One man was found dead and three people remain missing after a 22-foot Hewescraft capsized last week. The incident is raising local concerns about Coast Guard presence in the future.
At its April 16 meeting, the Seward City Council: • approved a construction contract with BIC Construction in the amount of $2,498,000 for Phase I of the Civic Center renovation project, to …
AUTHOR’S NOTE: W.R. Benson, in his mid-50s when he and wife Mable moved from Seward to Homer in 1943, seemed perpetually in motion, involved in nearly every substantive political, social, economic and business action.
On Nov. 23, 1941—just two weeks before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor—it was bitterly cold in Seward. According to Mary J. Barry’s definitive history of Seward, it was the coldest day of that calendar year: minus-18 degrees, with a 30-mile-per-hour north wind.
A bill making its way through the Nebraska Legislature may provide up to $20 million to help pay for Seward’s new wastewater treatment facility. If passed, LB 1205 would allocate unused …