Seward

NOAA proposes letting Seward cruise dock pile driving run into 2027

NOAA proposed extending Seward's cruise dock construction permit through September 2027 to finish pile driving that disturbs marine mammals in Resurrection Bay.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Seward Lagoon youth-only coho fishery extended through Oct. 5

Kids 15 and under can fish coho at Seward Lagoon through Oct. 5, two months longer than usual, while adults stay out.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Cordova would get one ferry sailing a month this winter, and none in January

Cordova would get one ferry round trip a month this winter instead of none. January still has no service, and February hangs on how fast a shipyard works.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Cordova faces a thin ferry winter with four vessels in overhaul

Mental Health Trust clears a road easement north of Seward

Kenai Peninsula Borough won a legal easement across Alaska Mental Health Trust land north of Seward to reach its own property, swapping access rights with the Trust.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

More than 100 coho have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward

More than 100 coho salmon have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward, signaling that freshwater silver fishing in the Resurrection River should improve within the next week or two.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Silvers are slow in Resurrection Bay, but the best coho fishing is just outside it

Comments on the $400 million Bradley Lake expansion close Friday

Federal comment on the Bradley Lake expansion closes Friday. The price has been stated three ways since spring, and Railbelt ratepayers carry the debt.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Inmate charged in Spring Creek assault that seriously injured another inmate

Prosecutors charged Lloyd Luke with assault and criminal mischief in a July 26 attack at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward that seriously injured another inmate.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Chugach sees opportunity for its communities in the Coast Guard's Alaska buildup

Chugach, an Alaska Native corporation that contracts with the Coast Guard, is casting the service's Alaska buildup as an opportunity for its communities.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Silvers are slow in Resurrection Bay, but the best coho fishing is just outside it

Silvers are slow in Resurrection Bay with few coho past the weir, but the best coho fishing is just outside it toward Montague Island and Harris Bay.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Railbelt ratepayers will repay up to $100M for a Bradley Lake expansion built around federal tax credits

Railbelt electric customers will repay up to $100M to expand the Bradley Lake hydro plant, its dam sized to chase up to $200M in federal tax credits.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

In five remote Chugach villages, health aides work without an X-ray, and new funding aims to change that

In five remote Chugach-region villages, health aides assess injuries without an X-ray. New funding through a tribal health organization aims to finally put imaging in their clinics.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Seward Museum gets $10,000 to make World War II exhibit accessible

A $10,000 federal grant will add reader rails, videos and a mural to Seward Museum's WWII exhibit — including Fort McGilvray, whose guns never fired.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

A closed Seward school would become a city-run community center

The closed Seward Middle School would be leased to the city for $1 a year to become a community center, under a deal the borough Assembly takes up Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Seward's shipyards are tooling up as the town becomes a Coast Guard port again

Seward's shipyards got $2.3M in grants as the town becomes a Coast Guard port again, with a fast response cutter and later an Arctic icebreaker bound there.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

Kodiak will homeport the Coast Guard's first Arctic Security Cutters

Kodiak will homeport the Coast Guard's first two Arctic Security Cutters, part of a multibillion-dollar Arctic buildup, with a third headed to Seward.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Sitka's Coast Guard cutter dock clears review; work set for 2026

Sitka's Coast Guard cutter dock cleared its environmental review, with waterfront construction set to run from 2026 to 2028.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago1 min read

Rockfish limit in Resurrection Bay stays at three a day through Sept. 15

Anglers in Resurrection Bay stay limited to three rockfish a day through mid-September, a cap in place since April that covers peak charter season.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Murkowski cosponsors bill to let Coast Guard commandant sign local support deals

Sen. Murkowski cosponsored a bill to let the Coast Guard commandant sign local support agreements faster, potentially speeding up infrastructure deals at Alaska installations like Kodiak and Seward.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Alaska moves to hand four more land tracts to a housing agency, no bidding required

Alaska is proposing to transfer four more state land tracts to its housing agency without competitive bidding — part of an ongoing push to turn public land into housing development.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Chugach seeks industrial zoning for its campus, dropping a buffer

Chugach wants to rezone its Anchorage North Campus to heavy industrial to match its use, dropping a green buffer meant for a highway that likely won't come.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Seward faces heavy rain and flood risk again, weeks after July storm

Seward faces 2 to 4 inches of rain Monday through Thursday, with flood and landslide risk — the second such threat weeks after a July flood warning.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Seward Lagoon youth-only king salmon fishery closes Friday night

Seward Lagoon's youth-only king salmon fishery closes Friday night at midnight, ending the summer window for anglers 15 and younger.

by Bill AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

The Gulf of Alaska's ocean station was saved. The funding still isn't.

