Cordova High School freshman Sierra Westing sprinted her way to the Women’s Division III Cross Country State Championship over the weekend. Out of the 71 finishers who took to the 5,000-meter course ...

Unfortunately, Smith was known locally to be a bully. “We do not mean that he was wholly bad; we do not believe in the doctrine of total depravity,” observed The Stroller’s Weekly. Smith’s favorite ...

The district has to build its budget each year before enrollment is finalized and state funding is announced. Since the Base Student Allocation (BSA) state funding relies on a district’s enrollment, ...

Over 26 years ago, my friend Ned Rozell wrote about a startling new deformity seen in Alaska’s black-capped chickadees: “In ...

Lisa Murkowski is taking a stand in support of required congressional authorization to demolish presidential memorials.

I received my State of Alaska Official Election pamphlet on Oct. 6. It’s quite informative, I find, although I’ve only had ...

U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola got an earful from Cordova residents on Oct. 7 during a campaign stop to visit with city leaders, high school seniors, and community leaders at The Reluctant ...

John Michael “Mike” Jackson, of Cordova, Alaska, passed away of natural causes on July 4, 2026 in Alamos, Mexico. He was born on Feb. 16, 1941 in Sacramento, California to Royle and Thomas Walter ...

Prince William Sound Economic Development District's rendering for a Cordova community cold storage and processing facility. Rendering courtesy of PWSEDD The Prince William Sound Economic Development ...

It did not, and, over the next year, we saw the secret life of a red fox family.

While taking a quick shower before her son’s fourth birthday party on Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami scientist Elena Troshina heard the phone ring. Deciding it was worth jumping out, she picked it up — with ...

Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr., left, attends Rep. Mary Peltola's swearing in ceremony in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Office of former Rep. Mary Peltola Mary Peltola, the Democrat running for U.S.