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

City of Seward Mayor David Seaward and Councilor Bob Valdatta were the only two votes in favor of putting a property tax increase to an advisory vote during the upcoming fall elections. During the...

BREAKING NEWS A distressed hiker on Mount Marathon called into City of Seward Dispatch via 911 at 4:33 p.m. on Wednesday. Dispatch advised the Seward Fire Department that the hiker was calling from...

City of Seward administration continues work to identify sources of funding to complete a definitive study which would rank realistic engineering solutions for the Lowell Creek Diversion Tunnel....

An international team of scientists, artists and writers set sail from Seward on Friday for a week long expedition aboard the Research Vessel Norseman to study the global problem of marine debris....

Committee meetings prefaced the first meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in June, beginning at 3 p.m. with 10-minute budget presentations from each of the four non departmental groups...

Boombai Thai is the second of three new restaurants to open in Seward over the past two months. Mark Teckenbrock, known to many as the local Seward High School auditorium tech, jazz guitarist and...

While the U.S. economy continues to see some positive signs of growth, consumer spending in one sector is booming – tourism. Travel also continues to lead export growth, accounting for a 23 percent ...

Amidst the salmon fisheries starting up all across the state, several Alaska crab seasons also get underway each summer. In mid-June, the summer Dungeness crab fishery opens in the Panhandle, as...

An updated exhibit at the Alaska SeaLife Center turns learning about sustainable fisheries into fun and games, and visitors to ASLC have another important Alaska story to consider as they wander the...

Seward youth turned out in swarms for the annual Bear’s Den Bed and Breakfast one-mile race. The course, which ran from the Wellington picnic area to the Iditarod Mile 0 marker at Hoben Park, saw...

Part 2 of 2 The Dolphin, the second of three ships built on the shores of Resurrection Bay by Aleksandr Andreevich Baranov, was piloted by Second Lieutenant Thomas Shields in 1795. He surveyed and...

With the establishment of dairy herding in 1904, Seward residents were supplied with fresh milk as early as 1904. In 1915, the Seward Dairy was established at Mile 3 (the McPherson Homestead) by...

Seward resident Betty Casey Skinner, 87, died June 7, 2013 at Providence Seward Mountain Haven Assisted Living in Seward. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Betty was born May 20, 1926...

Young volunteers join up with Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance to transform the front of Seward Elementary School into a native plant park, complete with new pathways, benches and picnic...

As the only part of Kenai Fjords National Park accessible by road, Exit Glacier is a popular destination for visitors and locals alike. Even when combined with a cooler than usual May, average...

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 ...

June’s First Friday Art Walk put local and imported talent on display from the Alaska SeaLife Center (above) to Resurrect Art Coffee House (above right) to the Ranting Raven where local artist Dot...

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14,...