Seward News

A sweltering day in Valdez, Alaska when the high temperature hit 90 degrees on June 17, 2013 -- breaking their all-time record high temperature.

Folk/pop Michelle McAfee, who may be better known in McCarthy than in Anchorage, is trouring the state to promote her new CD, "Float," along with Frankie Hernandez of Austin, Texas, who has his own new release, "I Live Here," which is actually a live recording of his opening for Ziggy Marley.

A bus load of cruise ship passengers waited by the side of the Seward Highway for two hours after their driver was arrested for drunken driving, the arresting trooper said Monday.

The driver of a bus transferring cruise ship passengers between Seward and Anchorage was arrested Friday after numerous passengers called to report he was highly intoxicated and driving erratically, state troopers said.

South Anchorage isn't exactly a dining mecca. Sure, there are a few gems, including some truly excellent Asian eateries, a bar with terrific burgers and two very good fine dining restaurants.

Phu Ngo prepares tasty dishes in his "Rickshaw" in parking lot on Fourth and the corner of Van Buren.

The return to service of the Alaska State Ferry M/V Tustumena has been delayed again.

An ambitious expedition to study ocean trash launched from Seward on June 7. The Gyre project is a collaboration between the Anchorage Museum and the Alaska SeaLife Center, among other organizations, to document the impact of marine debris along Alaska's shoreline - and across the globe.

Our route is from Seward, Alaska west toward Kodiak, stopping at several places along the way, bearing witness, perhaps witnessing bears, and talking trash.

Seward, Alaska: Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge on Fox Island recently welcomed its first guests into the new lodge.

Happy customers, bakers and local craftspeople filled the Grazing Moose Summer Market and Artists' Co-op building with hugs and laughter as it reopened for business Thursday, June 6th downtown, across the street from City Hall.

The Alaska Marine Highway System today announced that the M/V Tustumena will not return to service until The M/V Tustumena entered a federal capital improvement project on November 1, 2012 and was originally scheduled to return to service on April 17, 2013.

Only two weeks are left to submit films to the 2013 Balto Film Fest . Qualifying films will have been filmed in Alaska, have Alaskan cast/crew, or directed, produced or written by an Alaskan.

Kenai Fjords National Park will introduce two new Junior Ranger programs this summer! In addition to boat trips into the fjords, now young people can gain an appreciation for the complexities of fjord ecosystems by exploring Seward's beachfront and intertidal zone with a park ranger.

Only two weeks are left to submit films to the 2013 Balto Film Fest . Qualifying films will have been filmed in Alaska, have Alaskan cast/crew, or directed, produced or written by an Alaskan.

Our Current leader is Samuel Strawbridge from San Antonio, TX w/ a 139.0 lb Halibut caught on the C-Hawk from Aurora Charters.

In less than six weeks, the Tustumena ferry is supposed to wrap up repairs and set sail to southwest Alaska.

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Shell's Kulluk oil drilling rig left Dutch Harbor in December to avoid the prospect of millions in taxes, a Shell official revealed Saturday morning in testimony to a Coast Guard investigation panel.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation was called late on Friday night, May 17th to investigate 6-8 damaged fifty-gallon drums of oil that were apparently leaking their contents onto property near Salmon Creek, off Nash Road and the Seward Highway.