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.
First-time hunter draws tag, harvests moose
Steam rose from the chest cavity of Debra Ethier’s freshly killed cow moose, after the first few cuts, as she, J.J. and Jack Stevenson...
Large turnout for first Comprehensive Plan community visit
Efforts to update the Cordova Comprehensive plan for the first time since 2008 are attracting the community’s attention.Residents packed on to the stage at...
USCG’s Haunted Sycamore attracts big crowd
As the sun began to set, fog billowed over rusty chains, smashed pumpkins and tombstones, and eventually made its way to the water’s edge...
Refuse fund ordinance to get second reading
An ordinance authorizing the transfer of $269,492 from the city’s permanent fund to the refuse enterprise fund for the purchase of a refuse truck...
Cordova Ikumat Dance Group performs at Quyana Alaska
The Cordova Ikumat Dance Group was in the spotlight in Anchorage on Oct. 18, as one of more than a dozen Native dance groups...
Wind storm sends 100-foot boat adrift and marina building to the ground
A wind storm with gusts hitting nearly 100 miles an hour beat down on Cordova on Oct. 23, setting the anchored Polar Bear adrift,...
Eyak Corp. land use permits now valid for one year
The Eyak Corporation has increased the validity of their land use permits from 90 days to one year.More than 90,000 acres of land in...
Mahlasela sings messages of reconciliation
“Say Africa!” shouted Vusi Sidney Mahlasela Ka Zwane.“Say Africa!” the crowd shouted back.With each shout, Mahlasela’s smile grew.This monologue repeated itself a few times...
Cordova Family Resource Center marks 25 years of service
Cordova Family Resource Center, born out of need of a community brutalized socially and economically by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, is celebrating...
Fishing Families Workshop in Cordova
Marysia Szymkowiak, a social scientist with the NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, hosted a Fishing Families Workshop at the Cordova Center in Cordova...
