From bears to boats, bulls and bustling new business, enjoy our 2018 year in photo review featuring some of our favorite moments, scenes and news.
2018 Year in Photos
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A crowd of about 87 people gather in the center of Main Street for a group photo during the WomenÕs March in Cordova on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Fireworks light up the night sky during Iceworm's Fireworks Extravaganza as seen from the Reluctant Fisherman's outdoor deck on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
F/V Ace deckhand Robert Bernard talks with Trident Seafoods employees while putting Tanner crab into totes in Cordova on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. This was Cordova's first Tanner crab delivery since 1988. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Socks in the Frying Pan's Fiachra Hayes, left, Shane Hayes, center, and Aodan Coyne, right, perform during their concert at North Star Theatre on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
People in Cordova gather at St. George's Episcopal Church to rally in celebration of Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, 2018. The church was also supporting the Gwich'in Athabascan people of Alaska's far North, whose traditional reliance on the Porcupine Caribou Herd of northeast Alaska is threatened by Congressional action to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. (Photo by Chelsea Haisman/for The Cordova Times)
Shorebirds fly near the mudflats at Hartney Bay on Sunday, May 6, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
The remains of the old cannery building, built in 1908 by Alaska Packers, gets removed from its wooden pillars on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. The vintage structure, which served for many years as an ice house and storage facility, collapsed on Saturday, April 21. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Celebratory hugs were shared between graduates and their families and friends following Cordova High School's commencement exercises on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Samantha Vargas and her mom, Paoola Vargas, share an embrace, as Cheska Galera watches the happy moment.(Photo by Cinthia Gibbens-Stimson/The Cordova Times)
Trident's Vic Scheibert, center, holds a 31-pound Copper River king salmon after the first Copper River salmon arrived in Seattle on Friday, May 18, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
A boat leaves the harbor and travels down Orca Inlet on Friday, June 1, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Grant Valentine stands with halibut he and his family caught at Orca Adventure Lodge in Cordova for his 100th birthday on Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Photo by Wendy Ranney/for The Cordova Times)
Jim Johnson, left, and Brent Songar, right, grill hot dogs and hamburgers for the Prince William Sound salmon B.B.Q. and potluck in Cordova on July 4, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Finn O'Toole splashes into water at the end of a slip-n-slide set up for children during the Copper River Salmon Jam in Cordova on Saturday, July 14, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Dante Gonzalez and Laura Tallone stand in front of their truck on Main Street in Cordova, AK on Thursday, July 19, 2018. The pair traveled from Crdoba, Argentina, with a goal to visit each Crdoba/Cordova in North America. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
A black bear crosses Main Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. (Photo by Jamie Pallas/for The Cordova Times)
Drone footage on Aug. 19, 2018 shows damage, looking south towards the Copper River flats, done by the Copper River to mile 44.5 of the Copper River Highway. The road has continually washed out since its initial break on Aug. 17, said Luke Borer, owner of Childs Glacier Lodge. (Photo courtesy of Childs Glacier Lodge)
An Alaska Wildlife Trooper, right, watches a black bear walk along the docks in Cordova on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. After investigating several nearby boats, the bear returned to the docks where the troopers eventually fatally shot the animal at the end of D float, said photographer Bob Martinson. (Photo courtesy of Bob Martinson)
Sea otters take shelter from heavy rain and wind behind the Alaska Marine Highway's ferry in Cordova on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Enormous icebergs from the Bering Glacier float near the west end of Vitus Lake, 80 miles east of Cordova on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (Photo by Vivian Kennedy/The Cordova Times)
A rainbow forms over Cordova after heavy rain around 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (Photo by Tim Swoboda/for The Cordova Times)
SN Andrew Hedgepath, left, dressed in a werewolf costume, guides the back of his tour group to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore during the Haunted Sycamore on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Debra Ethier and J.J. Stevenson scan the Copper River Delta for moose from an airboat on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
The Polar Bear, a roughly 100-foot long retired fish processor anchored outside of the Cordova harbor, gets battered by a wind storm on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The vessel eventually broke loose and drifted down Orca Inlet. Later that evening, it was seen beached at Hawkins Island. (Photo by Teal Barmore/for The Cordova Times)
From left, Todd Ladd, Bob Ladd, Matt Piche, and Jimmy Paley, prepare crab for NVEÕs Sobriety Celebration community traditional subsistence potlatch dinner on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Keila Gonzalez, left, laughs after Dixie Lambert, right, called her "dear" while teaching her how to sew a quilt for displaced animals at the Cordova Community Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
CordovaÕs Aaliyah Malazo (5), Edrea Navarro (3), and Abby
Bourgeois (2), celebrate earning a point during their game against Wasilla Lake Christian School at the Cordova Jr./Sr. High School on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Members from the Cordova Volunteer Fire Department, along with Leslie and Amy Bourdess, Santa and Mrs. Claus, sing Christmas carols for patients at the Cordova Community Medical Center on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
Cordova's first snow of the season blanketed the town in large, fluffy snowflakes for most of the day, including the red walls of St. George's Episcopal Church, on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
French filmmaker Vincent Bonnay, left, celebrates the return of his audio after some technical issues at the Alaska Experience Theatre in Anchorage on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. The Anchorage International Film Festival started late after their venues were closed and suffered damage from the 7.0 earthquake on Nov. 30 which cancelled their opening night.(Photo by Emily Mesner/The Cordova Times)
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