• JDHS falls in bid for back-to-back Nov 8, 2009
Summers' win in the 500 was expected (he won by nearly 20 seconds), but his win over Seward's top-seeded Ryan O'Leary in the 200 was a bit of a surprise ... Team scores - 1) Dimond 99, 2) Juneau 84, 3) Lathrop 63, 4) Service 46, 5) Kodiak 44, 6) Wasilla 41, 7) South 37, 8) West Valley 32, 9) Soldotna 24, 10) East 17, 11) Petersburg 16, 12) Seward 14, 13) Sitka 8, 14) Ketchikan 7, 15) Kenai 6, 16) Bartlett 5, 16) Hutchison Career Center 5, 18) Colony 4, 19) West 1 ... 40; 2) Ryan O'Leary, Seward,... (Juneau Empire)
TANDEM TITLES Nov 8, 2009
After jumping from the blocks, Frey and Ryan O Leary of Seward High School surfaced at almost the same time ... Ryan O Leary, Seward, 1:44 ... Ryan O Leary, Seward, 46. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Fire stations offering booster seats for $10 Nov 7, 2009
The Alaska Injury Prevention Center, Safe Kids Alaska, and the Anchorage Fire Department are distributing the seats at the following fire stations: Station No. 1 at Fourth Avenue and A Street; Station No. 4 at Tudor Road and MacInnes Street; Station No. 12 at 76th Avenue and New Seward Highway. For more information, call 929-3939 or Safe Kids Alaska at 212-3194. (Anchorage Daily News)
Residents must speak up about annexation Nov 7, 2009
flbynite wrote on Nov 6, 2009 3:06 PM:" nnexation Informational Meetings scheduled for the following dates:Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 7 - 9 p.m.Cottonwood Creek Elementary School800 N. Seward Meridian ParkwayWasilla, AlaskaThursday, November 12, 2009, 7 - 9 p.m.Tanaina Elementary School2250 Lucille StreetWasilla, AlaskaThursday, November 19, 2009, 7 - 9 p.mGoose Bay Elementary School6350 W. Hollywood RoadWasilla, Alaska ". to Please stop wrote on Nov 6, 2009 3:06 PM:" The expectation of... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Alaska health officials report state's sixth swine flu death Nov 7, 2009
The other victim was a woman from Seward. Share this page. (Juneau Empire)
Fairbanks woman dies from swine flu in October Nov 6, 2009
The other two Alaskans to die were a Seward woman in her 50s, who died Aug. 28, and a 10-year-old Fairbanks boy who died Sept. 4. Find Rosemary Shinohara online at or call her at 257-4340. (Anchorage Daily News)
New highway patrol moves base to Valley Nov 6, 2009
Brinke said he s starting up a new two-man team in Girdwood to address problems with that dangerous stretch of the Seward Highway. The Soldotna Police Department contributed an officer there and that unit is looking to expand even more. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
POLICE BEAT: Nov. 6, 2009 Nov 6, 2009
Stephen H. McElroy, 21, Wasilla, turning left to leave a local business in a 1998 GMC pickup, couldn t see westbound traffic because eastbound traffic was stopped for the light at Seward Meridian Parkway. He hit a westbound 2008 GMC pickup being driven by Robert Deschamps, 48, Wasilla, then hit a 2000 Dodge van being driven by Dale A. Lloyd, 56, Wasilla, who was stopped at the light. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
• First Friday November Nov 5, 2009
THE CANVAS, 223 SEWARD ST.. "Seldom Seen Silks and Newly Fired Ceramics" by David Riccio will be on display at The Canvas during the month of November. (Juneau Empire)
Seward coal dust lawsuit announced Nov 3, 2009
SEWARD - Three environmental groups say they plan to sue over coal dust pollution in Seward ... SEWARD - Three environmental groups say they plan to sue over coal dust pollution in Seward ... The Sierra Club, Alaska Center for the Environment and Alaska Community Action on Toxics have informed the Alaska Railroad Corp. and Aurora Energy Service they need to control pollution at Seward's coal loading dock. (Juneau Empire)
Train strikes, kills 72-year-old woman Nov 3, 2009
Alaska Railroad spokeswoman Wendy Lindskoog said the train was returning from a coal run to Seward when employees saw a woman standing on the tracks. The crew sounded the horn, but the woman didn't respond. (Juneau Empire)
Woman killed by train after ignoring warning horns Nov 1, 2009
The train was returning from a coal run to Seward. Employees saw a woman standing still on the tracks from about 200 feet away -- not enough time to stop the train with emergency braking, said railroad spokeswoman Wendy Lindskoog. (Anchorage Daily News)
Warrior named top swimmer Nov 1, 2009
Midway through the 100 freestyle, Frey was tied with Seward s Ryan O Leary, who edged out Frey in the preliminary swim on Friday. During the final stretch, Frey just beat out O Leary with a time of 47. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Planners tackle Alaska's worst traffic bottleneck Nov 1, 2009
