Photo of the Week
The last of the fireweed — is winter around the corner?When fireweed flowers turn to cotton, Alaskans believe winter is forgotten (or just six weeks away). This bee is either unconcerned with winter or hurrying to collect as much pollen as possible before it’s too late. Do you have a great photo of the area you’d like to see...
Extra! Extra! Paper kids keep tradition alive
Antonina, better known as Toni Hosick, moved to Cordova from Massachusetts when she was 33. Toni, who turns 98 on Saturday, Aug. 27, is the oldest Cordovan to receive The Cordova Times to her door each week by Cordova’s youngest paper delivery boy Andrew Bellefeuille, who is 7 years old. Andrew is filling in for his 11-year-old sister Andrea...
First day of school is under students’, teachers’, admins’ belts
Children and teens are back in the halls of Mt. Eccles Elementary and Cordova Junior-Senior High School as of August 25. Backpacks are filled with new school supplies and smiles are spread across the bright faces of our local youth as the halls of education are reopened for the 2016-2017 academic year.Mt. Eccles Elementary School updateGayle Groff is celebrating...
Cordova’s funky fungus festival is always an autumn favorite
There’s fungus among us – several varieties of fungi, that is, in the forests and through the trees all around Cordova.Last weekend was full of all things related to mushrooms during Cordova’s tenth annual Fungus Festival, thanks to the Cordova Chamber of Commerce, The Copper River Prince William Sound Marketing Association, the U.S. Forest Service Cordova Ranger District, the...
