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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 […]

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, […]

Attention Local Artists

Attention Local Artists

Valdez Museum and Historical Archive is accepting submissions for their Celebrating Local Artists show, On the Edge, September 12th, 2015-January 3, 2016.  Use the form below to apply. CVA2015 Entry Form Final Advertisement

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 […]