The Cordova Times

EPA officials said the tribe’s “You Survived a Natural Disaster, Now Grab Your EPB” project will help residents of the village and city of Seldovia learn how to prepare for natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. An EPB is an emergency preparedness bucket.

The following incidents were reported to the Cordova Police Department between Oct. 25-31, 2019. Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendant and/or defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy has returned to its Seattle homeport, on the heels of Arctic Ocean research in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Office of Naval Research.

A new report on seafood jobs in Alaska notes that fishery harvest employment declined by 4.9 percent in 2018, erasing most of the gains seen a year earlier.

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate as a companion to a House resolution urges the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp series honoring women veterans of the armed forces.

Alaska Board of Fisheries officials have added several topics to upcoming meetings in Seward and in Anchorage related to its notice of propose regulatory changes governing the state’s commercial, sport and subsistence fisheries.

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, has issued the latest plea for federal leadership in resolving issues stemming from mine pollution in British Columbia flowing south in salmon-rich transboundary waters, now into the Kootenai River watershed, a sub-basin of the Columbia River Basin.

A lone hunter suffering from injuries some 60 nautical miles southwest of the city of Kodiak was medevaced by a U.S. Coast Guard crew early on Friday, Oct. 25 to emergency medical personnel at Air Station Kodiak.

An 18-hole, doubles disc golf tournament will take place at noon on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Meals Reservoir disc golf course located at 1.5-mile Whitshed Road, weather permitting.

The Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation has named Tommy Sheridan its new general manager and CEO.