EAGLE – As the late evening sunshine poured in from the northwest, a dozen residents of Alaska’s farthest upstream town on the Yukon River watched their winter race past in floating chunks of ice. Read moreWhen river breakup came to Eagle
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Seward High School Class of 2026 Homecoming Float. Photo by Brittany Swanson.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced finalists for the USDA Regional Food Business Centers (Regional Food Centers). Twelve groups of organizations, including the Alaska Food Policy Council (AFPC), have been selected as finalists to establish Regional Food Centers that will…
A special fleet of patrol vehicles intended to keep motorists and pedestrians safe has just doubled in number. On Monday, the ⅞-scale, two-dimensional patrol car replica in Moose Pass known as Safety Bear has received a Cooper Landing duplicate. From a distance, the decoy vehicles, with thei…
The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) has begun a discussion which may bring about changes in city code to correct inconsistencies regarding awnings outside businesses throughout the downtown central business district and on one block of the harbor district. Begun on April 18 at the…
Seward’s own two-time Olympic medalist Lydia Jacoby added three gold medals to her trophy case earlier this month at the Mare Nostrum Swim Meet in Barcelona and Monaco. Representing the Seward Tsunami Swim Club as well as Team USA, Jacoby took her first gold of the meet in Barcelona with a 1…
If you operate a business or vacation rental in Seward, you have likely experienced a fire and life safety inspection conducted by the Seward Fire Department. These inspections not only serve the purpose of protecting your investment but also in keeping the staff and general public who visit…
Around Town
“Waves Over Seward” tsunami and earthquake movie resumes in the Seward Community Library & Museum at 2 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday. The move portrays the events and impact of the 1964 earthquake and related tsunami on Seward and much of Alaska. The movie runs 25 minutes. Admission is $5. …
The Seward Animal Shelter is having an open house Saturday, June 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with food and door prizes at the new shelter location near the elementary school.
Come join the fun at the Moose Pass Solstice Festival on Saturday, June 18, noon to 9 p.m. and Sunday, June 19, noon to 5 p.m. Music, food, games, and more. In the common area on the Seward Highway in Moose Pass.
Sports/Outdoors
Seward’s own two-time Olympic medalist Lydia Jacoby added three gold medals to her trophy case earlier this month at the Mare Nostrum Swim Meet in Barcelona and Monaco. Representing the Seward Tsunami Swim Club as well as Team USA, Jacoby took her first gold of the meet in Barcelona with a 1…
Seward’s own Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby will again be swimming on behalf of the Seward Tsunami Swim Club, this time at the Barcelona and Monaco legs of the Mare Nostrum Swim Meet, May 17 through 21. This year’s event marks the 40th anniversary of the long-course meet and a return for…
The Seward Tsunami Swim Club (STSC) has recently completed four swim meets, culminating in last weekend's Alaska State Championships (ASC), formerly known as Junior Olympics, at Bartlett High. Earlier last month, the Tsunami boys represented a re-teaming of the Seward High swim team that tie…
Last Wednesday, the Seward Pool Fund (SPF) donated its remaining $4,400 to the Seward Tsunami Swim Club (STSC) for the establishment of the Camp Lydia fund, a tribute to Olympic Gold Medalist Lydia Jacoby, to support children attending the club’s annual swim camp. Co-managed by Mary Huss and…
Federally qualified residents in Moose Pass, Cooper Landing, and Hope can now apply for the subsistence hunt permit drawing for both Units 7 and 15 through March 31 at 4 p.m.
Schools
The Seward High School Class of 2023: Ailaina Armstrong, Cory Barber, Teak Barhaug, Ryker Bradford, Ozzy Deel, Allie Dixon, Trayvon Durant, Renee Elhard, Brooklynn Forshee-Kurtz, Aly Guernsey, Damion Hart, Nicole Hettick, Paxton Hill, Kaleb Hutchinson, Lena Jagielski, Elias Jordan, Mya Monac…
Hats and horses were the order of the day last Friday as the Seward Brewing Company played host to the 2023 Down and Derby, an annual Rotary Club fundraising event benefitting the many projects the club takes on throughout the year. Taking its inspiration from another springtime tradition, t…
Caring for the Kenai is a popular environmental awareness contest for high school-aged students. The goal is to get teenagers thinking of ways they can improve and protect the environment and its surrounding life. Students can choose to complete the project alone or with a partner. Most cont…
Births
Jeff Dillon and Laura Sturtz are pleased to announce the birth of triplets Aurora Kathleen, Heath Spencer and Alder Clark Sturtz-Dillon, born Aug. 7 at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. At birth, Aurora and Heath each weighed 5 pounds and Alder weighed 4 pounds. The triplets are…
Obituaries
Born in Spaulding, Oklahoma, to Harley and Mable (McNeer) Hollingshead on July 24, 1929, Mabel (Maxine) Hollingshead Hayes passed away on May 7,2023.
J-Dock resident, Timothy O’Rourke, 66, passed away on March 20, 2023, in Seward, Alaska.
Alan Lee Haskins, 56, of Seward, passed away on March 7, 2023, after an ongoing battle with heart failure. He was born December 17, 1966, in t…
Features
Imagine being a moose in late May: You have just survived 200 days of cold and darkness by munching the equivalent of a large garbage bag full of frozen twigs each day.
Controlled Environment Agriculture is the production of plants and their products, such as vegetables and flowers, inside controlled environment structures such as greenhouses, vertical farms, and growth chambers. Variables that are controlled include light, temperature, water, nutrients, an…
EAGLE – As the late evening sunshine poured in from the northwest, a dozen residents of Alaska’s farthest upstream town on the Yukon River watched their winter race past in floating chunks of ice.
Opinion
Last week I wrote about the need for public meetings to be open even when legally they may be held in executive session – although this is alw…
I could write a considerable amount about the recent failed attempt to sell the city’s electric utility to Homer Electric Association – both p…
We are the theater technicians and pool managers of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Typically, we operate behind the scenes, usin…
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