The Anchorage Daily News reports that 5 percent of all the crashes in Alaska occur in the corridor where the Glenn and Seward highways link up. Among the ideas are freeways through Russian Jack Springs Park or along the west end of Merrill Field and through the Rogers Park Neighborhood. (Juneau Empire)
Highway-to-highway ideas frighten many Oct 31, 2009
Peter Hamlett, president of the Campbell Park community council, says one of the options under consideration for the Seward Highway to Glenn Highway connection would put a highway through the residential area at or near East 53rd Avenue ... To untangle traffic at the state's worst bottleneck -- where the Glenn and Seward highways link up in Anchorage -- road planners are looking at just about every alternative imaginable ... The problem they're trying to solve: The Glenn and Seward freeways turn... (Anchorage Daily News)
Alaska Democrats forward 3 names to replace Foster Oct 31, 2009
District 39 includes Inupiaq Eskimo villages from St. Lawrence Island to the Seward Peninsula, Nome and Unalakleet, as well as Yup'ik villages in Hooper Bay, Chevak and Lower Yukon. Share this page. (Juneau Empire)
Back on board Oct 30, 2009
After the first major event of the her senior year, the Seward Invitational cross country meet, Kennedy found herself on the ground. She was in pain, just lying there. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
• Do fisheries negatively impact Steller sea lions? Oct 29, 2009
Since 2005 researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have partnered with the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward to implant lifelong tags in the body cavities of 27 captured and released sea lions. The tags - developed by Wildlife Computers of Redmond, Wash. (Juneau Empire)
Inupiaq poet wins prestigious national award Oct 29, 2009
Kane's poetry is inspired, in part, by what she calls her "ancestral landscapes" on the Seward Peninsula and King Island. She has previously received an Individual Artist Award from the Rasmuson Foundation, the Alaska State Council on the Arts' Connie Boochever Fellowship and been a winner in the Anchorage Daily News Creative Writing Contest. (Anchorage Daily News)
Wicks is the jack-of-all trades for the East swim team Oct 29, 2009
27; 3) Ryan O Leary, Seward, 1:47 ... 97; 3) Ryan O Leary, Seward, 21 ... 92; 3) Ryan O Leary, Seward, 53. (Anchorage Daily News)
Wasilla chamber tightens spending Oct 28, 2009
According to the report, Metiva made several trips using the grant money, including a four-night stay at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau for a state travel industry convention, the trip last November to Pittsburgh for a national convention, and what she called a "staff familiarization tour" of Seward that involved $62 stay and a $30 meal at the Anchorage Marriott in August 2008. She also spent $1,000 rewiring the chamber, paid $1,000 at Home Depot for flower beds and interior paint, and paid... (Anchorage Daily News)
Two workers injured in Capitol fall Oct 28, 2009
Capital City Fire & Rescue and Juneau Police personnel prepare two injured men for transport to Bartlett Regional Hospital on Monday after a lift they were on toppled on Seward Street at Fourth Avenue ... The men had been working on a skybridge connecting the Capitol building with the Thomas B. Stewart Legislative Office Building across Seward Street. (Juneau Empire)
Pioneer back to work on offshore prospect Oct 28, 2009
The nation's largest retailer, Walmart, has boosted the size of its Old Seward Highway store by one-third to offer a full line of groceries, its first Anchorage store to be super-sized. The company today is unveiling the new look inside the store at 8900 Old Seward Highway, a layout and design that all of its stores nationwide will be going to in the next few years, a spokeswoman said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Musk ox success: Striking a bullish balance Oct 27, 2009
Since 1980, the musk ox population on the Seward Peninsula has ballooned from 104 to nearly 3,000 ... But the musk oxen of the Seward Peninsula in northwest Alaska love sex ... "Basically, the animals have done very, very well on the Seward Peninsula," he said, particularly herds on the northern portion of the peninsula. (Anchorage Daily News)
Wildlife center plans for a big future Oct 26, 2009
The three bears reside at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on a 160 acre spread several miles south of Girdwood, off the Seward Highway. The acreage is fenced off to separately accommodate wood bison, moose, caribou, elk, deer, musk ox, black bears and other orphaned and injured critters. (Anchorage Daily News)
