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Aleutian Village Closing

Aleutian Village Closing

By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – The rumors were flying fast and furious last week. Social media was full of people wanting to know what’s going on at Aleutian Village Mobile Home Park. Some said that they had heard that everyone had to be off the property by […]

Valdez Artist Erica Shirk

Valdez Artist Erica Shirk

By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – You may have seen Erica Shirk riding her bike about Valdez.  You can recognize her by the Colorado flag on the front of her helmet. She and her family have lived here about a year. Erica says they moved here for the […]

Leading the Expedition

Leading the Expedition

By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Expeditionary Film School of Alaska; just the name is intriguing. Even in a state where everything is of mythic proportions, and somewhat unreal until you get used to it, that title stirs the imagination. What is an expeditionary film school? According to […]

Richardson Highway Rendezvous is Saturday August 22nd

Richardson Highway Rendezvous is Saturday August 22nd

Schedule of Events – 2015 RHR The Kelsey Dock – Valdez, AK – Saturday August 22nd 12 Noon – The Valdez Homeschool Choir is a group that believes that music is meant to be shared, and is open to anyone in the community. Members range from small kids to adults. […]

How to Build a Museum

How to Build a Museum

By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – The first museum in Valdez was founded in 1901 by prospector Joseph Bourke.  He collected items of interest and displayed them in several places around town. When the town relocated after the 1964 earthquake, these items moved with it. Citizens of Valdez, […]

Maybe We Should Call it History Hill

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 […]

Of Eleven Alaska Governor’s, Two Were Born in Alaska.  Both Called Valdez Home

Of Eleven Alaska Governor’s, Two Were Born in Alaska. Both Called Valdez Home

By Sue Bergstrom for Valdez City News – Valdez is intimately connected with the history and politics of this state. We have taken part in its big events; the Alaska gold rush, the 1964 earthquake, the building of the Trans Alaska Pipeline, the Exxon Valdez oil spill. We have supplied […]