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

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...

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...

After a last minute move to Boulder Field from the Little League field because of persistent snow, the first gathering of Seward’s Little League got underway Saturday. Dave Paperman, Little League...

May 2, 1987 The Seward Phoenix LOG Compiled by Julie Rosier FY 88 Budget: Little change in five years – The City of Seward is doing very well. In preparing the budget in April 1983, the city looked at the revenue projections for the coming years...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Compiled by Julie Rosier Sawmill to be buzzing in 1989 – Chugach Alaska Corporation‘s plans for a timber mill at the Seward Marine Industrial Center have been given a clear go ahead, according to CAC President and Chief Executive Officer Michael...

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...

A brief fling with spring-like weather brought out a lot of premature wishful thinking but the break-up blues aren’t stopping Seward shopkeepers from plying their trade. Neither is it stopping the...

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...

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...

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...

The following is from the editorial page of the March 31, 1988 Seward Phoenix LOG. SOCIAL ABDICATION... When the City wants to get some things done, they go out and do it. When they don’t want to, they just sit there and come up with delaying...

Seward’s Day, a state holiday, postponed the regular Seward City Council meeting by a day moving it from Monday to Tuesday this week. On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State Seward signed the...

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...

Seward’s Boy Scout Troop in the April 29, 1966 All-American City Day parade, celebrates both the 1963 and 1965 All American City Awards. Among those congratulating the city for it awards was...

City Councilors Jean Bardarson and Marianna Keil continue to be barred from participating in deliberation and voting regarding a proposed new Community Health Center as clarity and consensus on the...

Nurse practitioner visits Deb Bailey, ANP, will visit the Seward Public Health Center from Wednesday, March 6 to Friday, March 8. Visits are by appointment only and services include pap smears and contraceptives for women in the childbearing years....

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...

Seward City Council this week debated Mayor David Seaward’s assertion of conflict of interest regarding council resolution 2013-014 which concerns City of Seward application for federal funding for a new community health center. He sought the...