Bear Creek News

Editor's note: This is the first part of a multi-piece series following Dave Knudsen's class at Kaleidoscope School of Arts Science in Kenai as they study different aspects of the salmon lifecycle through the school year.

A Veterans Day Celebration is being held on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 2pm at the Seward Resort! We would like to invite all Active and Veteran Military Personnel, in addition to first responders such as Seward Police Department, Seward Fire Department, Seward Volunteer Ambulance Corp, Bear Creek Volunteers, Moose Pass Fire Company Volunteers, ...

The Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department is offering a Firefighter I Course from Monday October 26th, 2009 to Saturday February 6th, 2010.

The levee broke, but people have a place to stay. In Seward, at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, the Soldotna Dispatch Center was notified of the rise in the water flowing out of Box Canyon, along Exit Glacier Road and the potential comprise of bridges along this road.

Wildfires have left a smoky haze over Fairbanks, and the Alaska Department of Environment Conservation issued an air quality advisory for the Interior.

Wildfire smoke has created hazy conditions in Denali National Park. The Park Service reports the 24,000-acre Bear Creek fire on the north end of the park came within three miles of the historic Roosevelt Cabin.

A bid of $100 makes Ruth Taggart of Ninilchik and her husband Wayne the smiling winners of a cake decorated in the theme of Saturday's Celebrity Waiter Dinner: "50 Reasons to Shine in 2009," a nod to Alaska's 50 years of statehood.

The Seward/Bear Creek Flood Service Area will hold a work session to discuss Box Canyon Creek flood issues.