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    A young male ringed seal, rescued from an oilfield in Alaska's Beaufort Sea on Dec. 17, 2025, is receiving care at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Sealife center takes in ringed seal
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 2, 2026 1:30 am

    This response is one of only 30 ringed seal cases in the Alaska SeaLife Center’s 28-year history.

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District logo.
    Board of education considers school consolidations
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 29, 2026 1:30 pm

    Paul Banks Elementary in Homer and Seward Middle School are currently under consideration for closure in the next academic year.

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    A Homer athlete wrestles against a Grace Christian athlete during the regional Kachemak Conference Wrestling Championships on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Homer girls wrestling team named regional champions
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 17, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer High School hosted the Kachemak Conference Wrestling Championships Saturday, Dec. 13.

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    A diagram presented by Seward City Manager Kat Sorenson during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting on Dec. 2, 2025, shows the expected timeline for the Port of Seward Vessel Shore Power Implementation Project. Screenshot
    Seward shore power project moves into preliminary design...
    By Chloe Anderson • December 9, 2025 2:30 pm

    The project will create jobs, reduce cruise ship emissions and provide a backup power grid.

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    Alaska SeaLife Center staff work to rehabilitate an orphaned sea otter pup. Photo courtesy of Kaiti Grant | Alaska SeaLife Center
    Alaska SeaLife Center admits two rescued sea otter...
    By Chloe Anderson • November 20, 2025 5:30 pm

    The rescues mark an uptick in orphaned, injured and deceased sea otter reports across the state.

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    Participants jump into Resurrection Bay during the 2019 Polar Bear Jump in Seward<ins>, Alaska</ins>. Photo by Brice Habeger, courtesy of the American Cancer Society
    Registration open for 41st annual Polar Bear Jump
    By Chloe Anderson • November 10, 2025 8:30 am

    The Seward event, scheduled for January, will raise money for cancer research and patients.

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    Recipients of the Alaska Travel Industry Association's 2025 Annual Industry Awards celebrate their awards at ATIA's annual convention in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Travel Industry Association
    Seward lodging business earns industry award
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 12:30 pm

    Salted Roots Alaska was one of eight businesses to receive awards from the Alaska Travel Industry Association last week.

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    Uki, the walrus calf rehabilitated at Alaska SeaLife Center in August 2024 before being rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando, is photographed with an ASLC staff member on Aug. 7, 2024. Photo courtesy of Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Alaska SeaLife Center walrus patient featured on PBS
    By Chloe Anderson • October 25, 2025 12:30 pm

    The story of Uki, a walrus who was rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in August 2023, was featured on the season premiere of “Nature” by PBS on Wednesday.

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    Kova, a spotted seal pup rescued from Nome in June, touches his nose to an Alaska SeaLife Center staff member’s hand in this photo taken Oct. 10, 2025, at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Spotted seal pup is a ‘rare’ rescue patient...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 25, 2025 2:30 am

    ASLC has been providing intensive care since the seal’s arrival, and “Kova” is now eating well and steadily gaining weight.

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    A sea otter pup rescued in Homer in the summer of 2025 receives care from the Alaska SeaLife Center and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium while being rehabilitated at ASLC in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Alaska SeaLife Center partners with Chicago aquarium to...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 24, 2025 8:30 pm

    The pup has reached important milestones thanks to ASLC and Shedd Aquarium’s collaborative efforts.

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    A voter fills out their ballot at the Kenai No. 2 Precinct in the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward certifies final election results
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 15, 2025 8:30 am

    The newly-elected city council members and Mayor Sue McClure were sworn in during Monday’s regular council meeting.

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    A voter fills out their ballot at the Kenai No. 2 Precinct in the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Preliminary Seward city council election too close to...
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 7, 2025 10:30 pm

    Final election results will be presented to the Seward City Council for certification on Monday.

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    Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion 
A sign along a trail to Exit Glacier marks the spot to where the toe of the glacier reached in 2010, photographed on June 22, 2018.
    2 attacked by bear near Seward
    By Jacob Dye • October 1, 2025 1:30 am

    The trail was closed by the National Park Service.

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