KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH NEWS
Expected Halibut Reductions Have Charter Operators...
By Heidi Zemach for Seward City News Taking home several boxes filled with halibut after an afternoon of fishing may soon become a thing of the past. South Central charter boat operators that target halibut are in for some serious reductions in the near future under the federal government’s new catch-sharing allocation plans. But members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and its Advisory Panel, are hoping to be able to minimize those cuts and their negative effects [...]
2011 Angel Tree Program
Do you know a family in the Seward, Bear Creek, or Moose Pass area in need of some extra help during the holidays?  Maybe a family that could use some extra toys, food, and/or cold weather gear? Mark your calendars because here are three ways you can help! 1.  Nominate a family by submitting a nomination form before December 2. Forms are available at these locations: Seward Volunteer Fire Department Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department SeaView Community Services Providence Seward Medical [...]
Shelter in Seward
4:30 p.m., 11-17-11: At this time, power should be back on.  The city electric department is unaware of any more outages at this time.  Any individuals out of power need to contact the Police Dispatch Department at 907-224-3338. Electric Department would like everyone to shut off all unnecessary equipment due power issues that Chugach Electric is having.  Because of rail belt wide outages and additional potential windstorms, any unnecessary unneeded electronic items should be powered down for...
All Power Restored
1:45 p.m., 11-17-2011:Crews have reported that power has been restored to all of Seward. Johanna Kinney, CMC City Clerk, City of Seward
Seward High Art: Mandalas
Seward High Art Students just finished a Mandala project.  We began by looking at Eastern style Mandalas and talking about radial symmetry.  Students came up with patterns or symbols to repeat around a circle.  They used color pencil to color them in and had the option to make a background in any medium.  They turned out awesome, great job!  More here at our blog. Sierra Vandervegt Jayna O’Leary Sam Melvin Robin McKnight Keilani Geronimo Lindsey Kromrey Nathan Cisar Chet Brewi [...]
SEWARD SENIOR CENTER HAPPENINGS
Seward Senior Center OPEN HOUSE ! We cordially invite you to our open house Friday November 18th, from 2:30-5:30 pm.  Come join us for PIE and Coffee to celebrate the NEW KITCHEN!   Questions???? 224-5604,  See you there!  
Seward City Council Budget Worksession
PUBLIC INVITED December 5, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seward City Council will meet for the following a work session on Monday, December 5, 2011. The City Council will meet to discuss the 2012-2013 budget that is slated for approval on December 12, 2011. Please go to www.cityofseward.us for budget information. The work session will be located in the library basement at 7:00 p.m. All interested persons are invited to attend the meetings. Please note [...]
Council Opts For Better Siding
Heidi Zemach for SCN The new library museum construction being done by PCL Construction Services, Inc. is proceeding on schedule. At Monday night’s City Council meeting, Kent Crandall, the project manager from RISE Alaska explained the Seward Community Library Building Committee and former city administration’s request for an additional $102,000 from the existing project’s budget in order to be able to upgrade the quality of stone siding for the building’s exterior. The...
City Calendar
SEWARD CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ACTION AGENDA Monday, November 14, 2011   A public hearing only was held on the following resolutions: Resolution 2011-085 through 2011-095, Adoption Of Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 City Budget, Consisting Of General Funds, Enterprise Funds, Motor Pool Fund, Debt Service Funds And The Capital Budget. Public hearing item only and not up for adoption until the 11/28/11 City Council meeting   The following resolutions had a public hearing and were...
SNSC Outdoor Gear Swap and Soup/Chili Feed this...
It's time to clean out your closets and gear sheds to get ready for the SNSC annual gear swap! Bring in your skis, boots, snowboards, hats, mittens, gloves, jackets, snowshoes, skates, sleds, sweaters, snow pants, camping stoves, thermarests, tents, sleeping bags, bikes, strollers, kayak gear, and any other gear you can find that doesn't get used. 20% of all gear sales benefit SNSC ~ Dates and Times to Note ~ Thursday, November 17th from 5:30 to 6:30 at Seward Elementary [...]
Weather Damage Update
City Press Release issued Wed 4:00 p.m., 11-16-11: Salmon Creek Road is now open for traffic but there are low hanging phone/cable wires so people still need to be wary and watch out for these.  Seward Dispatch has been advised that several people have been spending time sitting in their vehicles with them running to stay warm.  This may warrant AST doing some welfare checks on these folks.  Be aware Salmon Creek Road is open now so they can get [...]
Help fill our GIANT ORCA with plastic and aluminum...
The Alaska SeaLife Center’s AmeriCorps team has built a giant orca that we want you to help fill with your recycling for America Recycles Day! Visit the SeaLife Center anytime between November 15th and December 1st to drop off your recycling to help fill up this life sized whale! While you’re there, don’t forget to take the pledge to keep recycling in Seward and enter to win free SeaLife Center admission with a behind the scenes tour, meals at Ms. [...]
