6+ hour, 31+ min ago   (425+ words) Located 60 miles above the Arctic Circle, Coldfoot is a busy truck stop on Alaska’s Dalton Highway. Step off the gravel pad, which underlies a year-round population of 34, and you’ll head into several hundred miles of dense boreal forest and the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (465+ words) Commercial harvesters in Prince William Sound delivered an estimated 1.4 million salmon to processors through July 23, in a season marked by a healthy but well below forecast catch. In the Copper River District, the sockeyes were averaging six pounds and the…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (251+ words) Rep. Louise Stutes, who represents Cordova in the Alaska State House, is spearheading a move to investigate the Alaska Board of Fisheries for actions she says are broadly characterized as unethical. “In recent years, the board’s regulatory actions have been…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (237+ words) Loved ones and colleagues are remembering Billie Thomson, the longtime bookkeeper at the Reluctant Fisherman Inn, as a kindhearted soul and one of the inn’s hardest workers. Reluctant Fisherman Inn owners Sylvia Lange and Greg Meyer announced Thomson died Sunday…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (180+ words) Alaska Airlines has boosted its freight service, a move expected to benefit rural areas, including Cordova and Wrangell. The long-term lease agreements announced on Tuesday will add four 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) aircrafts to the airline’s dedicated cargo fleet, increasing…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (431+ words) ABOVE THE SALCHA RIVER, PIPELINE MILE 495 — Enough mosquitoes perch on my tent these nights that they could airlift Jane and me to their favorite bog if they all latched on and lifted at once. Fortunately, mosquitoes don’t have very big…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (232+ words) Cordova District Fishermen United (CDFU) has endorsed Jonathan Kriss-Tomkins’ bid for Alaska governor, who is one of two Democrats and 17 candidates overall running in the Aug. 16 Primary Election. The endorsement, announced on Wednesday, speaks to Kreiss-Tomkins’ deep understanding of Alaska’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1034+ words) Stories of unruly passengers causing airline pilots to take unscheduled forced landings seem to make headlines more frequently. We read about miscreants doing all sorts of tomfoolery and dangerous acts: storming a cockpit, opening a door mid-flight, and going full-scale…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (453+ words) Camtu’s Alaska Wild Seafoods is taking steps to construct an offload dock facility at the city’s harbor. The Cordova-based fisheries processor and distributor plans to construct a seafood offload dock to “enhance services to Cordova’s commercial fishing fleet,” according to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (399+ words) Loved ones of a late Cordova mother and son duo will be hosting a celebration of life next week at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The celebration of life on July 16 will honor Kathy Zamudio, who died in Washington unexpectedly in…...