COVID-19 resulted in 651 area jobs lost
COVID-19 struck a blow to employment in the Valdez-Cordova area in 2019-2020, resulting in an overall decline of 15%, or 651 jobs.
COVID-19 Update: Aug. 10, 2021
Seventeen novel coronavirus cases were reported in Cordova from Aug. 4-8, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced.
Parents bridle under school mask rule
"[My daughter] was looking forward to going to school this year," parent Chris Bolin said. "And when she heard that it was required to wear a mask… she didn’t want to go to school no more. It’s just heartbreaking, as a parent, to see your kid not want to go to school when she’s doing so good."
Commentary: New virus safety rules keep the city running
Requiring city employees to vaccinate or test for COVID-19 helps keep vital services available to the public, writes City Manager Helen Howarth.
School will resume with masks required
"We can’t justify not having students wear masks right now," Barb Jewell said. "And I have to tell you, we were all pretty heartbroken because we were hours from saying, 'Gosh, we might not have to have masks at school.'"
Letter to the Editor: City vax-or-test policy is tyranny
The city's new policy requiring employees to vaccinate or test for COVID-19 is an act of medical tyranny, writes Katie Jo Roemhildt.
Vax rate may be lower than reported
"People need to stop reading the voodoo stories on the internet," Councilman Tom Bailer said. "Talk to some real doctors and get the dang shot and quit putting the rest of the people in the community at risk."
Letter to the Editor: A call to civil disobedience
Any students who choose to defy the school district's mask-wearing rules must do so in a peaceable and respectful way, writes local Republican Party precinct leader William Deaton.
Letter to the Editor: Let’s leave it up to parents
It's time to return to respecting privacy and choice in Cordova's schools and in the community at large, writes Lisa DeLaet.
Feds seize over 3,000 fake vaccination cards in Anchorage
More than 3,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards have been confiscated at cargo freight facilities at the Anchorage airport as they were being shipped from China.
