Cooper Landing

The board considered nine proposals for trapping setbacks along trails and campgrounds in Homer and Cooper Landing. Only two were adopted.

An engineering consultant has been taking comments on the borough-managed parcel west of Cooper Landing for months. This week, they presented a plan that includes recreation and a residential subdivision.

A study from the Wildfire Research Center will look at the social and ecological aspects of fire mitigation in Nikiski, Cooper Landing and Funny River.

Representatives from Chugach Electric Association visited Cooper Landing last night to talk about ongoing projects designed to address a history of power outages.

The trailer crashed around 2 a.m. on Jan. 4, halting traffic and taking out the Cooper Landing road sign.

The nonprofit Cooper Landing Emergency Services has a critical lack of volunteers. EMS Chief Clay Adam says it's because Cooper Landing doesn't offer enough affordable housing for young families.

After gathering public input in September, consultants working on a plan for the Cooper Landing-area parcel have drawn up maps of possible developments for the land.

Janet Mitchell is precinct chair of the Cooper Landing polling location. She said the Cooper Landing Community Hall sees between 125 and 150 voters during an average general election.

During the snowfall earlier this week, a three-vehicle crash in Cooper Landing sent six people to the hospital, and required every available volunteer from the nonprofit Cooper Landing Emergency Services.

This year was the fifth annual Cooper Landing Woodpile Contest, where competitors showed off their wood-stacking creativity, and participated in contest-sanctioned bribes. The first place winner impressed judges with a face-shaped woodpile.