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 […]
Outdoors
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]