Serving Alaska's Prince William Sound & Copper River Valley
Friday, December 27, 2024
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Valdez now has another claim to fame. It’s the home of Alaska’s first and present governors, the town that was moved after being destroyed as a result of the 1964 earthquake, home of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and now the location […]
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM AKDT SUNDAY FOR THOMPSON PASS… LOCATION…THOMPSON PASS MILE POST 23 TO 33. SNOW…ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. VISIBILITY…NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIND…25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH INCREASING TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS […]
This year’s honorees are: Women of Distinction Honorees 1. Amber Mehlberg 2. Brandy Smelcer 3. Carole Derifield 4. Katey Connell 5. Maureen “Mo” Radotich 6. Shannon Williams Young Women of Distinction Honorees 1. Caitlin Connell 2. Gabrielle Franklin 3. Jaime Comer They will be honored at the annual Women of […]
The Alaska Division of Forestry is asking residents in Interior and Southcentral Alaska to avoid burning for the next few days due to high winds and dry conditions in both regions. This includes burn barrels and open debris burning. Advertisement With no snow on the ground, conditions in both the […]
FEMA has presented the City of Valdez with preliminary copies of the updated flood insurance rate map (FIRM) and the flood insurance study (FIS). Digital copies are available for public review at the following website link. FEMA will be scheduling a public meeting/workshop in early 2017. Advertisement Additional Info…
Here in Prince William Sound we often hear about new technological tools, environmental studies, examinations of the weather or the coastline. But we don’t often get to see what the tool does, look at the data used in the study or get access to the results for our own uses. […]
City Council Work Session with Ports and Harbor Commission October 17, 2016, 6:00 pm The Valdez City Council will be meeting on Monday, October 17, 6:00 PM, with the Ports and Harbor Commission in a joint work session to discuss the new harbor project. The work session materials are available […]
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October 6, 2016 ANCHORAGE– Building on the cooperative relationship between Alaska and British Columbia, Alaska Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and British Columbia Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett and British Columbia Minister of Environment Mary Polak today signed a Statement of Cooperation on the Protection of Transboundary […]
