Seward News

It seems like you can't drive around any more without a wild moose encounter these days.

A little more than a year ago, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation decided to do something in response to several year's worth of local complaints about Seward's ambient air quality.

Community Perspective Creating new private sector jobs, economic development and unique educational opportunities - this is exactly what the growing film industry here in Alaska is doing.

An avalanche has forced the closure of the Seward Highway in both directions. The Alaska Department of Transportation says the avalanche occurred at about 7 a.m. Thursday at the Y intersection of the Seward and Sterling highways.

We are all well aware that exposure to secondhand smoke elevates the risk of cancers, respiratory illnesses, and a variety of other dangers.

The Alaska SeaLife Center announced its exhibition of the 2011-2012 Coastal America Ocean Arts Contest.

Some 42 teams from Seward, and across Alaska faced their fears and leaped into the waters of the Small Boat Harbor this afternoon to raise money for cancer research, and for Kenai Peninsula children fighting the disease.

Yesterday was a very busy day for everyone, so I'll try to cut it down to a little bit.

The Chugach National Forest leadership has decided to reassign the focus and decrease the amount of time that their environmental educators spend on in-school educational programs in Seward, Moose Pass, Hope and Cooper Landing, to more general, on-the-road public education programs.