The Gulf of Alaska's deep-sea monitoring station was saved from removal — but the money to keep the network Alaska's fisheries rely on is still unsettled.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago2 min read

Mike Rowe helps mark a $250,000 gift to Seward's trade school

Mike Rowe showed up in Homer to help hand Seward's trade school a $250,000 Wells Fargo gift for scholarships and instructors.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Alaska's trade school in Seward can't turn out graduates fast enough

Alaska's vocational school in Seward made USA TODAY's national top-schools list again — and most of its students have jobs lined up before they even graduate.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Nenana River erosion threatens Alaska Railroad mainline; DNR proposes 6-acre land sale near Healy

Alaska is selling 6 acres of state land to the Alaska Railroad so it can move its mainline tracks away from the eroding Nenana River near Healy. Comments due August 14.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 17

Flood Watch issued for Seward as atmospheric river targets Kenai Peninsula through Tuesday

National Weather Service issued a Flood Watch for Seward from early Sunday through Tuesday morning as an atmospheric river brings 3 to 5 inches of rain to the Kenai Peninsula.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A slowdown on the Seward Highway this week

A 45 mph limit is on between mileposts 14 and 16 on the Seward Highway for roadside cleanup through July 15 — a stretch that's part of the road's crash-prone Safety Corridor.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

Wasilla man on parole clocked at 84 mph on Seward Highway, forces trooper to swerve

A Wasilla man on parole drove 84 mph into oncoming traffic on the Seward Highway on July 4, forcing a state trooper to swerve to avoid a head-on collision.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

A fish truck rolled on the Seward Highway, cutting off the road into town before the Fourth

A fish truck rolled on the Seward Highway late Friday, scattering its load and closing the road into town for hours — just as crowds arrived for the Fourth and Mount Marathon.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

A stop to grab fallen cargo turns serious on the Seward Highway

A man gathering items that fell from his truck on the Seward Highway was struck by a passing vehicle, seriously injuring both him and the driver near Summit Lake.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

Lingcod is open outside Seward but closed inside Resurrection Bay

Lingcod season is open outside Seward, where fishing should be hot — but inside Resurrection Bay you can't even cast for one. And bring 'em back whole.

by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read

Passenger injures Trooper during Cooper Landing traffic stop

A passenger kicked an Alaska State Trooper on the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing on Wednesday evening while resisting placement in a patrol vehicle during a sobriety stop.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

Seward pays to save the pool that made an Olympian

Seward is putting $200K a year toward keeping its community pool open — the same water that once trained a hometown Olympian. Small town, big save.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago1 min read

A fin whale's death near Seward reopens Alaska's vessel-speed debate

A pregnant fin whale that died of a vessel strike was found on a Royal Caribbean ship's bow near Seward. Investigators haven't said which vessel struck it.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read

Cod fishing is excellent in Resurrection Bay — and walkable from Seward

Pacific cod fishing in Resurrection Bay is excellent right now — and the hot spots are a walk from downtown Seward. No boat, no problem. Halibut inside? Less so.

by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

Seward gives its kids more time to catch a king

Kings are scarce across Alaska, but Seward's kids just got bonus weeks at a lagoon stocked just for them — fish raised to be caught, by anglers under 16 only.

by Bill AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

NOAA says dead fin whale brought to Seward showed trauma consistent with vessel strike

A pregnant fin whale found dead on a cruise ship's bow in Seward showed injuries consistent with a vessel strike, NOAA said, though the responsible ship remains unclear.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago1 min read

NOAA says dead pregnant fin whale arrived in Seward on cruise ship bow

NOAA confirmed the Seward whale was a 61-foot pregnant fin whale found on a cruise ship's bow. A necropsy is underway, and federal law enforcement is investigating.

by Walter AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min read

Coast Guard to station three icebreakers in Kodiak, Seward

The Coast Guard will station two Arctic Security Cutters in Kodiak and one in Seward once infrastructure is built, adding a fourth icebreaker to Alaska's fleet with first delivery expected in 2028.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 5mo ago2 min read