Cordova News

The Native Village of Tatitlek is suing its former tribal president, claiming she drained village bank accounts of more than $560,000 while in office.

Mat-Su officials hope a $12 million agricultural processing facility planned for the Valley will put more nutritious, Alaska-grown products in school lunches, institutional and military dining halls, and on retail grocery shelves.

The state ferry Chenega has been docked in Cordova for inspection and repairs. The Alaska Marine Highway System canceled sailings for the fast ferry until Saturday after its engines sustained some type of damage.

Recycling old fishing nets begins this summer at several Alaska fishing ports. Naknek, Dillingham, Petersburg and Cordova received funding via the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission for two years to jump-start net recycling projects.

A Buddhist lending library has been established in memory of Michael O'Leary, who was killed while forecasting avalanche conditions on Mount Eyak in Cordova on March 8, 2008.

A recent Daily News editorial said, "The Legislature has a chance to pass some good renewable energy initiatives next year." The fact is that the state Legislature has led the way in the arena of renewable energy, and unlike other states, has put money behind its words.

The opening of the Copper River salmon season has exceeded expectations for red salmon, but fewer kings than anticipated were caught by commercial fishermen.

The fresh Alaska salmon season begins for seafood lovers in Seattle with the arrival of an Alaska Airlines flight with about 20,000 pounds of Copper River salmon.

John Cipollina was a guitar player. A fine guitar player. His Gibson is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Cordova fisherman R.J. Kopchak was standing in a marine shop in Seattle when he first heard about the grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound.

The U.S. Senate has approved to two budget resolution amendments important to Alaska.

G iven his upbringing, you'd think Mike Mickelson would have had a guitar in his hands night and day.

Twenty years ago, the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled at least 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's pristine Prince William Sound.

Twenty years ago, the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled at least 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's pristine Prince William Sound.

In this March 26, 1989 picture, the Exxon Baton Rouge, left, attempts to off-load crude oil from the Exxon Valdez after the Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William sound, spilling about 11 million gallons of crude oil, causing widespread environmental damage.

Twenty years ago Tuesday, disaster struck in Prince William Sound. March 24 marks the two-decade anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and events and video streaming will go on throughout the day marking the event at the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai.

Deadline: April 25, 2009 2009 Fish Follies The Cordova Historical Society and Museum Cordova, AK June 3-Aug 27 , 2009 The Cordova Historical Museum welcomes the annual return of the Copper River wild salmon ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $154,815 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program to local fire departments and organizations in the state ...

Prince William Sound fishermen are embarking upon a pilot fishery in state waters to harvest a ubiquitous species plaguing longline fishermen statewide: skates.

Imagine a world without fish. A new documentary on climate change and the oceans proposes just that.