Sound and Valley News is starting a new feature. Each month we will post a new photo gallery for you to enjoy. Since nowhere on earth is as beautiful as Alaska’s Prince William Sound and Copper River Valley, we’re kicking off the feature with Sound and Valley Sights. Enjoy the […]
Local Photography
State Parks Photo Contest thrugh July 31st
What does everyone do when visiting state parks? They take pictures. If you get some good ones this summer, you can enter them in the 2017 America’s State Parks Photo Contest. Alaska’s state parks have some of the most phenomenal scenery anywhere in the world as well as wildlife […]
Valdez Ice Climbing Festival 2016
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – The Valdez Ice Climbing Festival was started in 1983 and it continues to grow. This year’s festival was the biggest ever. Participation in this year’s event doubled for the third year in a row. On Saturday approximately three hundred climbers took part, […]
Maybe We Should Call it History Hill
By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Hotel Hill, Hippy Hill, some people call it one and some call it the other. Either way, it’s disappearing before our eyes as the heavy equipment works at digging it up and hauling it away. The hill on South Harbor Drive in […]
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 […]