Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson
Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson is a staff writer and photographer for The Cordova Times. She has been writing in one form or another for 30-plus years and has had a longstanding relationship with The Cordova Times starting in 1989. She's been an Alaskan since 1976 and first moved to Cordova in 1978. She's lived in various West Texas towns; in Denver, Colorado; in McGrath, Cordova, Galena, Kodiak, Wasilla, Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska and in Bangalore, India. She has two children and three grandchildren. She can be reached at cgibbens-stimson@thecordovatimes.com or follow her on Instagram @alaskatoindia.
Million Dollar Bridge in danger
Damage to an icebreaker in front of the Million Dollar Bridge on the Copper River Highway has the owner of Child’s Glacier Lodge worried...
Harborside Pizza reopens in restaurant setting
Brian Wildrick and Lindsay Butters were sitting in their vehicle in April of 2015 when they got the call from the bank officer telling...
Girls on the Run complete 5K
“We believe that every girl can embrace who she is, can define who she wants to be, can rise to any challenge, can change...
Council welcomes Lanning, Pegau, to city government meeting
Cordova’s new city manager, Alan Lanning, marked his official first day of work at City Hall Oct. 17, and two days later, attended his...
A time for food, fellowship and awareness
Twenty-three years ago, the then managing editor at the Cordova Times, Soren Wuerth, gave one of his reporters an assignment — to cover the...
Cordova Girl Scouts: Planning for adventure
Cordova Girl Scouts Ria Smyke, Andrea Vargas, Faith Collins and Aubrey Quinn show off a dragon head with leader Anita Smyke Oct. 22. The...
U.S. Coast Guard honored
Cordova’s U.S. Coast Guard personnel and their families were the guests of honor Oct. 14 at a community-wide appreciation luncheon hosted by the Native...
Workshop teaches uses of traditional plants
Two Cordova women who attended the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s 5th Annual Plant Symposium in Anchorage came home to share what they learned...
Community gets update on Nirvana Park
It was standing room only on Oct. 12 for a public meeting over the new blockade on motor vehicle traffic to Nirvana Park and...
Indigenous People’s Culture Week is a hit at Mt. Eccles
Mt. Eccles Elementary School students in kindergarten through sixth grade took part in Indigenous People’s Culture Week in a partnership between the Native Village...
