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

Jeanie Blatchford Greene, formerly of Seward, was added to Coastal Television’s regular programming last week. The award-winning Greene will be seen in the news lineup and in her Heartbeat Alaska...

The Coast Guard reminds all mariners to maintain a proper lookout at all times while on the open water in Alaska to prevent collisions, groundings and other marine casualties. “Nearly every collision investigated by the Coast Guard has found a fail...

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...

A spokesperson for the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. gave a compelling argument in Seward Feb. 26 for the proposed Alaska Stand Alone Gas Pipeline and its positive implications for Seward. The in-s...

Just past the halfway point in this year’s regular session, legislators in Juneau have passed three bills that await the governor’s signature or veto. One removes the phrases “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from Alaska...

Sue Lang of Seward leads a training session about water safety information booths, during the Coast Guard Auxiliary summit held Feb. 22-24 in Anchorage. Lang, state chair for National Safe Boating...

The Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs has relocated to 4600 Debarr Road, Suite 180 in Anchorage. After years of serving veterans from the office at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richarson the state moved the office to make access easier. The new phone number...

The long, complex process of dividing Alaska into legislative election districts is set to be repeated for the 2014 election, after the state supreme court handed down a split decision on Dec. 28...

The Internal Revenue Service reminds Alaskans forget that the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is taxable income for Federal Income Tax returns. The IRS suggests that people set aside enough to cover the tax bill, or consider making an estimated payment...

Revenue Commissioner Bryan Butcher Tuesday announced that an estimated 646,805 eligible Alaskans will receive a 2012 Permanent Fund Dividend in the amount of $878. According to the Department of Revenue, 677,733 applied for the 2012 dividend, an...

With 2012 marking the 100th year of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood’s 100th year, the Alaska Federation of Natives will recognize the century of service to Alaska and the Native communities by a special presentation at...

State Senator Cathy Giessel is being appointed to the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission, announced the senator last week. Alaska House Representative Bob Herron made the announcement during an Arctic Caucus meeting in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,...

Governments and nonprofit groups in Alaska spent $6 million a year trying to manage invasive species between 2007-11, for a total of $29 million. This, according to a new report based on a survey of...

To launch the Alaska Crib Swap, Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) has partnered with thread as part of thread’s Safe Sleep for Alaska’s Babies campaign. The Alaska Crib Swap is a fundraising...

Rasumuson Foundation Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson, social catalyst and one of Alaska’s most endeared philanthropists, died on July 30, 2012, at her home in Anchorage. Intelligent. Diplomatic....

Alaska will not create a state-run health insurance exchange under the new federal health care law Gov. Sean Parnell announced July 17. The announcement came after the State of Alaska completed a study on health insurance exchange planning. “Alloca...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks joined with Google June 21 in the launch of the Endangered Languages Project, a collaborative website which allows people to find and share up-to-date and comprehensive information about endangered languages....

This fall, 16 University of Alaska Fairbanks students have the opportunity to incorporate sustainability research into their everyday lives. The UAF Sustainable Village, a community of four homes on the southern edge of campus, will welcome its...

The U.S. Department of Justice approved Alaska’s new electoral map for use in the 2012 elections on June 27. “Receiving federal approval today ensures that the state will be able to hold a normal, timely election,” said Gail Fenumiai, the...

The Rasmuson Foundation announced June 28 a $350,000 matching grant to The Alaska Community Foundation to support the mission of a newly-formed non-profit organization, the Engine 557 Restoration Company (Restoration Company), which is charged with...

Federal and state agencies sat down last week to make a new map of Alaska, one that meets the mapping standards that have been provided to 49 other states for years. Federal agency executives joined to discuss collaborative funding strategies for Ala...

Kathleen Dunn will join the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED) as the new Tourism Marketing Manager, effective July 9. Dunn will be responsible for implementing the state’s tourism marketing program, managing progra...

Every day, people stop to take a picture of one of the most recognizable specimens at the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Otto, an 8-foot, 9-inch brown bear who has greeted guests for more than 40 years. The museum is looking...

Two new projects at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will increase research on sustainable management of boreal forests for biomass use and offer new opportunities for K-12 and college students to learn about the subject. Both projects fall under...

Hearings on the ballot proposal to establish a new Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP), Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell announced last week. The ACMP program that expired July 1 was administered by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources....