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Valdez Artist Raeann Krugger

Valdez Artist Raeann Krugger

By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – You’ve probably seen Raeann Krugger around town, serving you food in a restaurant or at winter events in Thompson Pass. You may know her from the local artists’ community. She’s spent eleven winters in Valdez and worked as a server in many […]

23rd Annual Last Frontier Theatre Conference  June 14-20

23rd Annual Last Frontier Theatre Conference June 14-20

This year’s Last Frontier Theatre Conference takes place June 14-20, and includes a great line up of evening shows: There’s Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and the rollicking romantic comedy Cockeyed. Bostin Christopher stars in Perseverance Theatre’s An Iliad, and Buffalo Laboratory Theatre is bringing the Mystery of the Silver Chalice, essentially a […]

Valdez Rock Climbing Festival Memorial Day Weekend

Valdez Rock Climbing Festival Memorial Day Weekend

Valdez Rock Climbing Festival 2015 will be Friday, May 22 through Monday, May 25 and will include, climbing, climbing clinics, climbing competitionss, climbing camaraderie, climbing irony, climbing chatter. All ages and skills welcome to join us exploring the crags around Valdez. Lots of evening entertainment with music, dancing, spaghetti feed […]

Ice Climbers Love Valdez

Ice Climbers Love Valdez

By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – While the fact that ice climbers like Valdez may not be news to most residents, many of them may not be aware of the history and the one-of-a-kind nature of the Valdez Ice Climbing Festival that takes place in Keystone Canyon every […]

Valdez City School Libraries Presented With Books

Valdez City School Libraries Presented With Books

On Tuesday, March 3rd, representatives of KCHU Radio, on behalf of The Big Read, presented Superintendant of Schools, Jim Nygaard with a variety of books by Jack London for the libraries at Valdez High School, Gilson Junior High School and Herman Hutchens Elementary School. The books ranged from hardcover collections […]

Robert King to Speak in Valdez

Robert King to Speak in Valdez

Robert King, the Alaska State Archeologist for the Bureau of Land Management will be speaking in Valdez on Thursday March 12th and 13th. The first speech, entitled Curious Tales, Stories of Dog Mushers with Connections to the Copper River Basin, will be at The Valdez Consortium Library from 7:00 to […]

Tuesday, November 4th is Voting Day

If you live and vote in Valdez, here are the various precinct locations to cast your ballot. Precinct No. 1 – Valdez Teen Center Precinct No. 2 – Valdez City Council Chambers Precinct No. 3 – Robe River Fire Station Polls are open from 7 a.m to 8 p.m. please contact […]