Serving Alaska's Prince William Sound & Copper River Valley
Monday, December 23, 2024
The world’s Boarding School history is brutal. But in this acclaimed play, Natives run the school, and Whites are being assimilated. The Jack Dalton play is touring Alaska and will be performed in Valdez on November 6th at 7:00 pm at the Civic Center. A discussion and healing circle will […]
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Advocates for Victims of Violence will hold their eighth annual Women of Distinction Awards Banquet on November 14th at the Valdez Civic Center. Each year since 2008 the group has honored a Woman of Distinction and Young Woman of Distinction to recognize […]
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Valdez Police Chief Bill Comer has accepted the position of Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Public Safety and will be leaving Valdez after thirty-seven years. His new job will be much like his present one, only bigger. The Department of […]
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Expeditionary Film School of Alaska; just the name is intriguing. Even in a state where everything is of mythic proportions, and somewhat unreal until you get used to it, that title stirs the imagination. What is an expeditionary film school? According to […]
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Hotel Hill, Hippy Hill, some people call it one and some call it the other. Either way, it’s disappearing before our eyes as the heavy equipment works at digging it up and hauling it away. The hill on South Harbor Drive in […]
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Valdez is intimately connected with the history and politics of this state. We have taken part in its big events; the Alaska gold rush, the 1964 earthquake, the building of the Trans Alaska Pipeline, the Exxon Valdez oil spill. We have supplied […]
Saturday, the 11th. 1-4 pm. Can you say baidarka? Recall the Salmon cycle? Understand the history of fishing in PWS? Like to draw? Work in metals? Intrigued with the art of repousse? Join us for a multi-faceted afternoon. Advertisement
Advertisement A 5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred at approximately 2:32 pm 75 miles south of Talkeetna. Residents in Valdez felt an extended shake. No local damage reported. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ak11632992#general_summary
Advertisement Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is beginning work on a backcountry and wilderness stewardship planning effort for this summer. The planning will begin with a series of public open house meetings to discuss the scope of the plan, anticipated management challenges, the planning process, and to solicit public […]
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – If you’re interested in outdoor sports in Valdez, you probably already know Nick Weicht and Lee Hart and how excited they both are by the potential of the Valdez area and all the great places it has for outdoor recreation. Together they […]
