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    Signs direct visitors at the City of Seward’s city hall annex on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward electric rates to increase by $0.06 per...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    Seward twice in 2023 voted not to sell the utility to Homer Electric Association

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    Photo via Seward Journal Facebook page
A stack of the Seward Journal is pictured. The town’s only daily newspaper published its last edition Nov. 27.
    ‘A thing of the past’
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Seward Journal calls it quits after struggle to keep newspaper afloat

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    Illustration via City of Seward.
    Seward council backs pursuit of funds by clinic...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 29, 2023 2:30 am

    Members of the Seward City Council on Monday backed the Seward Community Health Center’s efforts to build a new community…

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    Signs direct visitors at the City of Seward’s city hall annex on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward council considers electricity rate hike
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 15, 2023 2:30 am

    A resolution considered at Monday’s council meeting would increase rates by $0.06 per kWh for all customers

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Brad Snowden and Julie Crites participate in a Seward City Council candidate forum at the Seward Community Library in Seward on Thursday.
    Seward council candidates discuss issues at election forum
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 28, 2023 1:30 am

    Participating in Thursday’s forum were Julie Crites and Brad Snowden

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    Students attending Sprouts Preschool make magic wands out of leaves in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Seward Sprouts Preschool)
    Seward seeks solutions to child care challenges
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 20, 2023 2:30 am

    Nearly 80% of people surveyed reported that they were not satisfied with their access to quality, affordable child care

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    Crews respond to a flood event at the Lowell Creek Tunnel outflow. (Photo courtesy Seward Public Works Director Doug Schoessler)
    Seward considers legislative priority list
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 30, 2023 2:30 am

    Many of the projects are carried over from last year’s list

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    Sorensen to be next Seward city manager
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 16, 2023 2:30 am

    Kat Sorensen will be the next city manager of Seward following city council approval of her contract during their Monday…

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    Exit Glacier, as seen in August 2015 from the Harding Icefield Trail in Kenai Fjords National Park just outside of Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Boy, 15, dies after going into cardiac arrest...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 19, 2023 2:30 am

    A 15-year-old boy died Monday after going into cardiac arrest while hiking the Harding Icefield Trail in Seward, the Alaska…

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    The start of the junior Mount Marathon Race on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Norris wins 4th title, Marvin captures 3rd at...
    By Jeff Helminiak • July 12, 2023 2:30 am

    Palmer’s Christy Marvin, 42 and a mother of boys 16, 14 and 11, overcame a muddy lower mountain and a…

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    Snow falls on a "vote here" sign outside of Seward City Hall on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Seward, Alaska. Residents voted in a special election to determine whether or not to sell the city’s electric utility and to change the city’s residency requirements for city manager. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward certifies special election results
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 11, 2023 2:30 am

    The Seward City Council on Monday certified the results of last week’s special election, through which sale of the city’s…

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    Acting Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Michele Turner, left, accepts a ballot from Richard Derkevorkian during an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly considers resuming annual meetings in Homer, Seward
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The assembly currently meets at the George A. Navarre Administration Building in Soldotna

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    Signs direct visitors at the City of Seward's city hall annex on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward mulls sale of electric utility to HEA
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Voters will get the final say during a special election on May 2

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