Copper River Country Journal

Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race: 2021 Results

Copper Basin 300 musher (Journal file photo) Race Finishers From CB 300 Web Site Nicolas Petit won the race on Monday, January 11th. Joar U...

State Of Alaska Information On Who Gets COVID-19 Vaccine: December 29th

Online Scheduling for COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Open to Tier 3 Health Care Workers Beginning December 30, 2020 WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Health ...

At The End Of A Very Long Year, A Hopeful Diary Entry From The 1898 Gold Rush

Lessons On Finding Joy As New Year Comes To The Copper Valley On December 30th in the winter of 1898-1899, gold miners who were hunkered do...

"Go Fund Me" Sites Started For Kendra's Kreations & Casa De La Arte Bring In Thousands Of Dollars

Two Go Fund Me Sites Begun For Local Businesses That Burned Down In Tazlina By February 1st, 2021 Donors Had Pledged $11,999 To Naomi. 71...

Another Semi Dumps Its Freight On The Glenn – And This Time There's A Christmas Story Ending

It's A Miracle! 20 Tons Of Fresh Food Saved Christmas For Bean's Cafe When Truck Hit The Ditch At Chickaloon Headed into Anchorage...

Bunk-Bound At Christmas In Cabins, 1898 Gold Miners Reached For The Flour

The Lonely Winter Days Of The Gold Rush In Copper Center Were Tough. Just Like Today Sourdough Pancakes Can Cure Anything Moon over the Wr...

Steven John Of Mentasta Recalls Christmas: Stories All Night Long

When It Was Christmas...They Had A Party For Two Or Three Days And You Might Get A Pair Of Canvas Gloves Practical, homemade functional foot...

Let's All Help Santa Have A Merry Christmas

Please Take Care Of Santa This Holiday Season! Hey Santa. We're looking out for you because we want you to feel safe when you stop by ...

Copper Valley Medical Workers, First Responders Get Moderna Vaccine: December 22nd

CRNA Says COVID-19 Vaccine Given To Copper Valley Frontline Workers Covid shot at CRNA December 22nd. (CRNA video) Regional "Frontline...

Gakona Fire Chief Describes Answering Call To Tazlina Fire

Community Service Taken To New Heights Challenges Of Trying To Save Buildings In Rural Alaska With Huge Distance & Water Issues Gakona ...

Tazlina Trading Post & Outbuildings Burn To The Ground December 20th

Tragic Christmas Fire Wipes Out Important Landmark, Other Local Businesses From You Tube video of Tazlina Trading Post Fire by "Polar ...

Naomi Young Of Casa De La Arte Watched Her Dreams Go Up In Smoke 5 Days Before Christmas

"We're Going To Have To Start From Scratch" Casa De La Arte, as shown on Polar Remedies You Tube video Naomi Young rented a sp...

Alaska Corrects Definition of "Copper River" In Data Hub Presentation

Walya Hobson First Saw Santa Claus When She Was Seven Years Old At School

"We Used To Order Things In Catalogs" Walya Hobson was born so long ago in the wilds of Alaska that she had one of those pretty, R...

Great News! Copper Valley Will Have Its Own Census Area

Copper Valley Is Tied To Cordova, Valdez & Whittier – Which Has Made Defining Our Community Difficult U.S. Census Plans To Give Us Our O...

Bea Poston Talks About Christmas In Chistochina: "Hard Times" With Homemade Presents

Bea Poston Ran Posty's Trading Post For Many Years Posty & Bea Poston at Sinona Creek, Chistochina. (Journal file photo) Bea Posto...

Glennallen High Marine Biology Class Dissects Sharks

Dissecting Sharks (Photo, GHS) Students in Marine Biology Class dissected Spiny Dogfish Sharks, which is the most abundant shark in the ...