Seward Wind and Power Issues 11-16-11
Please see the below notice regarding wind and power issues for Seward and on the other side of the peninsula.  At this point, we know in Seward, Salmon Creek Road is closed due to trees down, and trees are down in Camelot, Exit Glacier and mile 6 and crews are working in these high winds to resolve power issues and get trees cleared.  Please be patient and please only call 911 if there is an emergency.  These calls go to [...]
Strange Weather
The weather in Seward was hot and windy. Temperatures rose to about 72 degrees Fahrenheit at the airport  Thursday this evening, and hit 70 degrees Wednesday too. NW Winds blew steadily throughout the day, peaking at NW 25 at the airport with a peak gust of 37 mph this morning. This temperature gauge at Essential One, probably showed a reading that was incorrect. But it almost felt that hot. The wind blew gravel around everywhere. At the coal terminal, a bulldozer and water sprayer tried [...]
Local Interpreter shares Native Culture,...
By Heidi Zemach for SCN Visitors to Seward, and the Alaska SeaLife Center don't only get to learn a little about our fish, marine mammals and sea ducks. They might also get the opportunity to learn a little about the Alutiiq people who have lived off of them for hundreds, even thousands of years. Marc Swanson, a former Seward teacher who recently returned here to live, along with his wife Letty and their son, Jerry, is one of several local [...]

Permit Day!
Community Development Press Release Today, Wednesday is Agency Permit Day at Seaview Plaza! Come down to Seaview Plaza from 10am-5pm to ask all of your agency permit questions about Kenai Peninsula Borough Floodplain Permits, Army Corp of Engineers, Fish and Game, US Fish and Wildlife and City of Seward (Community Development, Public Works and Building Permits). This is a chance in a lifetime to ask all of your permitting questions to all of the permitting agencies live and in person! [...]
Neashore Monitoring Gauges Health of Marine...
Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center United States Geological Survey biologist Kim Kloecker is known to spend hours on her hands and knees, digging in the mud and rocks along the coastline of Kenai Fjords National Park. She's in search of an important link in the food chain - mussels. Kloecker recently joined forces with six other crewmembers to complete the fifth year of sampling by the Southwest Alaska Network Nearshore Monitoring Program. The crew spent 11 days collecting data [...]
Little League End of the Season Picnic and Games -...
The summer has only started, and yet the Seward Little League season is already winding down and it is time for our end of the season picnic and celebration Saturday July 9th This year our League had more than 80 players in three divisions. We had weekly games and even were able to take a trip over to Kenai for a clinic with the Peninsula Oilers and a game versus the Soldotna Little League Majors team.  It’s official - LITTLE [...]
Multi Agency Weed Pull Day is a Huge Success
On Wednesday, June 29 park staff at Kenai Fjords National Park co-hosted the 8th annual weed pull along the Exit Glacier Road.  There were over 40 folks who assisted from partners such as the Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance (RBCA), USFS Chugach National Forest, Southeast Alaska Guidance Association, Student Conservation Association, Youth Conservation Corps, and sailors from the USS Lake Erie.  The American Legion Post 5 in Seward was kind enough to provide lunches for the USS Lake Erie...
KPB Blames National Weather Service For Tsunami...
By Heidi Zemach for SCN At 7:15 p.m tonight, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred on the Alutian Chain. A Tsunami Warning was subsequently issued for Unimak Pass to Amchitka Pass.  Here's what Eric Mohrmann, the Director of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Emergency Management Department said happened next:  After hearing of the earthquake, Mohrman came into the office and monitored what was going on, as the emergency sirens had not gone off. The All-Hazard Alert Broadcast Siren System is...
TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELED
Seward Police and Fire Department would like everyone to know that the Tsunami Warning has been canceled for Seward and the surrounding areas.  As of 9 p.m. Thursday, they were out around town, and as far as the Bear Creek area, telling people that it had been canceled. The Kenai Peninsula Borough called all households and said that the Tsunami Warning issued earlier via the All Hazard Alert Broadcast System was incorrect. “There is no Tsunami! There is no Tsunami,” the [...]
Russian River Area Closed Due To Bear and Cubs
The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has temporarily closed all public entry in the forested area on the north side of the Kenai River near the Kenai-Russian River Ferry because of heightened bear activity in the area. The closed area encompasses approximately 29 acres near the Russian River Ferry. It will remain in effect until July 21, unless rescinded earlier, or extended for cause. Meanwhile, access to fishing and fishing along the banks of the Kenai River remains open. The closure is en [...]
Begich's Mobile Office Coming
Mobile Office Visiting the Kenai Peninsula Meet with Staff from the Offices of Sens. Begich & Murkowski in Whittier, Cooper Landing, Seward, Ninilchik & Homer Friends, As the weather warms up and Alaskans find their annual summer routines I’ve instructed my staff to “hit the road” and visit the Kenai Peninsula to listen to your thoughts and concerns. Along with representatives from Sen. Murkowski’s office, my staff will be traveling the Kenai to gather your...
