Tickets still available for cruise this Saturday – don’t miss out!

Start your Labor Day weekend with a Dinner Cruise to Fox Island!
Support Volunteer Firefighters

$50 donation for Cruise & Dinner

Kenai Fjords Sightseeing Cruise to Fox Island
Prime Rib & Salmon Dinner on Fox Island
No Host Bar – Alaskan Beer & Wine
Outcry & Silent Auctions* *Credit cards accepted

Bring your piggy bank – all proceeds go directly [...]

Founders Day at Seward Museum

Seward Museum hosted another Founders’ Day event Saturday. Seward Historical Association members and visitors chatted, and snacked. Sue McClure played old favorites on the organ. The mens’ restroom was decorated by old magazine covers and this delightful Mountain Goat mount, found at the dump and donated by Carol Griswold.

Book Signing “The Ghost of Fannie Guthry-Baehm”

Drop by the Van Gilder Hotel at 308 Adams St, Seward and meet the author and share a “Fannie” ghost story on Labor Day, Monday, September 6th, from Noon until 2:00 PM. Coffee and cookies will be provided plus a guided tour of the hotel.
Homer, Alaska based Hotelier, Jon Faulkner, has just released his first novel: [...]

Weekend Sale & Fun in Seward!!

Forget the fair – we’ve got two events this weekend and next you don’t want to miss!
Due to popular demand, the ASFA Phoenix Chapter Rummage / Quilt / Bake Sale is being held over to this Saturday!
Location:      Seward Elk’s Lodge
                    419 Fifth Avenue
Date:            Saturday, August 28
Time:            10:00 am – 5:00 pm
We’ve got something for everyone –

Handmade [...]

PUBLIC INVITED!!

Who knew when the idea of hosting a small Labor Day event for Iditarod pioneers Jujiro Wada and Alfred Lowell, it would coincide with a 100-year Anniversary Commemoration of the Iditarod Trail that would be simulcast across Alaska, Japan and Yukon Territory?
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to attend the 100th Anniversary Commemoration event sponsored by the [...]

Shining Her Light on Resurrection Bay

By Heidi Zemach
(Authors note: As I enter my fifties, I look for inspiration to people like Judith “Lani” Lockwood, and the other retired local interpreters for the National Park Service. Folks like Lani and Chad Lockwood, Tom Osborne, Jim Fredrickson, Mark Swanson, Stan McKnight, Doug Capra and the late Roger Steinbrecher. After decades of teaching, [...]

Weekend Treasure Trove!!

The Phoenix Chapter of the Alaska State Firefighters Association is hosting a Rummage/Bake/Quilt Sale on August 21 & 22 (today and tomorrow)! In addition to unique rummage sale finds, you’ll also find new handmade quilts from local quilters and homemade sweets.
Event:          Rummage / Bake / Quilt Sale
Location:    Seward Elk’s Lodge
                    419 Fifth Avenue (next to Sacred Heart Catholic Church)
Date:          [...]

Bits of History – Three Trees

This “Bits” video introduces us to three trees of historical significance right here in Seward. Have you seen them? If so, did you know they had a story?

AVTEC welcomes students Monday with new building, programs

By Heidi Zemach
On Monday 155 Alaska Institute of Technology students from across Alaska will come to school in Seward for the 2010 fall semester. They will spend the year learning trades that will prepare them for good jobs in today’s economy; jobs that will qualify them as auto mechanics, electricians, pipe welders, chefs, and heavy [...]

Rummage / Bake / Quilt Sale – Aug. 21

Ted Stevens

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Former Alaska Senator Ted-Stevens weighing salmon at the Seward Silver Salmon Derby, Seward, Alaska.
This photo dates back to 1998 – a couple years before I became a professional photographer. I walked down to check out the Silver Salmon Derby action with my camera and flash, and [...]

Stevens’ Leaves Huge Legacy in Seward

By Heidi Zemach
Many in Seward responded with shock and sadness over learning of the death of former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash Monday night north of Bristol Bay. Stevens was 86. He left a huge legacy here in Seward, as well as in the State of Alaska and the [...]

Dinner Cruise to Fox Island – Labor Day Weekend

Start your Labor Day weekend with a Dinner Cruise to Fox Island!
Support Volunteer Firefighters

$50 donation for Cruise & Dinner

Kenai Fjords Sightseeing Cruise to Fox Island
Prime Rib & Salmon Dinner on Fox Island
No Host Bar – Alaskan Beer & Wine
Outcry & Silent Auctions* *Credit cards accepted

Bring your piggy bank [...]

Stevens, 4 others die in plane crash

Alaska Dispatch | Aug 10, 2010
Five of nine people aboard a GCI plane that crashed near Dillingham are reported dead, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. A spokesman for former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said Tuesday morning that Stevens was on board the plane and is [...]

Five die in crash; Stevens was on board; Nat. Guard on scene

From Alaska Dispatch | Aug 10, 2010
Five of nine people aboard a GCI plane that crashed near Dillingham are reported dead, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Friends of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, 86, say he was aboard the plane, but there has been [...]

Kenai Fjords National Park Celebrates Completion of Exit Glacier Pavilion

Kenai Fjords National Park invites you to celebrate the completion of the Exit Glacier Pavilion, the first of several planned improvements for the Exit Glacier area. The park will be honoring the companies and organizations that participated in the tour boat booklet program, which generated half of the revenue used for Exit Glacier area improvements. [...]

The Green Beet: Dip Netting Frenzy

The red runs on the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers are in full swing, and the Soldotna/Kenai area is flooded with Alaska visitors ready to net their share of fish for the 2010 season. I’ve dip netted for years, sometimes coming home with my limit, other times with only a fraction of what the state says [...]

Seward Halibut Tournament Final Results

337 Pounder Stands Alone to Win the $10,000!
Aaron Buscher of Conifer, CO, has won $10,000 and the 2010 Seward Halibut Tournament! His 337 lb Halibut was caught on June 14th aboard the Crackerjack Voyager of Crackerjack Sportfishing Charters with Captain Andy Mezirow. Although many anglers gave it their best, no one came near the [...]

“She soared like an eagle off that mountain”

By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News

The 83rd July Fourth Mount Marathon race brings so many emotional stories to tell, so many personal victories, and triumphs, and of course, as with any sporting event—disappointing defeats. There was immense pride streaming from the crowd when Cedar Bourgeois, 34, a Seward mother and businesswoman overtook Olympic Nordic [...]

CD Release Concert July 16 @ Resurrect Art

Anchorage’s Hurricane Dave will perform at 7 p.m. July 16 at Resurrect Art. The free acoustic concert will celebrate the release of Dave’s new CD, “The Cheechako Chronicles — Postcards, E-mails & Tweets From Alaska.”

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