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    The northern fur seal rescued by Alaska SeaLife Center staff is seen on Jan. 31, 2023, at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)
    Northern fur seal pup admitted to SeaLife Center...
    By Jacob Dye • February 9, 2023 1:30 am

    The pup was reported by Sitka residents using the center’s 24-hour stranding hotline

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    Alaska SeaLife Center Seasonal Animal Care Specialist Emma Begalka interacts with Mist the Steller sea lion in the Underwater viewing area at the Alaska SeaLife Center during an enrichment session on Nov. 30, 2022. Mist unexpectedly passed away on January 23, 2023 after staff observed seizure-like tremors. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)
    Young sea lion dies unexpectedly at SeaLife Center
    By Jacob Dye • February 2, 2023 9:00 am

    Mist, who was approximately 2-and-a-half years old, had been socializing with three other Steller sea lions

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    Houses are seen in Seward, Alaska on Thursday, April 15, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward delays action on short-term rental regs
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 29, 2022 2:30 am

    The limits are meant to ameliorate the city’s housing shortage

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    Landslide debris surrounds part of Lowell Point Road on Friday, June 3, 2022, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Feds, state to reimburse borough for Lowell Point...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 21, 2022 2:30 am

    The borough assembly voted Tuesday to accept the funds

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    Silver salmon hang in the Seward Boat Harbor during the 2018 Seward Silver Salmon Derby. (Photo courtesy of Seward Chamber of Commerce)
    Seward Silver Salmon derby runs Aug. 13-21
    By Jacob Dye • August 10, 2022 1:30 am

    Last year’s derby featured 1,800 contestants competing across eight days

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    Christina Burns, librarian for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, packs food for the day at her home in Anchorage, Alaska, around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Starved for new listings’
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 6, 2022 1:30 am

    Low inventory, local landscape fuel housing crisis in Seward

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson presides over a meeting of the assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly considers nixing in-person meetings in Homer, Seward
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 17, 2021 2:30 am

    Members discussed if the meetings were necessary with public Zoom access available.

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    Seward to spend cruise grant funds on community...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 7, 2021 2:30 am

    Seward was one of six Alaskan communities Norwegian Cruise Line awarded money

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    One of two baby seal pups rescued and transported to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward is seen in June 2021. (Photo provided by the Alaska SeaLife Center)
    Baby seals abandoned, transported to SeaLife Center
    By Camille Botello • June 16, 2021 1:30 am

    Both the pups were in relatively stable condition.

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Members of the Seward City Council take part in a work session on Monday, June 7, in Seward.
    Seward council member apologizes for antisemitic remark
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 9, 2021 2:30 am

    Sharyl Seese made the comment during a council work session.

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    Missing canoeist’s body found
    By Brian Mazurek • August 19, 2020 2:30 am

    The man embarked on a canoe trip at about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday.

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    One of the recently rescued harbor seal pups is seen here at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska in this undated photo. (Courtesy Chloe Rossman/Alaska SeaLife Center)
    SeaLife Center fundraising gets off to strong start
    By Brian Mazurek • July 15, 2020 2:30 pm

    City of Seward pledges $500,000, memberships soar

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    Mara the Steller Sea Lion is seen here at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)
    Steller sea lion at SeaLife Center to give...
    By Brian Mazurek • April 22, 2020 2:30 am

    The 17-year-old sea lion will be only the second of her species to give birth at the SeaLife Center.

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