This September, Mark Hyde of Belmont, California, will travel up the west coast to the Arctic Ocean to show his fatherly love and honor his late daughter, Juliet “Juju” During this multi-car road rally, that Mark appropriately titled, Juju’s Journey – An Artic Odyssey to End Childhood Cancer, he and […]
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Putting the Fun in Fungus: Cordova Festival Celebrates Mushrooms & Salmon
Press Release; Cordova Chamber of Commerce Guided Forest Forays, Fiber Workshops, and Gourmet Copper River Salmon Feast Scheduled September 1st-3rd CORDOVA, ALASKA. AUGUST 7, 2017 – While Cordova’s fishing fleet is out gathering nets full of Copper River Salmon, its land-based foragers are hunting wild berries, yellow-footed chanterelles and king […]
Governor Walker Joins Governor’s Group Taking A Stand on Health Care
July 18, 2017 Statement from Bipartisan group of Governors on U.S. Senate health care bill Today, a bipartisan group of governors issued the following statement in response to recent developments and proposed changes to the Senate health care bill. “Congress should work to make health insurance more affordable by controlling […]
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Providence Valdez Community Health Needs Survey
This survey is still available and ongoing. Click the link below to take it online Advertisement The City encourages citizens to participate in the PVMC Community Health Needs Survey. The survey is part of a larger community-wide effort to better understand & address critical health needs in Valdez. Your […]
2017 Copper Valley MS Walk
May 20th, the Sanitation Singers, will once again be walking in the 2017 COPPER VALLEY MS WALK to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (Not that we sound right, but Sanitation Singers just sounded right for a crew from Copper Basin Sanitation.) As we have since 2001, Sharon […]
A Local Man Takes on the Housing Shortage
There’s an old cliche that says everyone talks about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. Here in Valdez, many people feel the same is true of our perennial housing shortage. It’s a problem. It’s difficult to attract new business when you can’t offer people coming in […]
Gov. Walker Introduces Legislation Promoting Safer Alaska Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 17-026 Contact: Katie Marquette, Press Secretary – (907) 269-7447 Jonathon Taylor, Deputy Press Secretary – (907) 465-3985 Gov. Walker Introduces Legislation Promoting Safer Alaska Communities Bills protect vulnerable residents, allow for greater trooper presence in rural Alaska Advertisement March 8, 2017 JUNEAU […]
Governor Walker Introduces Legislation to Combat Opioid Epidemic
Healthier You 2017 Kick-Off
Parks and Rec is looking for volunteers for the day of the event. Contact Rachel Sensabaugh at 835-5033 or rsensabaugh@ci.valdez.ak.us Advertisement