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

"It’s surreal,” said Seward High School senior Jeff Buchanan, describing the feeling of being days away from completing high school after more than 12 years of schooling. “It’s also...

Seward Fire Department Chief Dave Squires is retiring after over 28 years at the City of Seward’s fire station. Starting as deputy chief in October 1985 he hired on directly from military service...

It was a cold and stormy Saturday in Southcentral Alaska with snow falling in Anchorage and Soldotna. However, Seward had a little piece of springtime carved out for Harbor Opening Day as the skies ov...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced the selection of Rachel Tougas of Seward as her United States Senate page for this summer. Tougas, a Seward High School junior, was selected as one of 30 high school...

Harbor celebrates opening of season in pictures....

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....

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...

The Bear Creek Volunteers held a two and a half day vehicle extrication course over the weekend to enhance their basic and advanced extrication skills and to receive training on new equipment that...

KIBH originally went on the air on Nov. 11, 1948. Located by the lagoon, the station was destroyed by the 1964 Earthquake. Following the earthquake a new 200-foot tower was built and the station came...

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...

Willard Dunham, Amy Carney and Keith Campbell cut the ribbon at the official opening of the Seward Community Library’s museum as a crowd looks on. Three pairs of scissors weren’t enough to go...

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...

Chinooks Restaurant of Seward took first place at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s second annual Great Alaska Seafood Cook-off. The win was an improvement from last year when the...

The Seward Public Works Department and Metco collaborated over the past week to smooth over some pavement breaches, breaks, chasms, chinks, clefts, cracks and fissures including this trouble spot at...

A southbound pickup travelling on Third Avenue careened into a turning Subaru knocking it into the oncoming lane. The SUV proceeded onto D Street and the pickup ended up over the sidewalk and on the...

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...

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...

BCVFD is hosting an Advanced Auto Extrication class May 17 to 19 with the Puyallup Extrication Team. When other departments on the Peninsula heard they were all jealous and scheduled two classes at...

The 2013 Polar Bear Pink Cheeks Triathlon combined serious competitors with more pedestrian participants along with a few pranksters on a cloudy and sprinkly Saturday. Around 300 attended including...

At Seward Fisheries, plant manager Charles McEldowney has a situation on his hands. Seasonal workers are coming into town but container housing hasn’t been inspected and now there’s a citizens...

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...

Corrections: KRXA were the call letters of the AM radio station that broadcast in Seward. At some point in the 1990's the call sign was changed to KSWD. Doug Grant provided technical support to KSWD 9...