Emily Mesner
Emily Mesner is a staff reporter and photographer for The Cordova Times. Reach her at emesner@thecordovatimes.com. Emily graduated from Central Michigan University, earning a degree in photojournalism with a cultural competency certificate. She first visited Alaska in 2016, working as a media intern for the National Park Service in Kotzebue and Denali National Park and Preserve, and has been coming back ever since. To see more photos, follow @thecordovatimes and @emilymesnerphoto on Instagram.
Candlelight vigil sheds light on Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
In honor of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, the Native Village of Eyak, in partnership with the Cordova Family Resource Center, held a candlelight...
Community members declare candidacy as Cordova election approaches
Cordova residents will vote on March 5, to elect their mayor, three city council members, two school board members and two members of the...
Winter in Cordova
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Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore leaves Cordova
Cars lined the pull off on Orca Road, locally known as Spouses Point, while steam rose from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore as...
City council takes up ‘the year of the bear’
With spring right around the corner, thoughts turn to what folks have been thinking about all winter long: bears.Discussion at the Cordova City Council’s...
Iceworm Festival contest results
Survival Suit RacesFirst place – Intergalactic Black Worm Holes (Marc Carrel, Sergei Bogatchev, Ryan Casey and John Stack), 1:39.74
Second place – Hard...
Another year, another “Out of this World” festival
Aliens, dancing fish and a giant fabric ice worm. For just one day out of the year, these were welcomed and celebrated guests who...
Iceworm 2019 weekend events take off
A rainy start that greeted Cordova’s 2019 Iceworm Festival
has in no way dampened the spirit of the event.Shouts of “Happy Worm!” can be...
Community rallies to aid furloughed workers
Heidi Ritter and a group of U.S. Coast Guard spouses
gathered in Coast Guard housing Jan. 25 for a conference call with Sen. Lisa
Murkowski, just...
Groff honored for decades of service to community, CVFD
The city of Cordova honored Richard “Dick” Groff with a
Proclamation of Appreciation during the Jan. 16 city council meeting, citing
his 45 years of contributions...