Our School Board Rep Hohl's Post
June 10, 2011 By Lynn Hohl The Kenai Peninsula School District Board of Education met Monday June 6th in the Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna. Following is my personal report, that of a single school board member representing the Eastern Peninsula, not an official report of the board. COMMITTEE WORK Kenai Peninsula Borough Reapportionment Committee - State law requires boroughs to reapportion assemblies every ten years based on the census if representation is no longer equitable....
Mayor Carey Won't Run
Kenai Peninsula Mayor Dave Carey announced this afternoon that he will not run for re-election in the upcoming elections. In a radio statement this morning Carey said: “Finishing my term during the next four months will be greatly more productive and focused as a result of this decision. After 58 years of selfishness and self-centeredness, it my hope to become a better servant to others. David R. Carey, Mayor, Kenai Peninsula Borough.  
Kenai Fjords National Park May 2011 Weather...
May proved to be the seventh consecutive month to bring below-average precipitation to Seward. A low pressure system brought strong winds and big seas in mid-May prompting small craft advisories in the coastal waters of Kenai Fjords.  While the system did not seem that dramatic, several local weather stations experienced technical difficulties as this weather system moved through; the McArthur Pass weather station remains offline, the Harding Icefield weather station stopped transmitting May 20...
KPB Assembly report
With a full agenda and much public testimony, the May 17 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting went to the statutory limit of midnight without finishing, and so we will continue this agenda at the next meeting on June 7.
2011 Reapportionment Committee
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Reapportionment Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, May 19.
Fire danger high on Kenai Peninsula
The Alaska Division of Forestry recently categorized the Kenai Peninsula Borough area as a very high fire danger risk due to forecasts of dry and windy conditions.
Seward track team golden at Boroughs
Seward's Brett Chase and Austin Gillespie each won three titles at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Track and Field Championships over the weekend.
Assembly approves SeaLife weather project
The May 3 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting extended until 11:45 p.m., due in large part to some 18 residents speaking against Ordinance 2011-06, which would have raised the sales tax ceiling from $500 to $2500. It was defeated unanimously. Also after testimony and discussion, we voted to postpone Ordinance 2011-07 until Sept. 6. This would reduce the number of KPB Planning Commissioners from 13 to 11.
Mayor Carey against raising sales tax cap to...
Letter from Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Dave Carey to the KPB Assembly regarding the proposed ordinance to raise the sales tax cap.
Homer Electric breaks ground on power generation...
A new era in the history of Homer Electric Association began Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Nikiski Combined Cycle Conversion Project. The event took place at the HEA generation plant adjacent to the former Agrium facility on the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski.
Public comment sought for redistricting maps
Seward residents will have a chance to comment on the Kenai Peninsula House District redistricting plan.
KPB school budget currently $3.5 short
The Kenai Peninsula School District Board met Monday April 4 in the Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna. Following is my personal report, that of a single school board member representing the Eastern Peninsula, not an official report of the board.
KPB hit with a $2 million short-fall
We began the April 5 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting 10:30 a.m. with a budget work session with Finance Director Craig Chapman and Mayor Dave Carey. Mayor Carey will be presenting his budget to the assembly at the May 3 meeting. We appear to have a approximately $2 million short-fall, and potential fixes that were discussed included increasing fees for services, using money from the Land Trust Fund or from the Fund Balance, the potential repeal of the non-prepared food tax exemption,...
Peninsula School District Meeting Report
By Lynn Hohl The Kenai Peninsula School District Board met Monday April 4th in the Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna.  Following is my personal report, that of a single school board member representing the Eastern Peninsula, not an official report of the Board. Board Policy Committee Meeting – Although not a member of the committee, I did attend.  I had submitted suggested revisions to Administrative Regulation (AR) 0420 School-Based (Site) Councils.  AR 0420 was on the Board agenda...
Kenai Peninsula has new fuel supplier
State natural resources officials are hailing a new source of natural gas on the Kenai Peninsula, from Armstrong Cook Inlet, a subsidiary of Armstrong Oil & Gas Inc.
Seward High Artist Capture Borough Art Show
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Art Show, held at the Art Guild in Kenai, featured top high school art work from students from Seward, Kenai, Soldotna, Homer, and Nikiski.  This show was juried by professional artist from this state.  Of the 6 categories we entered, Seward High Students took top prizes in four.  Many secondary prizes were received as well .  It is an honor to get work into the show, let alone win prizes, great job! Congratulations to: Gretchen Lindquist [...]
Government Shutdown Uncertainty
By Heidi Zemach, SCN      Many lives will be affected if the U.S. Government shuts down this Friday. Some 40 U.S. Forest Service employees who work at Chugach National Forest's Seward and Moose Pass offices will be furloughed, and those offices will be shut down. The employees may or not be paid for the time they are furloughed-depending upon what the U.S. Congress later decides. Approximately 18 permanent U.S. National Parks Service employees for the Kenai Fjords National Park, [...]

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