Cordova Chronicles: Fireman’s Ball got hotter when the lights came on
Another New Year is here, ushered in with fanfare all around the world. It seems like big New York-style countdowns now span the globe;...
Cordova prepares for future electric vehicles
Editor’s Note: As Cordova prepares for a future when electric vehicles will come more into vogue, Cordova Mayor Clay Koplin, who is also the...
PWS Audubon completes 118th national Christmas Bird Count
Every winter birders, scientists and citizens across the Western Hemisphere team up for the nation’s longest running citizen science bird project — the Christmas...
Upbeat in advance of the 2018 salmon season
Salmon, as one major processor observed, is always complicated.The Prince William Sound commercial salmon forecast was still being calculated in late December, with state...
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
The Yuletide season is here, and music is always a big part of it.“I’ll be Home for Christmas” is very popular tune, and Americans...
Cordova Chronicles: A farewell thanks to the O’Briens
After 36 years of service, pharmacist Dave O’Brien filled out his last prescriptions for Cordovans on Dec. 9. From the glass window behind his...
Kindergarteners Skype with a Christmas elf
It was a trip to the principal’s office that had the kids wide-eyed, and eager to tell all, with no fear of repercussions.And after...
Cordova native flies Santa Claus to island village
Wrapped gifts, stuffed animals, knitted hats, books and Mr. and Mrs. Claus were piled into an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft, flown by Alaska...
New partner spurs Pebble to file
Promoters of a copper, gold and molybdenum mine in Southwest Alaska say they plan to begin filing for permits by year’s end, now that...
Failed culvert closes Copper River Highway at Mile 21.5
A hole and road closure signs at Mile 21.5 of the Copper River Highway are raising some eyebrows of Cordova drivers. Readers asked The...
