A long-time Cordova woman was mauled by a Brown Bear while hiking on the Heney Ridge Trail in an active salmon spawning area on Tuesday according to Alaska Wildlife Troopers. According to the report, 57-year-old Thea Thomas was at a stream at the trail when her dog and her friend’s dog took off from her immediate area. […]
It was announced by trooper dispatch, in a release, that 75-year-old Cordova fisherman, Roger Lee Koechling was convicted after a three-day bench trial on charges of Reckless Endangerment x4 Disorderly Conduct x4, and Two counts of Reckless Operation of a Marine Vessel. The case stems from an event that occurred on the Eyak River in […]
After receiving a call from the Alaska State Troopers reporting an overdue kayaker near Anchorage on Tuesday evening, the United States Coast Guard launched a Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that was redeployed to Cordova, to conduct a search of the area. It was reported that the man was on a kayaking trip from the Knik […]
(CORDOVA, Alaska) – Fisherman’s Finest LLC., a Washington based corporation and owner/operator of multiple commercial trawling vessels, pleaded guilty in a Cordova Court yesterday to illegal fishing with Non-Pelagic Trawl gear in state waters that were closed to the use of trawl gear. An investigation initiated by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers Statewide Wildlife Investigations Unit […]