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Valdez, Alaska, Report: 9-Runs in Explosive Powder on Phenomenal Terrain on Day #1
(if you would like to heli-ski with Miles this April please email us: contact@snowbrains.com) Sunday was the first day of my 2024 Alaska ski season. This is my 3rd season heli-ski guiding for Pulseline Adventure and my 16th spring in Alaska. I consider skiing up here a completely different season...
Silver Bay to operate Peter Pan’s Dillingham and Port Moller facilities through salmon season
Silver Bay Seafoods is poised to take over Peter Pan Seafoods’ processing operations this year, according to a joint press release on Thursday. Silver Bay will acquire Peter Pan’s Valdez facility, as well as operate Peter Pan’s facilities in Dillingham and Port Moller during the 2024 salmon season.
Ask a Scientist: What’s under a water’s ripple?
Last summer, on a walk along Orca Road, I saw bubbles rising from a shallow pond near the Science Center. The ripples were fairly large. Another couple saw the same occurrence at the same spot. I was wondering if this could be methane gas or a small aquatic creature below the surface.
Celebrating the legendary, influential women of Cordova | Teal Hansen
Cama’i, my name is Teal Hansen. My parents are Mike Webber and Toni Godes. My paternal grandparents are Bill and irene Webber. My Gramma’s parents are Susie Mesigan and Alec Donaldson and my grandfather’s parents are Stella Hansen and William Webber. My Gramma irene was nearly full Sugpiaq from the Prince William Sound village of Ellamar, but with ancestors residing in many villages across the Sound, including Chenega, Tatitlek, and the historical villages of Nuuciq and Kiniklik. My Papa Bill is Tlingit from Katalla, with ancestors residing in old Yakutat, Khantaak Island, and the Kaliakh River. Through him, I am Kwáashk’iwáan Nu Hit (Fort House), a Tlingit/Eyak Raven Clan, and the descendant of the last traditional chief of Yakutat prior contact. Our family has fished, hunted, foraged, and cared for these lands and waters that have provided for us since time immemorial.
Budget cuts leave Cordova School District facing tough choices
Cordova School District officials were meeting last week to begin making tough budget choices after legislators failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bipartisan education bill that boosted the Base Student Allocation (BSA). Cordova School Board President Barbara Jewel called the situation a big disappointment. “We have...
Students’ views on climate change, fossil fuels impacted by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
This weekend marks the 35th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. According to NOAA, Alaska’s environment has exhibited “significant physical and biological changes” in the years subsequent to the spill. As listed by NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration, these changes include warming oceans, receding ice, and the decline of fish and mammal populations.
Cordova Lady Wolverines top Ninilchik to start 2A Interior Conference Playoffs
The Cordova Lady Wolverines topped Ninilchik 40-32 in the opening game of the 2A Interior Conference Playoffs at Nenana on March 6. The victory was a significant marker in the growth of this promising young squad, as Ninilchik had defeated Cordova 33-20 in the Cordova Tipoff back on Jan. 19.
Cordova Boys capture third place at 2A State Tournament
The Cordova boys’ dream of capturing the school’s first ever 2A ASAA State Title in basketball ended on Friday, March 15, when they were defeated 38-34 by eventual champion Petersburg in the state semi-finals at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. A large contingent of Cordova fans and...
CEC’s annual meeting outlines price increase, continuing progress
On Monday evening, 165 members and additional household occupants gathered at the Cordova Center to hear Cordova Electric Cooperative’s (CEC) 2023 Annual Report and vision for the future of energy in Cordova, here members responded favorably to the 15% rate increase for service. Crystal Enkvist, executive director of the...
Remembering the spill: Mike Mickelson
Mike Mickelson was 5 years old when the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill happened. He doesn’t really remember a time in Cordova before the spill. He recalls his parents talking about it — his family’s lodge relied on ecotourism. Mickelson does remember at 7 years old seeing oil...
Come play in the 30th season of Cordova City League Volleyball
Longtime Cordovan Al Cave, a high school math teacher and the first Cordova High School volleyball coach, began City League Volleyball around 1993, recalls City League player and Cordova Junior High volleyball coach Nettie (Lohse) Wright. Physical therapist and highly skilled volleyball enthusiast Foley Weems ran down the sponsors and organized.
Mt. Edgecumbe boys 1 win away from perfect season, 1st state title after semifinal win over Valdez
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - While the Mt. Edgecumbe boys basketball team entered the Class 3A state basketball tournament undefeated, not all of their 24 wins were easy. But in the pressure-packed state tourney, the Braves’ two most recent wins were easy — or at least they’ve made it look that way.
CHS Robotics takes center stage at State Championships
The senior CHS Robotics Team made it to the final matches at this year’s FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Alaska Championship, competing against 22 other teams from across the state. In an exciting round of final matches, the top two alliances split 1-1 with the opposing teams taking the final match and win. This is the first time in six years a Cordova team made it to the state final alliance matches – last year the senior’s team made it to the semi-finals. The matches took place in early February.
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