Tales of adventure by local author Dick Shellhorn
“Balls and Stripes: A Life Time of Sports Adventures”, a new book by Cordova’s Dick Shellhorn, gets its title from his many experiences playing,...
Cordova Chronicles: Elements and vessels damage Cordova marine facilities
Winds, tides, ice and even a few vessels have not been kind to Cordova’s marine facilities this past year. Fortunately, no one has been...
The Readers Respond: More Blasts from the Past
A trading post of the banks of Alaganik Slough, connected to the RR tracks by a boardwalk, plus an exposed rocky pinnacle and water...
Cordova Chronicles: Entrainment could prove to be hazardous
One of the news reports that came from the recently completed Olympics centered on the use of music to pump up athletes, especially snowboarders...
Cordova Chronicles: They Called Him Hook
Kenny Van Brocklin passed away on February 3, 2018, in 1000 Palms, California. He lived to be 91. And enjoyed every moment of it.What...
Cordova Chronicles: Olympic moments and beyond
Any skater who has taken a tumble while cruising amongst ice bergs on Sheridan Lake knows that water in its solid state is a...
Cordova Chronicles: First hatchery was not “eggs-actually” a success
The first hatchery in the Cordova area was located a mere seven miles from town, on what is now known as Power Creek Road.Today...
Cordova Chronicles: Say a ‘Hail Mary’ for hatcheries
Now is the time of year when Cordova’s fishing fleet sits idle.In the harbor, vessels of a flotilla that drives the local economy move...
Cordova Chronicles: Have duck, will travel
By now, most of the Cordova-area ducks and geese have traveled south to warmer climes. Their absence, combined with long winter nights and the...
Cordova Chronicles: A wave of news from the 7.9 earthquake
While the 7.9 earthquake that struck at 12:32 a.m. on January 23 in the Gulf of Alaska 170 miles southeast of Kodiak did not...
