Dick Shellhorn

Dick Shellhorn
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Dick Shellhorn is a lifelong Cordovan. He has been writing sports stories for the Cordova Times for over 50 years. In his Cordova Chronicles features, he writes about the history and characters of this Alaska town. Alaska Press Club awarded Shellhorn first place for Best Humor column in 2016 and 2020, and third place in 2017 and 2019. He also received second place for Best Editorial Commentary in 2019. Shellhorn has written two books about Alaska adventures: Time and Tide and Balls and Stripes. Reach him at dshorn44@gmail.com.

Cordova XC team makes history at state

Competing in the fog at Michael Janacek Trails in Palmer, Alaska on Oct. 7, the Cordova High cross- country team had their best performance...

Cordova Junior High girls upset Valdez in first hoops action of year

After falling to Valdez 22-12 on Friday, Sept. 29, the Cordova Junior High girls’ basketball team came back to upset the visitors in a...

Baja Taco closes with considerable fanfare

Baja Taco, one of Cordova’s favorite eateries, closed for the year on Thursday, Sept. 28. It opened on April Fool’s Day, and for the...

A dog named Copper

Early in the days of our duck cabin at Pete Dahl, we had a dog we named Copper. The runt of a litter of...

A copious amount of rain

Rain.Let’s face it.If you have lived in Cordova for very long you are either part duck or you have come to accept it.Even though...

How not to make a duck pond

Duck hunters are known to go to great lengths to bag their wary prey. Probably the most infamous episode on the Copper River Delta of...

Time and tide

Duck season is upon us, and river running skills will be put to the test as hunters navigate the many braided sloughs of the...

Eagle, Eagle, what are you going to do?

Watching eagles dive from tall trees across from our home on Odiak Slough to catch pink salmon exposed at low tide reminded me of...

Hughie Hosick’s legacy reaches all the way to Iceland

Investigating the legacy of Cordovans is full of surprises.  Take Hughie Hosick, who gained fame operating the Steelhead tender for two decades on the challenging...

Gone is a famous tender

The renowned Steelhead is no more.   Termed “the heart of the flats tender fleet’’ by longtime North Pacific Processors Cordova Plant Manager Ken Roemhildt, the...
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