Taste of Cordova competitors honored at cook-off
The annual wild food cook-off, Taste of Cordova, took place during this year’s Copper River Salmon Jam on Saturday, July 14 and featured many locally sourced ingredients for mouthwatering dishes.This year’s judges were Kate Velasco, co-owner of Fork & Spoon, now a permanent food trailer; Sena Wheeler, co-owner of Cordova’s new fish processing plant, 60° North Seafoods, and Alyssa...
Festival celebrates salmon through music and art
Musical headliner Big Fat Buddha, the Alaska Salmon Runs, Small Fry Activities and a myriad of other attractions brought in the crowds for the 2018 Copper River Salmon Jam in Cordova July 13-14.“I don’t think I’ve ever seen kids doing hula hooping on the side of a mountain when it was pouring rain and fighting with Duct tape swords,”...
Nationwide competitors race in Alaska Salmon Runs
Irene Webber’s grandchildren ran in her footsteps during this year’s Alaska Salmon Runs in Cordova.In 1986, Webber ran the first King Salmon Marathon in Cordova, completing the 26.2 miles alone. Thirty-two years later, the Alaska Salmon Runs features the King Salmon Marathon, Sockeye Half-Marathon, Coho 10K, Humpy 5K, and the Smolt one-mile fun run/walk.“It just grew from there,” said...
Dedication ceremony honors fallen U.S. Coast Guard personnel
A dedication ceremony honoring U.S. Coast Guard personnel who perished during a search and rescue mission in Prince William Sound Aug. 7, 1981, took place in Cordova on Wednesday, June 27, at the Veterans’ Memorial.Kari O’Rear gave the opening address at the memorial dedication ceremony. Her father, Bob Bernard, had wanted a memorial for the lost helicopter crew for...
Sun-soaked Cordovans fill Main Street for 4th of July
Cordova’s Main Street was booming, bold and patriotic as fiddles and banjos filled the air, along with the sounds of children playing and people cheering during the Kelp Box Derby.Members of the U.S. Coast Guard performed a presentation of the colors, silencing the crowd enough to hear the salmon, hamburgers and hot dogs grilling nearby.Annie Carlson sang the National...
Photo of the week: Recycled Art
Karen Hallquist’s newest bottlecap art is on display at Cordova Gear as part of her Cap Art Project.“Each cap was thoughtfully placed, then screwed onto a scrap piece of plywood over a long, rainy weekend,” she said. Hallquist began making bottle cap art in 2015/2016, just after the city stopped recycling.“My level of disappointment was extremely heavy, so I...
CVFD fundraising event: smashing cars, surprising Hicks
Volunteer firefighters joined family and friends of Fire Chief Mike Hicks on July 17 to honor him with a surprise party celebrating his re-election to the post for the 15th year.The surprise party was disguised as the Father’s Day car bash and barbecue fundraiser, and Hicks acknowledged that he had no idea it was happening.“They really did get me...
Ethan Beckett completes Space Camp program
Ethan Beckett, a member of the Cordova High School Wolverines 2018 state champion robotics team, recently attended Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, home of Space Camp.The week long educational program promotes science, technology, engineering and math, while training students with hands-on activities and missions based on teamwork, leadership and problem solving.Beckett...
Veteran returns to Cordova to fish on 100th birthday
What better way for a passionate fisherman to celebrate his 100th birthday than to catch 100 pounds of fish, and that’s just what centenarian Grant Valentine did, on his June 14 birthday in Cordova.Valentine and his family cast off as the sun beamed down on Cordova as he caught 100 pounds of halibut, keeping just two.“His eyes don’t leave...