Cheseto and UAA women top GNAC Oct 25, 2009
The Foldager twins of Seward earned all-conference honors at Saturday's California Collegiate Athletic Association cross country championships in McKinleyville, Calif. Denali Foldager placed 10th in the women's six-kilometer race in a time of 23 minutes, 9. (Anchorage Daily News)
Compass Points travel QA Oct 24, 2009
Check out Homer on Kachemak Bay, Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park (definitely take a daylong cruise) and Valdez. It's not for everyone, but one way to cut costs is renting a small RV and staying at Alaska's many campgrounds. (AZCentral -- Travel)
First rankings of the season released Oct 23, 2009
Jed Wilde, Seward; 6 ... Shane Douglas, Seward; 3 ... Billy Markowitz, Seward; 6. (Anchorage Daily News)
Alaska's best? Kauffman and Tufuga Oct 21, 2009
Tight end -- Josh Bialik, Delta, Center -- Caleb Cinerski, Seward ... Interior lineman -- Tyler Peek, Nikiski; Victor Unutoa, Barrow; James Duncan, Monroe; Caleb Cinereski, Seward ... Return specialist -- Brian Schmidt, Seward. (Anchorage Daily News)
Mat-Su still strong amid weak economy Oct 20, 2009
Usibelli now ships coal through Seward. It could also open up development of limestone deposits near Cantwell, and could lower costs for shipping equipment and materials for gas pipeline construction. (Juneau Empire)
Willy Topkok aims for the 'spectacular with his sewing Oct 18, 2009
memories went back to the gold rush, corrected him, recalling a time when every town on the Seward Peninsula had horses for hauling freight. History aside, Topkok's father insisted that he learn the remunerative skill of ivory carving. (Anchorage Daily News)
Some Russians rethink Alaska sale Oct 18, 2009
The discovery of gold in Juneau in 1880 and the discovery of North America's largest oil field at Prudhoe bay in 1968 were reminders to Russia of how good a deal U.S. Secretary of State William Seward got when he purchased Alaska for the United States. Historian Andrei Znamenski of the University of Memphis has followed the growth of Russian nationalist interest in Alaska. (Juneau Empire)
Letters to the editor (10/17/09) Oct 17, 2009
According to recently published research out of the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward, the endangered Steller sea lion may serve as a main course meal to some killer whales. This study seems to support the findings of the National Research Council that killer whale predation may play a critical role in Steller sea lion recovery. (Anchorage Daily News)
Supremacy on the line today Oct 17, 2009
Kenai's nonconference schedule included featherweights Lathrop, Nikiski and Seward, while Soldotna's three nonconference games were against large-schools playoff teams Colony, Palmer and West. "The difference in the two football teams is, No. 1, the schedule they've played 00004000 and just the fact that they've won three years in a row," said Kenai assistant coach Jim Beeson, who stepped down as head coach before the season after 19 years as head coach to become the school's assistant... (Anchorage Daily News)
Demand for flu vaccine higher than state's supply Oct 15, 2009
Since the beginning of May, 103 Alaskans have been hospitalized with influenza and five have died - four from Fairbanks and one from Seward, according to an Oct. 9 report from the state Department of Health and Social Services. Many more people have fallen ill but didn't need hospital care. (Juneau Empire)
Stardust to offer more money to Auburn Oct 15, 2009
One of Auburn's most famous residents, William Seward, helped facilitate the purchase of the Alaskan territory in 1867 while he served as secretary of state. Staff writer Christopher Caskey can be reached at 253-5311 ext. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Springing into Alaska: Plenty to do and see before the snow melts Oct 14, 2009
The ice-free port of Seward is another worthwhile stop for wildlife viewing, though we didn't see the moose and bear that were wandering around nearby Exit Glacier, only their scat. An eight-hour cruise out of Seward into Kenai Fjords National Park is a pleasant way to see a tidewater glacier and whales. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
New guidelines set for Juneau historic district Oct 14, 2009
The four styles now identified are late Victorian, early Twentieth Century Commercial (like the Goldstein building at 130 Seward Street), Art Moderne (like the Baranof Hotel) and Art Deco, like the Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. building. The guidelines apply only to buildings located within the Juneau Downtown Historic District and do not change the permitting procedure or require retroactive changes to any buildings. (Juneau Empire)
