Moose Pass News

Four major fish habitat improvement projects are being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act putting Alaskans to work this summer.

Before I moved to Alaska, I assumed that solstice celebrations were for druids and/or hippies, and imagined long-haired folks with crowns of leaves preforming incantations and ceremonies on both the longest and shortest days of the year.

A 25-year-old Girdwood woman died while on a hiking trip on a Kenai Peninsula trail.

First, the good news. As of July 1, Homer Electric members will see a decrease in the base rate charged for energy.

The 2008-09 was a very successful year for the Rotary Club of Seward. We would like to take this opportunity to present to the Seward community some of the club's accomplishments over the past year.

Wednesday, August 12-Friday, August 14 - Homer, AK * Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center * Visit Salty Dog Saloon * View Eagle Lady Residence * Option: Halibut and Salmon Fishing Homer and Homer Spit is the end of the Sterling Highway leading from the junction of the Seward Highway just beyond Moose Pass.

The administration will be placing Trevan Walker as the Seward High School administrator for the 2009-2010 school year.

Alaska residents can join a national effort to help clean up trails. National Trails Day, a nationwide effort sponsored by the American Hiking Society, will be held Saturday.

The caption for a photo of performers in a production of "Our Town" on Page B-6 of Friday's Sports & Comics section misidentified the actors in the picture.

Two full scholarships for Seward and Moose Pass students, grades 6th to 11th, to attend science and engineering camp at UAA, are available.

The only highway between Anchorage and Seward will be closed all weekend. State transportation officials will close the highway just south of Moose Pass Friday afternoon to install temporary replacements two bridges on the Seward Highway.

Here is the current status on the bridge closure: 1) DOT will hold a public meeting on Monday in the Council Chambers from 12-2 a. Key personnel will be in attendance including the Supervisor of the Bridge Design Division and the project manager b. A conference call is available to connect needed personnel, KBP Mayor, state representatives and ...

With the construction season right around the corner, many peninsula residents are starting to make plans for what they'd like to build this summer, and what products and services they'd like to use to make it happen.

By the end of today you should receive an email from DOT [See below] outlining the public meeting they have scheduled in the Seward City Hall Council Chambers on April 20th from 12pm- 2pm.

The Icicle Seafood Scholarship was created to enable students from Seward, Moose Pass and other northeastern Kenai Peninsula communities to attend KPC during the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters.

It was no April Fools joke when Alaska Department of Transportation officials met with frustrated business owners at city hall last Wednesday to discuss a 55-hour total closure of the Seward Highway just as tourist season kicks in.

The SHS Drama department is presenting its Spring play a oeDona t Drink the Watera by Woody Allen, on April 3, 4, 5 and 6, 2009, in the SHS auditorium.

Though typically associated with a day full of practical jokes, this April Fools' Day will bring cause for celebration among Homer Electric Association members.

We offer the Best Alaska has to offer in Seafood with some surprising twist on the American fare.

Red salmon carcasses pile up in the Kenai River behind an angler cleaning his catch several summers ago.