The 1986 Chevrolet Blazer involved in the Oct. 8 accident that claimed one life. (Oct. 15, 2019) Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

SUV crash trial delayed until February

The trial of a Cordova man accused of manslaughter has been delayed from December to February.
Cordova Telecom Cooperative plans to extend its high-speed broadband network along the coast to Yakutat. Image courtesy of Cordova Telecom Cooperative

CTC to deliver high-speed internet to Yakutat

Cordova Telecom Cooperative plans to deliver high-speed internet to Yakutat by 2021.
Outgoing Copper River Watershed Project Executive Director Kristin Carpenter (left) listens to a tribute read by Native Village of Eyak fish biologist Matt Piche (right). (Nov. 11, 2019) Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

Conservationist who defended watershed for 21 years retires

Kristin Carpenter spent 21 years building connections between previously isolated communities and working to address the complex environmental issues facing the Copper River Watershed."There’s a satisfaction to untying the Gordian Knot and making it happen, despite all of the complications," Carpenter says.
Print editions of The Cordova Times. (Dec. 1, 2019) Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

The Cordova Times selected as a 2020 Report for America host newsroom

The Cordova Times has been chosen as a host newsroom for Report for America, a program that helps fund journalism in underserved communities across the nation.
Goods dispensed at the Salvation Army food bank during a Nov. 23 Thanksgiving food distribution event. (Nov. 23, 2019) Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

Salvation Army reopens food pantry

Cordova’s Salvation Army food pantry has reopened after a seven-month closure. The food pantry dispensed goods to 38 families during a Saturday, Nov. 23 event, its first since April.
Yaritza Mejias arranges a gift basket for Cordova Family Resource Center’s Holiday Gifts on the Go event. (Nov. 22, 2019) Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

CFRC to auction 100 unique gift baskets

Gift shoppers looking for a shortcut can bid on pre-packed holiday baskets offered by Cordova Family Resource Center. The baskets will be auctioned off Saturday, Nov. 30 at CFRC’s annual Holiday Gifts on the Go event.

Cheerleaders place first in Valdez

Cordova’s Junior High Cheerleaders placed first in competition at the Valdez Junior High basketball tournament on Nov. 7-9.
Pam Smith pores over a genealogical chart. (Nov. 6, 2019) Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

Genealogy project documents lineage of more than 400 Eyak people

Working on pieces of butcher paper usually reserved for wrapping moose meat, Pam Smith has compiled perhaps the most extensive Eyak genealogy ever recorded.
Pink salmon that entered Hogan Creek on the high tide died by the thousands after they were stranded without enough water flows to return to the bay. Photo courtesy of Brad von Whichman

Field season marked by low flow and high pre-spawn mortality

It was a very strange year for the Prince William Sound Science Center field crews collecting data on pink salmon for the pedigree component of the Alaska Hatchery Research Project (AHRP) in Prince William Sound this last summer.
From left, Steven and Jaxon Pallas prepare care packages as part of the Operation Christmas Child program. (Nov. 9, 2019) Photo by Zachary Snowdon Smith/The Cordova Times

Kids play Santa, distributing Christmas gifts overseas

“It gets the kids involved in giving, rather than just getting,” says Pastor Steve Leppert.
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