Photo of the Week: Sunrise on Hawkins Island
The fog lifted at 5:30 a.m. to reveal a lovely sunrise on Hawkins Island while deer hunting Aug. 10. Photo by Dick Shellhorn/The Cordova Times Dick Shellhorn, author, reporter, ref and grandpa, can be reached at shorn@gci.net. Shellhorn was born and raised in Cordova, Alaska, and has lived here his entire life. Shellhorn has been writing sports stories for the Cordova Times for over 40 years. In his...
This Week in Photos: Standing Against Racism
Religious leaders from across Alaska’s largest city led several hundred people on Aug. 20 at Central Lutheran Church in a community prayer vigil calling for a stand against racism in the 49th state. “We need to stand up firmly against racism and anti-Semitism, show up for and advocate with others,” said Judith Moore, of Central Lutheran Church, making a...
Photo of the Week: The Cape St. Elias Lighthouse, on Kayak Island
The Cape St. Elias Lighthouse, lit in September of 1916, and never having been rebuilt, was unmanned and downgraded to a minor light in the summer of 1974, when it was automated. Cordova photographer Wendy Ranney took this picture on Aug. 18 on the uninhabited island, 62-miles southeast of Cordova.Do you have a great photo of the area you’d...
This Week in Photos: The Great Eclipse
The “eclipse” as seen from The Cordova Times’ office Aug. 21.Photo by Vivian Kennedy/The Cordova Times
This Week in Photos: Net Cleaning Gilnetter
A fisherman goes through his gillnet onboard his boat the RISKYBIZ in the Cordova boat harbor Aug. 20. Photo by Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson/The Cordova Times
This Week in Photos: Seiner
Crew onboard the seiner SHILOH worked in the rain as they stacked their net Aug. 20 in the Cordova small boat harbor. Photo by Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson/The Cordova Times
Gallery: Photos of the Week
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This Week in Photos: Rummage Sale
A shopper peruses merchandise during the Cordova Church of the Nazarene’s rummage sale in the old library building on Main Street Aug. 19. Pastor Steve Leppert, said it seemed like residents considered the church to be the new Salvation Army drop off for used clothing and other household items, “But, we’re not,” he said. “We know residents need a...
