26 mushers sign up for 52nd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Twenty-six mushers have signed up so far for the 52nd running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The list of future contestants includes...
M/V Hubbard now serving three Southeast Alaska communities
The M/V Hubbard, one of two Alaska Class ferries now serving Southeast Alaska, is sailing between Juneau, Haines and Skagway six times a week...
Photo of the Week
Cordova Little League season is going strong and players are having a ball! Jack Powell, catcher for the Cubs, tags Gregory Kuntz of the...
State is seeing rise in infants diagnosed with syphilis
A new state epidemiology report notes that congenital syphilis (CS) is on the rise in Alaska, with 26 cases identified from 2018 through 2022,...
Adopted mammoth fell 15,000 years ago
A few days ago, Mat Wooller had news about a woolly mammoth my friend LJ and I “adopted” last October. “You’ve got one of the...
NOAA: Public benefits of recovering beluga whales outweigh costs
When it comes down to helping endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales to recover, NOAA says the public’s concern for the survival of these marine...
Federal program will address missing and murdered Indigenous persons
A new Department of Justice (DOJ) program will focus on prevention and response to missing or murdered Indigenous people in five designated regions of...
An interview with Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, sat down with The Cordova Times during a recent visit to town to discuss how current federal policies and initiatives...
Skin disease detected in endangered killer whales
A new research report on struggling Southern Resident killer whales says these whales have shown a strong increase in the prevalence of skin disease,...
Pilot project focuses on gillnet, seabird interactions in fisheries
A new project of the Skipper Science Partnership and the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF), which launched on July 1, is asking fishermen to...
