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After three days of teaching, members of Barefoot will perform, with campers, in a community concert Wednesday.

On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez grounded at Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Erica Spackman, and David E. Swayne *University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA; and US Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia, USA To the Editor: Knowledge of avian influenza virus and its host ...

Cordova, Alaska . When the Supreme Court slashed punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez case last month, it was more than a travesty of justice.

InnoCentive President Dwayne Spradlin sits in his office with BOGO Lights, a product that his company helped develop via its Web site by bringing together a company with a problem and a person who could solve ...

If there's one thing that fries my bacon, it's these infernal greenie no-growthers that are trying to strangle every strand of progress here in Alaska.

Paul Dupree, left, and Justin Falter, crewmen on the F/V Haakon, fill a tote with dungeness crab for off loading while on the fishing grounds in southeast Alaska last weekend.

A word to the wise: Meet Danny Jones now. That way you'll be able to say you "knew him when." Jones, 25, a promising young actor, recent University of Alaska Anchorage graduate and temporary resident of Cordova ...

With the Fourth of July falling not just on Friday, but the first Friday of the month, Independence Day celebrants can continue the festivities by visiting art openings on Pioneer Avenue and in Old Town.

June 3-It is raining today, a soft falling that is more mist than raindrops, and it is June, so the rain is falling through alder leaves that have barely opened, and on grass that was not here a week ago.

Alaska state troopers have arrested at least two people on marijuana charges in three communities.

When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989, Andrew Wills was a successful herring fisherman in Alaska and the owner of three canneries.

Cordova Electric Cooperative Executive Director Clay Koplin used a grant of more than $2 million that arrived May 22 to wipe out the final debt for Cordova's Power Creek Hydro project.

Published: June 9th, 2008 03:16 PM Last Modified: June 9th, 2008 03:17 PM An Alaska Marine Ferry making its rounds from Whittier to Cordova on Sunday afternoon happened upon debris and three people floating in ...

From the Bering Land Bridge to the oil pipeline, state has a storied past Alaska.com Although Alaska's statehood is relatively brief, the state's history is long and colorful.

Orso executive chef Patrick Hoogerhyde lays out 100 pounds of Copper River king salmon and readies them for serving to customers eager for a taste of the season's first fresh salmon earlier this month.

Published: May 29th, 2008 12:09 AM Last Modified: May 29th, 2008 12:32 AM With spring arriving late in Alaska, the return of salmon to the Copper River is lagging.

Published: May 28th, 2008 07:34 PM Last Modified: May 28th, 2008 07:35 PM A few years ago, prominent black business leader Harry Alford said he thought Alaska Native corporations were "the devil." As head of ...

The high price of fuel is sending commercial fishermen to Congress for relief. Fishermen last week circulated a petition that describes soaring fuel prices as "crippling." Kathy Hansen, director of the ...

Published: May 20th, 2008 12:11 AM Last Modified: May 20th, 2008 12:56 AM EYAK POPULATION: 130 LOCATION: On the Copper River Highway, 5.5 miles southeast of Cordova on the Malaspina Coastal Plain.