‘Seward, Not So Long Ago’ A Series of Historical Fiction

Thaw
This was not the life Arthur Becks had dreamed of. Trudging home through the snow, the legs of his trousers a sodden, clinging mess below his knees, where tired wool met cracking leather, this very night he had finally come to the unfortunate conclusion that he was not a happy man. For more evenings now [...]

Troopers searched for swerving truck before fatal 2009 crash

From: Adn.com
By JAMES HALPIN
jhalpin@adn.com
Alaska State Troopers began hunting for Thomas Lorah’s erratically swerving truck along the Seward Highway more than a half-hour before he crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing one person in the other vehicle and severely injuring another last July, according to documents filed in court Wednesday.
Lorah, 28, was indicted last week [...]

Getting High a Safe Activity at AVTEC Gym

(By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News)

(Photo: A similar wall at Palmer Job Corps Center)

Not everyone has the guts or physique to scramble up Mount Marathon, or rocks along Seward highway, but all Seward community members and Alaska Vocational Technology Center students will soon have the chance to enjoy a new indoor sport. Sometime in [...]

Chocolate Tasting Fundraiser

The Domestic Violence Sexual Assault (DVSA) program at SeaView Community Services is hosting a Chocolate Tasting Fundraiser on Saturday, February 6 from 6:00 – 8:00PM at SeaView Plaza.
The Chocolate Tasting includes chocolates provided by Sweet Darlings, Modern Dwellers, Ferrero Chocolates USA, Chef Elizabeth Fackler and AVTEC pastry students, and other local talents. We will have [...]

Jackson, Morgan, & Hunt contribute to Seward’s library/museum project

By Nancy Erickson
The Seward Community Library Museum Project closed out its growing list of corporate donors in 2009 with a generous donation from Seattle-based accounting firm Jackson, Morgan & Hunt, PLLC.
According to a recent SCLM newsletter, cost of the new co-located facility is estimated to be $10 million, which covers expenses ranging from planning to [...]

Coal in the water, on land, and in the air

I encourage all interested residents to take a short drive along Port Avenue and loop around the cruise ship terminal. The snow is brown with coal dust, the area under the conveyor belt is black with coal bits and chunks. When the ship is being loaded, look in the water under the trestle and you [...]

City Council Addresses Coal Issues

(Heidi Zemach for Seward City News)

Coal dominated the Seward City Council meeting Monday, Jan 25th, as nearby, coal-filled trains pulled up to the Seward waterfront coal transfer facility, steadily growing a 90,000 ton-plus coal pile as it was loaded onto a waiting ship. The council unanimously agreed to undertake a community-wide ambient air [...]

Representative Paul Seaton’s January 25, 2010 Newsletter

January 25, 2010
Second Session of 26th Alaska Legislature
From the desk of
Rep. Paul Seaton
Volume 83
Contact Information – (907) 465-2689
Toll Free: (800) 665-2689
Fax: (907) 235-4008
Website: http://www.RepPaulSeaton.com
Email: Rep.Paul.Seaton@Legis.state.ak.us
Greetings from Juneau after this first week of the second session of the 26th legislature! Tina and I have settled into the same apartment that we have had for [...]

Learn to Cross Country Ski for Fun and Fitness

Learn to X-C Ski Class set for this Saturday at 10:30am

Local physical therapist and ski enthusiast Natalie Sook is offering a “Learn to Cross-Country Ski” clinic on Saturday, January 30 at 10:30am. Please arrive early so that you are ready to start by 10:30. The likely location will be Bear Lake at the [...]

Alaska Mountain Sunrise

The Latest from Niebrugge Images Photo Blog

Sunrise over the Chugach National Forest, Seward, Alaska.
It has been a little while since I have posted a new photo from Seward. Here is a recent image captured out or front door of a view that never gets old!

$500 reward for lost best friend (australian shepherd)

Please help us find our lost australian shepherd, KC-Girl. She is gray body, black/white/copper face. Lost 1/1/2010 Mile 7 Swd Highway. Bald spot on neck from post-op collar. We REALLY really miss her. $500 reward. Please call 224-3504.

Senior Center Health Talks

The monthly Senior Center Health Talk normally scheduled on the second Tuesday of each month will be on Tuesday, February 2, 12 pm at the Senior Center. Please note the change on your calendars.
Dr. Anthony Larson with Providence Seward Medical & Care Center will be speaking about Eye & Vision Problems.

Recycling Help Needed at SWMS

Last year we started a recycling program at Seward Middle School. We rely on student volunteers to take the recycling to the dump for us, which has been successful until now. Our recyclable materials are piling up and we desperately need someone to physically take our recycling to the dump once a week. We will have everything [...]

The SWMS Penny War continues this week.

So far we have had many generous donations to go towards aiding the people of Haiti, for which we are very grateful. If you wish to donate you can bring in your change or write a check to SWMS—100% of which to go to charity. You can drop off donations to the middle school office [...]

Library Book Discussion Series this Thursday 1/28

A reminder that this Thursday will mark the beginning of the Book Discussion Series led by Doug Capra, ‘What Does it Mean to be Human?’. We’ll be meeting at 6:30pm in the library basement to discuss the powerful book, Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan. We hope you’ll join us.
For those of you [...]

Seward Recycling

The AmeriCorps members at the Alaska SeaLife Center are working towards a better recycling plan here in Seward. In an effort to better understand the people of Seward’s needs and ideas we have put together an online survey that anyone can fill out. This information will aide the volunteers as they work towards how to [...]

Selawik Stories

These are stories that I remember after 12 years in the village of Selawik, 3 miles above the Arctic Circle and 90 air miles east of Kotzebue.
For a long while I have wanted to add onto the handwritten journals that have about Selawik. After living there for 12 years, there are so many stories that [...]

Senator Gary Stevens Capitol Report-1-25-10

Capitol Report for January 25, 2010
by
Senator Gary Stevens

Hello again. The second session of the 26th Alaska Legislature got underway on Tuesday, January 19th. With some new faces in the Senate and the House this year, our first session with Governor Sean Parnell in office and a background of election year politics, it promises [...]

Iditarod Days Skijor Fun Run – 2/21 – Bear Lake

SAVE THE DATE – February 21, 2010 for Iditarod Days Skijor Fun Run sponsored by the Seward Nordic Ski Club and Seward Iditarod Trail Blazers. This five mile fun run will be held at Bear Lake – easy terrain and great viewing. Race will simulate a mail run to commemorate Iditarod – all racers [...]

Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Walker Coming to Seward

Candidate for Governor, Bill Walker, will be in Seward Tuesday, February 9th. He will be at the Breeze Inn from 9am-11:30am talking with people in the community. All are invited to this casual gathering to meet Bill, hear about his vision for the state, and let Bill know your questions and concerns. For more information email info@billwalkerforgovernor.com or [...]

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