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Cordova artist Mike Webber creates teaches and creates art to preserve local culture

Work incorporates traditional culture of Tlingit, Alutiiq and Eyak tribes
 
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Community

Putting lessons in ocean technology into action

Students teams build remotely operated vehicles designed to detect oil spills and gather data

Opinion - Streets of Cordova - Jim and Ruth Poor

Success and many firsts that continue to give Cordova much to be thankful for

Clergy Corner - "A fishing story for a fishing town", Pastor Gary Barnes

Let's not forget that the good Lord desires us to seek Him even during the busy summer ahead

Old-Time melodrama brings the house down

Deep eyed villain, random kids and dogs all part of the act

Local News

Iced up snow crab fishery gets partial reprieve

2012 harvest to date of 68 million pounds tops the 2011 TAC of 54 million pounds

Young steps in to rescue salmon recovery funds

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-CA., co-founders and co-chairs of the Congressional Wild Salmon Caucus, joined in a bipartisan [...]

Studies suggest growing risks from hatchery fish

Peer- reviewed studies in scientific journal point to dire implications of competition for food and habitat between wild and hatchery salmon

Impassioned voices speak out on King Cove road

PenAir, physician group, state officials support land exchange; environmental groups adamantly opposed

Seafood industry gets a pass in 2012 J-1 visa program

Foreign students will continue to be allowed to work in Alaska seafood plants this summer, under an interim rule finalized by the State Department for [...]

Kodiak begins to consider harbor fee increases

Port and harbor advisory committee recommends calculating boat slip rates by square footage rather than linear feet

 

Statewide Stories

Former Tiger Woods mistress latest proof that Alaskan girls kick 15-minutes-of-fame-ass

Alaska has been a state that’s traditionally been known for its rugged individuals with long beards, ‘bunny boots,’ and Carhartts. Who would [...]

Alaska wins lawsuit over bogus tight butt claims

On May 15, Alaska, along with 44 states and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), settled a claim against the shoe manufacture Sketchers USA. The class [...]

Four groups challenge Cook Inlet exploration plans of Apache Corp.

The village of Chickaloon, Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Water Advocacy are suing [...]

Full-page New York Times ad asks Obama to stop Shell Arctic drilling

Monday's New York Times featured a full-page advertisement from environmental groups asking President Obama to block Shell Oil's drilling program off [...]

Tesoro cited for Cook Inlet tanker 'near miss' in January

According to the Peninsula Clarion the Tesoro Corporation earned itself a violation notice from the state of Alaska when one of its tankers caused a [...]

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