Whale’s Tale, where everyone can tell their stories
Whale’s Tale at the Orca Adventure Lodge opened early this year, two years after its grand opening as one of Cordova’s two sit-down coffee shops, then closed early for the season in September, but they’ll be back again on May 1, 2022.
PWSSC fall online auction begins Oct. 17
An assortment of Alaska-made jewelry, art, apparel, nutritious and tasty treats are on tap for the Prince William Sound Science Center’s fall auction, which runs from Oct. 17-21.
COVID-19 Update: Oct. 26, 2021
Eight new COVID-19 cases were reported in Cordova between Oct. 19-25, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced.
Local leaders press Dunleavy on school funding
Gov. Mike Dunleavy heard school and city officials' concerns about pre-K funding and school bond debt reimbursement at a Monday, Oct. 25 public roundtable.
Federal package holds millions for Cordova
Cordova expects to see big benefits from the $1.2-trillion federal infrastructure legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden.
School district will hear updates on COVID-19 guidelines Dec. 8
"Like many in the community the board is eager to make masking voluntary in school buildings when it is determined to be safe to do so," Barb Jewell wrote.
Board of Fisheries convenes at Cordova Center
Salmon hatcheries and commercial shellfish opportunities are high priorities on the agenda of the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting underway in Cordova from Nov. 30 through Dec. 6, with action expected on most proposals by the meeting’s conclusion.
City gets $20M to fix harbor
“The ultimate goal is to return the entire harbor to a state of good repair, including some work in the North Harbor, especially where Breakwater Avenue is sloughing into the harbor,” Curtis Fincher said.
$92K in ARPA grants go to Cordova library, museum
American Rescue Plan Act funds totaling $92,448 have been allocated to Cordova through the Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums, for a variety of uses ranging from materials purchases and upgrading websites to developing new virtual educational programs.
Two breweries vie for liquor license
At its Wednesday, Dec. 1 meeting, Cordova City Council voted not to protest the liquor license applications of two breweries hoping to open their doors in Cordova. Because Alaska’s Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office may grant only one brewery liquor license to a community the size of Cordova, at least one of the applications will presumably be denied following the office’s public hearings in January.
