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18 New Valdez Resident Covid Cases Since 3/19

04.01.2021, 10:00 a.m. – Valdez Case Count Dashboard Update Reported yesterday: Four new resident cases One adult with symptoms. Close contact of another recent local case. Two adults with symptoms. Sources under investigation.  One minor with symptoms. Close contact of another recent local case. One new non-resident case. Adult with […]

April is Poetry Month

April is Poetry Month

April Snow 7, The morning world sparkles Sun on new-fallen snow A bright white coverlet Blankets dirty break-up berms The air on your face is warm and damp Sweet with the scent of alder buds Advertisement Shining snow clumps adorn branches In shining Easter finery Magically a clump rises And […]

Ahtna People Mourn the Loss of  Beloved Elder Roy Tansy Sr.

Ahtna People Mourn the Loss of Beloved Elder Roy Tansy Sr.

Glennallen, Alaska – Ahtna Elder Roy Tansy Sr. passed away at the age of 86 on January 10, 2021 at the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska. Mr. Tansy was born in 1934 at Valdez Creek. He was a member of the Native Village of Cantwell (Yedatene Na – “River […]