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Seward Fire Department stands under cloudy skies in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward adds 3rd full-time paid firefighter

Seward Fire Department is struggling to find coverage for all hours of the day, according to chief

Seward City Hall is seen under cloudy skies in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward approves raises for city staff, rejects bed tax increase

The third and final public hearing on Seward’s budget will be held on Dec. 16

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Alaska SeaLife Center Wildlife Response Team members treat a juvenile northern sea otter that was admitted for care on Nov. 16 in Seward.

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Sealife center admits juvenile sea otter

The juvenile otter was rescued from Seward with “significant” facial trauma

Jacob Caldwell, chief executive officer of Kenai Aviation, stands at the Kenai Aviation desk at the Kenai Municipal Airport on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Aviation, Reeve Air submit proposals to bring air service back to Seward

Scheduled air service has been unavailable in Seward since 2002

The cast of Seward High School Theatre Collective’s “Clue” rehearse at Seward High School on Thursday, Nov. 7 . (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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More than whodunit: Seward’s ‘Clue’ brings comedy, commentary to stage

The show premiered last weekend, but will play three more times, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15-17

Seward City Clerk Kris Peck, right, administers an oath of office to Seward City Council newcomer Casie Warner during a council meeting in Seward, Alaska, on Oct. 28, 2024. (Screenshot courtesy City of Seward)

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Seward City Council swears in winners of October municipal election

They were sworn in two weeks after the council certified its election results

A cruise ship is docked in Seward, Alaska on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward gets nearly $46 million for power upgrades at port

The funds are intended to transform Seward’s port into a “green port”

A sign welcomes visitors on July 7, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fish sets 2026 Lower Cook Inlet meeting for Seward

The board last met in Seward in 2019

Alaska State House District 5 candidates Leighton Radner and Rep. Louise Stutes participate in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Seward Community Library in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Stutes, Radner talk spending, housing, child care at Seward forum

The candidate forum was moderated by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM

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Pacific walrus calf rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando

The calf was first discovered orphaned in Utqiagvik in July

A Kenai Peninsula Borough Voter Information Pamphlet rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion’s newsroom in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2024: When, where to vote Tuesday

City council, borough assembly, school board seats are on the ballot

Center, from left: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland; Borough Mayor Peter Micciche; Seward High Student Council President Otto Nipp; and Seward High School Principal Dr. Henry Burns participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new turf field at Roger Steinbrecher Memorial Field at Seward High School, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘A symbol of a new era of Seahawks football’

Seward High School celebrates installation of new football field

John Osenga, Michael Calhoon and Casie Warner participate in a Seward City Council candidate forum hosted by KBBI 890 AM and the Peninsula Clarion at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward City Council candidates talk housing, child care, business at forum

On election day, Oct. 1, Seward voters will cast ballots in favor of up to two candidates