A boxcar full of memories
It was 4 p.m., April 2, 2019.After passing over duck cabins at the mouth of Eyak River, Alaska Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 737,...
Shoot! The air’s full of widgeons!
Back in the days of my youth, when the Copper River Delta was overwhelmed with migrating waterfowl every fall, Dad mentored me in the...
Cordova Chronicles: Another historic landmark is gone
While the fate of the Cordova House remains uncertain, the demise of another local landmark is complete. Wilson Construction made short order of the...
Cordova is still special
Back in the mid-’80s, The Cordova Times had an editor named John Moulder. Where Moulder came from, and how long he lasted at the...
Cordova Chronicles: Veteran pilot retires after 50 years of adventures
Terry Kennedy made his last commercial flight on Oct. 31, 2018, ending a remarkable 50-year career flying small planes in Alaska’s challenging conditions.Kennedy plans...
Baja Taco expansion under way
It began in 1989 as a place down near the harbor to purchase savory fish tacos.Liz Pudwill had sampled this delicious fare while on...
Cordova Chronicles: A Rosenthal painting is worth a thousand words
His art is defined by paintings of outdoor scenes with such depth that one feels they are three dimensional. All are based on quick...
Cordova Chronicles: The legacy of Hawkins Island
Hardly a day goes by that Cordovans don’t glance across Orca Inlet to view Hawkins Island. Snow will soon touch its rounded tops, a...
Cordova Chronicles: It’s been a very ‘beary’ summer
Thanks to a lack of berries, it’s been a very “beary” summer indeed.Not a day goes by without an encounter with bears within the...
Cordova Chronicles: Historic Adams Avenue receives major repairs
Anyone who has survived driving through lake-size puddles at the conjunction of Adams Avenue and Main Street following heavy rains or slushy winter storms...
