Tag Archives: Cordova

The city of Cordova announced its first positive case of COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon. The infected individual is an Ocean Beauty cannery worker who had recently traveled through Seattle and Anchorage, according to mayor Clay Koplin. The individual tested positive during a routine health screening while in a quarantine facility provided by the cannery. The sun sets over the harbor …

On the afternoon April 26, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak was involved in what was said to be a “mishap” on the ground in Cordova. The incident took place at the Air Station’s aviation support facility where they regularly deploy helicopters and crews to assist with search and rescue cases. Little information has been made …

  A Coast Guard helicopter was damaged in an incident on the ground in Cordova on Friday, April 26. The Coast Guard issued a brief, three sentence, statement on the incident after KMXT News requested details.   According to the statement, an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter sustained damage Friday afternoon , April 26, in a “mishap” while on …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaska’s new legislative districts will stay in place for this year’s elections unless a new legal challenge succeeds or the U.S Justice Department doesn’t agree. Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens says it appears there are a number of instances with two good candidates – sometimes both incumbents – being forced to run against each other.

Jay Barrett/KMXT It’s going to be a quiet primary season in the newly re-platted Senate District R, but there will be a challenger to incumbent Republican Gary Stevens come the general election. Sixty-nine-year-old Robert Henrich, a life-long Cordova fisherman, has filed to run as a Democrat. Henrich was between fishing periods when KMXT caught up to him at his home …