013 salmon season officially gets underway on May 16, when the first runs of reds and kings are scheduled to arrive at Copper River. The season’s firs...

Thursday, May 9 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 10 10:30...

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...

Tessa Polasek didn’t realize she was helping to make history as she sliced up the T-shirt that she had selected into pieces and braided the bottom end to make it into a cloth bag. Six-year-old...

The following is from the editorial page of the May 5, 1988 Seward Phoenix LOG. PURRING FOR ACTION... The Seward Enhancement Association continues to enthusiastically roll along. With the single goal of making Seward more attractive to visitors and...

Fishing industry stakeholders and federal managers in June will begin crafting a bycatch reduction plan for trawl groundfish fisheries in the Gulf. It will include some form of catch share plan, and...

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...

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...

Summer projects will keep road crews busy along the Seward Highway from Seward to Anchorage. Work is wrapping up on the Trail River Bridge around mile 25 with traffic now using the new span while...

Seward’s City Manager Jim Hunt and Assistant City Manager Ron Long were absent from the Seward City Council regular meeting Monday along with Councilor Jean Bardarson. They are engaged in a...

Chinook salmon research money made it through the Alaska legislature this session but most other fish bills flopped. “The department asked and the legislature funded,” said Kevin Brooks, deputy...

Garden club hosts roundtable discussion The Resurrection Bay Garden Club will present a roundtable discussion about composting at 4 p.m., Saturday, April 27, downstairs at Seward Community Library. Composting gurus Kirstie Willean and Bob Stark will...

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...

The just concluded legislative session added $10 million to the funds available to construct the next phase of the Seward Marine Industrial Center. The total project cost for the SMIC breakwater, the...