Events

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 […]

Copper River Watershed Heroes 2015

Copper River Watershed Heroes 2015

By Sue Bergstrom for VCN – The Copper River Watershed began recognizing a community member who went above and beyond in caring for the watershed by providing leadership and inspiration in the fall of 2013.  The first winner was Paul Swartzbart of Cordova, awarded at the combined Wild Food Feast […]

Relay for Life is Full of Life and Hope

Relay for Life is Full of Life and Hope

By Sue Bergstrom for VCN – In May 1985, Dr. Gordy Klatt walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma and raised over twenty thousand dollars for the American Cancer Society. The following year 339 people in 19 teams joined him and raised thirty three thousand dollars. That […]

Air Show, Valdez Style

Air Show, Valdez Style

By Sue Bergstrom for VCN – Alaska has a unique history in aviation. Wikipedia defines ‘bush flying’ as aircraft operations carried out in remote, inhospitable regions of the world in rough terrain where there are often no prepared landing strips or runways. It doesn’t define bush pilots at all, somewhat […]

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 […]