Valdez City Manager, Mark Detter has resigned.
Government
City of Valdez Zoning Survey
The Title 17 Zoning Code Revision Survey is live! Please share your thoughts and ideas on issues related to housing, accessory dwelling units, short-term rentals, setbacks, and more.
Valdez Candidates
The final list of individuals who filed petitions to run in the May 2023 City of Valdez Municipal Election by the 5:00 deadline 3/15/23
EPA Toxic Release Inventory Misleads Public
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again published its annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The TRI catalogs the movement of chemicals that may be harmful to human health and the environment if handled improperly.
EPA Blocks Pebble Mine-AP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the world because of concerns about its environmental impact on a rich Alaska aquatic ecosystem that supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.
RCAC to Meet in Anchorage 1/26-27
The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council will hold a board meeting in Anchorage on Thursday and Friday, January 26-27, 2023.
DOT&PF Seeks Public Review of Summer 2023 Ferry Schedule
Comments open for the next two weeks.
(JUNEAU, Alaska) — The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) 2023 Summer Schedule is now open for public comment. The schedule and supporting documentation can be found here: https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/doc/service_notices/2023_summer_considerations.pdf
Valdez Special Election February 7th
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to applicable law and ordinances (or Code of Laws of the City of Valdez) a Special Election will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. to vote on the following Proposition:
EPA Rejects Fairbanks/North Pole Air Quality Plan
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to disapprove the Fairbanks Fine Particulate State Implementation Plan (SIP). The North Pole and Fairbanks areas have a serious air pollution issue, caused primarily by residential wood smoke.
US gets 1 bid for oil and gas lease in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
By AUDREY McAVOY December 30, 2022 The U.S. government on Friday said it received one bid for the right to drill offshore for oil and gas in Alaska’s Cook Inlet near habitat for bears, salmon, humpback whales and endangered beluga whales. Hilcorp Alaska LLC submitted the sole bid — $63,983 […]
