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Wrangell Mountain Center Welcomes New ED

Wrangell Mountain Center Welcomes New ED

We are ecstatic to announce that Stefanie Tschappat will be joining the Wrangell Mountains Center team as the new Executive Director beginning this summer!  Stefanie is a long-time resident of Long Lake, just down the road from McCarthy.  Most recently, she has served as an educational programming specialist for the […]

Who Knows What and Where These Are?

Who Knows What and Where These Are?

What a nice amenity for our summer visitors.  This could be a ‘lifesaver ‘ (or at least a life preserver ) to someone living on their boat.  A partnership between two City of Valdez entities.  LFL  They’re everywhere! Photos by Nikki Newcome Thanks Nikki!! Advertisement  

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Get inspired at Salmonfest 2018.

A combination of forces fresh and seasoned seems to be a theme for Salmonfest 2018. We’ve got a band of brothers playing together for over 20 years, Clan Dyken and a band fresh out of the oven, Risky Biscuits packing into a bus and heading up to Salmonfest. Starting from […]

Don’t Let Distracted Boating Get You This July 4 Holiday

Don’t Let Distracted Boating Get You This July 4 Holiday

BoatUS: Don’t Let Distracted Boating Get You This July 4 Holiday Plus, other good boating advice for recreational boating’s busiest day of the year ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25, 2018 – Just like Americans’ hectic Thanksgiving Day holiday travel habits, July 4 is recreational boating’s biggest holiday of the year. The nonprofit BoatUS […]

What’s Up at the Museum

What’s Up at the Museum

  May 11th, noon to 5 pm. Free Friday at the Valdez Museum located at 217 Egan Drive. Learn about gathering edible plants, explore exhibits on history and culture and see the restored Ahrens and Cape Hinchinbrook Lighthouse lens; shop in the store. New arrival of Native beaded jewelry! Call […]