The Mariner girls were named regional champions at the Kachemak Conference Wrestling Championships on Saturday, securing their victory with 125 points. The Homer boys’ team finished fourth with 176.5 points. Homer High School will send 11 wrestlers to the state championships this weekend, held at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Friday and Saturday, […]
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Seward City Manager Kat Sorenson said during an assembly meeting last Tuesday, Dec. 2, that the Port of Seward Vessel Shore Power Implementation Project is moving into its preliminary design phase. The project is expected to be fully operational in 2027. Dock renovations to support the project are already underway. The Alaska Railroad, which owns […]
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The Alaska SeaLife Center recently rescued two orphaned northern sea otter pups in two weeks, doubling the number of otter pups the center is currently caring for and marking an uptick in “orphaned, injured and deceased sea otter reports across the state this year.” According to a Nov. 17 press release, a female sea otter […]
Read MoreEvery year, hundreds of brave participants plunge into Resurrection Bay’s icy waters wearing only costumes or swimsuits to raise money for the American Cancer Society. You can, too, during this year’s Polar Bear Jump in Seward on Jan. 17, 2026. Registration is open now at www.alaskapolarbearjump.org. Spots are limited, and the minimum fundraising requirement for […]
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Salted Roots Alaska, a Seward-based lodging business open year-round and with a second location in Anchorage, was one of eight award recipients at the Alaska Travel Industry Association’s recent annual convention. According to an Oct. 28 press release, ATIA is a nonprofit trade membership organization for the travel and tourism businesses in Alaska. ATIA also […]
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The story of Uki, a walrus who was rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in August 2024, was featured on the season premiere of “Nature” by PBS on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Alaska SeaLife Center, the episode, “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice,” follows a paleontologist studying the challenges walruses face as […]
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In June, the Alaska SeaLife Center admitted a male spotted seal pup to its Wildlife Response Program. According to an Oct. 16 press release from ASLC, fewer than 10 spotted seals have ever been admitted to the facility. A community member called the ASLC’s Stranded Marine Animal Hotline after spotting the malnourished and lethargic seal […]
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Animal care team members from Shedd Aquarium in Chicago recently collaborated with the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward to help rehabilitate a stranded three-month-old sea otter pup. Six weeks ago, a community member called ASLC’s Stranded Marine Mammal Hotline after noticing a lone seal pup unusually far from the water in Homer. After hours of […]
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Following the closely-contested Seward City Council race last Tuesday, Oct. 7, the final certified results show that Michael Calhoon has beat out early victor Randy Wells by five votes. Preliminary results on Election Day saw incumbent Mayor Sue McClure reelected to her office and candidate Lori Draper elected to the city council. Incumbent Kevin Finch […]
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Preliminary results for the Seward City Council and mayoral elections show incumbent Mayor Sue McClure reelected to another term, and one candidate with solid standing for a council seat. The results for the second council seat in contention are so close that the official results may show differently than those posted Tuesday night. McClure retains […]
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Two hikers were injured in a brown bear attack Wednesday, Sept. 24, on Exit Glacier Trail in Seward. According to a dispatch from Alaska State Troopers, they were told of the attack at around 9 p.m. last Wednesday, after the two people had been admitted to the emergency room at an area hospital and reported […]
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A 74-year-old man was found dead at a remote residence southeast of Seward, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday. According to a dispatch, Kurt Stenehjem was reported missing Sept. 14, when he was at a property on Little Johnstone Lake, roughly 30 miles from Seward. He had failed to meet a landing craft on Sept. 13 […]
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Incumbent Seward Mayor Sue McClure and challengers Tim McDonald and Leighton Radner sat to discuss their visions for the city at a forum moderated by the Clarion, The Seward Folly and KBBI AM 890 at the Seward Community Library last week. McClure has served as Seward’s mayor since 2022, following tenures served both on the […]
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The ballot is packed for Seward’s municipal election, held in conjunction with borough-wide elections on Oct. 7, with three candidates running for the mayor’s seat and six for Seward City Council. Incumbent Mayor Sue McClure and current council members Kevin Finch and Randy Wells are all running for reelection. Mayor’s race McClure was first elected […]
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The Seward Silver Salmon Derby will kick off its 70th year on Saturday, Aug. 9. The annual competition challenges fishers to catch silver salmon in Resurrection Bay, with prizes for the heaviest overall, heaviest of the day, and cumulative. A release from the Seward Chamber of Commerce, who organize the derby, says that there will […]
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A tsunami watch that was in effect for coastal areas of Alaska from the British Columbia/Alaska border to Chignik Bay, including Resurrection Bay and Kachemak Bay communities, was canceled Tuesday evening. The watch followed an 8.7 earthquake that occurred Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The U.S. National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska posted […]
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The National Park Service and Air National Guard rescued two people from a cliff face in a prohibited area of Kenai Fjords National Park on Monday. According to a release from the park service, they were called by Alaska State Troopers on Monday afternoon. They were told that two people were stranded in the “Exit […]
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When Fred Moore, 85, of Seward does something, he wants to do it right. That’s why the decision for him to end his record streak at 54 straight finishes in the Mount Marathon Race in Seward on the Fourth of July was not as hard as one might think. “Once I reasoned it out a […]
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Three new patients have joined the Alaska SeaLife Center’s “growing” patient list, the center announced in a July 1 press release, including two orphaned harbor seal pups and an orphaned male sea otter pup. The SeaLife Center now has 12 animals in rehabilitative care, many of which are still in critical condition and receiving “lifesaving” […]
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The Mount Marathon Race on July 4 in Seward swells the number of people in the town of 2,800 to at least a few times that size. The largest crowds to watch just short of 1,000 race about 5 kilometers up and down to the 3,022-foot point on Mount Marathon have traditionally happened when the […]
Read MoreAs harbor seal pupping season continues, wildlife responders are reminding the public of the dangerous effects human interaction can have on seal pups, and urging the public to share coastal areas responsibly. “One of the most significant threats to these pups is disturbance from people and pets,” the Alaska SeaLife Center said in a Wednesday […]
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