Demand for flu vaccines outpaces state's supply Oct 13, 2009
"It's just that demand is outstripping available supply at the moment, but there's more on the way.0003BFA t; Since May 1, 103 Alaskans have been hospitalized with influenza and five have died -- four from Fairbanks and one from Seward, according to an Oct. 9 situation report from the state Department of Health and Social Services. The number of people hospitalized spiked the week ending Oct. 3, with 24. So far, almost all of the influenza cases are H1N1, state epidemiologist Joe McLaughlin... (Anchorage Daily News)
Flu nearly wiped out Bristol Bay communities Oct 10, 2009
Ninety years ago, headlines in the Seward Gateway in the spring of 1919 boldly announced: Flu Hits Westward -- Many Die. The "Flu" was an especially deadly strain of H1N1 known as the Spanish Flu that claimed millions worldwide. (Anchorage Daily News)
Sept. 18: Travel Briefs Oct 9, 2009
And Seward Highway in Southern Alaska, 127 miles between Anchorage and Seward on Highway 1. Best apps for iPhone, from National Geographic Traveler. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Tax fails, assembly to have new members Oct 9, 2009
In District 3, representing the area between Trunk Road and Seward Meridian Parkway, Michelle Church took in 660 votes, which, for now, isn t enough to beat Ron Arvin, who took in 929. Church was running for her second term on the assembly. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Dramatic finish Oct 4, 2009
3, Barnwell, Allison, Seward, 20:07 ... 10, Atherton, Kristina, Seward, 21:01 ... 40, Sefton, Kelly, Seward, 22:43. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
• JDHS boys take second at state Oct 4, 2009
JDHS boys take second at state - Juneau Empire. Web search powered by YAHOO. (Juneau Empire)
Kirk, Wilson easily top 1-2-3A field Oct 4, 2009
9, Chase, Brett, Seward, 17:10 ... 18, Gillespie, Austin, Seward, 17:37 ... 32, Buchanan, Andrew, Seward, 18:06. (Anchorage Daily News)
Anchorage man charged with 2007 slaying of his wife Oct 3, 2009
The year before, he shot a New Jersey man, Peter Evans, four times and dragged his body to a spot along the Resurrection River outside Seward. The motive for the shooting was never clear, but Evans had come to Alaska to deliver 100 pounds of marijuana to Wease, according to investigators. (Anchorage Daily News)
A journey through the sealife center's rehab program for orphan00004000s Oct 2, 2009
Rule one for workers trying to rehabilitate at the in Seward: Don't get too attached to the animals, and don't let them get attached to you. "We even try to avoid eye contact with them, so that there's not that connection with people," center spokeswoman Amy Haddow says, adding that's not always easy for the employees. (Anchorage Daily News)
Annexation would double Wasillas footprint Oct 2, 2009
The council voted to have the planning department include all the areas in their study, as well as additional land east of Seward Meridan Parkway ... It includes the area north to Seldon Road and east past Seward Meridian Parkway. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Inside Alaska business Oct 1, 2009
Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union has opened a full-service branch in the Walmart store at 8900 Old Seward Highway. The branch has an ATM and offers deposit and loan services from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, Denali said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Juanita Justine (Mosley) CramerMay 9, 1923-Sept. 22, 2009 Sep 26, 2009
Seward, Alaska, and Parma, Idaho, and holding all the offices. She went to Alaska on the AlCan Highway in 1949 to homestead in Ninilchik. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
State cracks down on towed fishing boats in Cordova Sep 25, 2009
"Trucking may not be your industry, but when you pull out that boat, you become a trucker," said Jess Seward, a Department of Transportation commercial vehicle enforcement officer. Regulations to be enforced include mounted fire extinguisher, flares, driver medical card, commercial driver card and DOT numbers. (Anchorage Daily News)
Alaska Railroad cancels popular spring ski train Sep 24, 2009
The Alaska Railroad, beset by financial hard times, is canceling all charter trains from November through April, with the possible exception of the Holiday Train to Seward, according to Wendy Lindskoog, the rail- road's associate vice president of corporate affairs. "There is extra cost associated with running charters in the winter," she said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Absentee voting begins today Sep 22, 2009
