Points North celebrates 20 years
Just a 10-minute drive from Cordova’s city center, Points North Heli-Adventures provides a landscape for adventure, highlighted by a summer camp vibe; an environment Kevin and Jessica Quinn have nurtured and grown for the past 20 years.Points North provides remote guiding in the Chugach mountains via helicopters, allowing guests to ski and snowboard remote slopes of the 1,500 square...
Young skeet shooters learn basic skills
Instructors with the Cordova Trap & Gun Club’s Youth Skeet League are offering Cordova youths ages 13-18 a second year of basic instruction in the game of skeet, with a three-week course that runs through April 26.During the lessons, instructors Nick Docken and John Greenwood teach the students basic safety, proper stance and gun fit and more.“First and foremost,...
Harbor Cleanup Day sees support from local children
Glass bottles, tarps, plastic buoys, paper and other trash littering Cordova’s harbor are gone, thanks to groups of volunteers who turned out on Saturday, April 14 for Harbor Cleanup Day.Together they tackled the soggy trash tucked in the rocky shores of the breakwater, underneath the ramps on the muddy harbor floor and intertwined in the bushes that border the...
Large turnout for PTA Bike Rodeo
More than 40 kids pedaled, pushed and steered their way to safety on April 14 during the PTA Bike Rodeo at the Cordova Community Medical Center parking lot.In stark contrast to previous years, the sun was bright and the sky bright blue.Kids brought their push and pedal bicycles, scooters and unicycles to the event, stopping at five different stations...
Yeti Crabs gain national competition experience
The Yeti Crabs are back from the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, no titles in hand, but with a wealth of stories to tell, new friends and experiences under their belts.Their long, exciting journey from Cordova to Boulder, CO, began on Wednesday, April 18, in the wake of beating 21 other high school teams from throughout Alaska in early February...
Pop-up restaurant connects family and community
To Kate and Ted Velasco, food is family.It goes beyond nutritional value.It is rooted in tradition and carried through culture.“I see (fulfillment) with Ted’s mom and how she is with her sons … or anybody,” said Kate Velasco of her mother-in-law. “For her, the reward she receives from … creating a dish that people love and that her children...
Shorebird Festival provides platform for connections
Thousands of shorebirds made their stopover in Cordova over the weekend, providing an awe-inspiring show for visitors, birders and photographers at the 28th annual Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival.This year’s keynote speaker was Dr. Stephen Kress, executive director of the seabird Restoration Program and vice president for bird conservation of the National Audubon Society. Kress, who is also a...
