Commentary: Medicaid is a safety net
Around the Capitol, there has been talk about “the high cost of Medicaid” and what can be done about it. Just the other day...
Nominate a Watershed Hero!
Do you know someone who always speaks up for rivers and streams? Or takes the extra step of keeping our rivers and streams healthy?
The...
Commentary: Why is it so hard to quit smoking?
It’s hard to tackle the physical addiction to nicotine.
Cigarettes contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance found naturally in tobacco. It travels quickly to the...
Commentary: A call to fishermen
Commentary By Alexus Kwachka
For The Cordova Times
Things are getting sideways out there in the ocean. Nearly every fisherman who has motored in recent years...
Commentary: Cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco
Commetary By Billie Thomson
For The Cordova Times
In response to the letter to the editor opinion regarding “Would a marijuana store affect Cordova youth?”, I...
Commentary: Will Alaska learn from salmon’s history?
By David Montgomery
For The Cordova Times
Fifteen years ago, when I researched and wrote the book “King of Fish: The Thousand Year Run of Salmon”,...
HB 54 offers compassion for terminally ill
Commentary By Barbara McDaniel
For The Cordova Times
Editor’s note: HB 54, an act providing an end-of-life option for terminally ill individuals, recently had a hearing...
Celebration of Life: Remembering Robert ‘Sully’ Sullivan
By Rocky Stone
For The Cordova Times
On March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, the Telluride Ski Patrol spread Sully’s ashes over Sully’s Gully in Telluride, Colorado.
This...
Cordovans rally for Earth Day
By Rev. Belle Mickelson
For The Cordova Times
Last Sunday, a contingent of Cordovans walked down Main Street behind a banner that read, “Stand with the...
Commentary: School board ponders education needs
By Barb Jewell
For The Cordova Times
Over the past two years Cordova School District has worked on developing and implementing a strategic plan aimed at...