The clerk's office is at City Hall, 155 S. Seward Street, Room 202. Share this page. (Juneau Empire)
Get a cruise bargain Sep 22, 2009
For example, if you start a cruise in Vancouver or Seattle and end in Seward or Whittier Alaska you must have a passport. Ditto for cruises starting in Los Angeles and ending in Acapulco, cruises starting in Miami and ending in Barbados, or cruises starting in Quebec and ending in New York City youll need a passport. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Photo gallery: Glaciers as seen from space Sep 22, 2009
Bear Glacier near Seward and Bering Glacier east of Cordova are among these 13 images of glaciers captured from space by astronauts and satellites. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Common ground for unusual rivals: eight-man football Sep 20, 2009
Following the addition of football at schools such as Houston and Seward, a small-schools di 00002F46 vision was created in 2000 and this season includes 16 teams. Well-established football powers such as Kenai, Soldotna and Eielson -- schools with low enrollments but long football traditions -- have dominated, while new programs at smaller schools have struggled to gain a foothold, routinely getting blown out. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Healing arts makes a home in the Valley Sep 20, 2009
Albert has practiced massage since 1995 in Fairbanks, Seward and Juneau. A Juneau resident since 2004, she worked for Seventh Heaven Day Spa and Rejuvenation Day Spa. (Juneau Empire)
Wisbey stepping down as executive director Sep 18, 2009
Seward House Museum Executive Director Peter Wisbey will be stepping down by the end of the year. Chet Susslin / The Citizen Peter Wisbey, executive director of the Seward House, holds Homer resident Francis B. Carpenter's First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and William Seward ... Wisbey, a Rochester resident, has commuted for nine years to his job at Seward House and plans to return to Rochester to be with his family and pursue career opportunities closer to home,... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
• The CODE of the ocean: Nonprofit blends surfing with environmentalism Sep 17, 2009
All profits from the show will go toward Coastal CODE, which has awarded more than $50,000 to coastal cleanup projects from San Diego to Seward since 2007. Fitting with the environmentally minded theme, concertgoers that bring their own 14- to 16-ounce beer glass to the show will receive a $2 discount off the $25 ticket at the door. (Juneau Empire)
Spectacular six-pack of seldom-seen parklands in Alaska Sep 15, 2009
Factoid: Once extinct, re-introduced musk oxen are thriving on the Seward Peninsula. Devil Lake, the largest maar in the world, is in the preserve. (Anchorage Daily News)
Wasilla boys finish second in Homer Invitational Sep 15, 2009
Last Updated on Monday, Sep 14, 2009 - 09:19:46 pm AKDT. News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Senator scans Alaska history at library Sep 14, 2009
Maps in the library's collection detail more than 200 years of state history, beginning with an 1802 Russian map that shows the coastline but has few details of anything north of the Seward Peninsula. There's also the official 1867 map of Alaska when the U.S. acquired it from Russia. (Anchorage Daily News)
Our view: A better backyard playground Sep 14, 2009
Or imagine a paved trail link that extends south from Potter Marsh to connect with the Bird-to-Girdwood trail along the scenic Seward Highway. Or maybe you'd like to explore the Bird Creek Valley further, with a loop to Penguin Creek, or an extension up the South Fork of Bird Creek. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Making a BIG difference Sep 13, 2009
Where: Big Brothers Big Sisters, 110 Seward St. Dream Big Luncheon ... The next Little Moments Luncheon will be at noon Oct. 14 at Big Brothers Big Sisters, 110 Seward St. There will not be a luncheon in November, due to the organization's Dream Big Luncheon at noon on Nov. 4 at Centennial Hall. (Juneau Empire)
• Consortium, Cooperative Extension hosts free garden workshop Sep 12, 2009
The class will be hosted at the SEARHC Community Health Services Building third-floor conference room in Sitka (1212 Seward Dr.). But participants in other communities will join by video or audioconference from the SEARHC Juneau Administration Building Conference Room, the SEARHC Jessie Norma Jim Health Center in Angoon, the Haines Borough Library, the SEARHC Kake Health Center and the SEARHC Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock. (Juneau Empire)
