Valdez, AK

05 Apr 2013 — Valdez Star Clock ticks on Alaska gasline bill
The Alaska House of Representatives passed HB4 Monday night. The legislation, if passed by the Senate, will build a so-called gas-only natural gas bullet line from the North Slope to the Anchora...

05 Apr 2013 — Valdez Star Bear management plan passed by council
The Valdez City Council approved a new bear management plan Monday night during its regular meeting. The new policy comes with a mission statement: The Valdez Bear Working Group will develop a B...

05 Apr 2013 — Valdez Star Moving ahead: Visitors bureau names new head
Valdez man Jeremy Miner has been named as the new head of the Valdez Convention and Visitors Bureau (VCVB.) For the last two years, the organization has been run with a skeleton crew at the dire...

05 Apr 2013 — Valdez Star Feds close in on former village president
Lori Clum, former president of the Tatitlek Village IRA Council, was arrested by the FBI last Wednesday after being indicted on theft charges. Clums brother, James Kramer of Valdez, was also nam...

29 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Alaska mosquitoes spreading malaria in birds
Thousands of Alaska mosquitoes are now on sabbatical at the University of California, Davis. They are not pestering suntanned Californians. Researchers are analyzing their tiny corpses to see if...

29 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Where's my paper? Delays in delivery vex readers
The Valdez rumor mill kicked into high gear last week when both the Anchorage Daily News - and then the Valdez Star - failed to appear on time in area news racks, vending machines, and more impo...

29 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Crisis: Gasline needs support and now
The war of words between city officials in Valdez and Alaska House leaders in Juneau over natural gas development has moved to Facebook. The latest disagreement between the two erupted last Thur...

29 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star News Briefs - Stories from Valdez and Alaska
(AP) Sen. Click Bishop, District C, voted in favor of SB21 last Wednesday, giving backers of the bill its needed majority vote to pass in the State Senate. Supporters say SB21 will lead to new i...

22 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Cold studies at Chena Hot Springs
CHENA HOT SPRINGS - "This is your chance - maybe your only chance in a lifetime - to see vole poop in a tunnel," said Mike Taras, an expert tracker and wildlife educator for the Alaska Departmen...

22 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Fire contained quickly at Hermon Hutchens school
A teacher working off hours at Hermon Hutchens Elementary School Sunday afternoon is credited with stopping a potential catastrophe after discovering a machine used by contractors to vacuum sawd...

14 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Denied: DOE nixes Port Valdez export license
The Dept. of Energy (DOE) has denied - with prejudice - an LNG export license application submitted by the Alaska Gasline Port Authority that would have been a major step forward in the groups y...

14 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Snowtown losing weather service office?
Elected officials in Valdez are demanding the National Weather Service expand its current three-employee operation to a full-time weather station. The move comes after a weather service represen...

14 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Permafrost scientist snowmachining from Alaska to Atlantic
Kenji Yoshikawa will soon sleep on brilliant, blue-white landscape that has never felt the imprint of his boots. Beginning on spring equinox, the permafrost scientist and a partner will attempt ...

14 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Tab balloons for citys media campaign
The Valdez City Council - with two vocal dissenters - approved an additional $473,876.43 to amend its contract with Walsh Sheppard to ramp up its media campaign to promote a large volume gasline...

08 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Southwest Alaska challenging for travel and resident
BETHEL - Outside the Fly By Cafe, the ravens are flying backwards. At least they appear to be, as a powerful wind suspends them in time and space. A brewing ground blizzard in this Southwest Ala...

08 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star On Point with Bill Walker: TV debut
Bill Walker, former Valdez mayor and current city attorney, can add TV show host to his long list of credits and accomplishments after Sunday nights debut of On Point with Bill Walker. The new s...

08 Mar 2013 — Valdez Star Gasline wars: MVP ad campaign fights HB4
Valdez officials met in a special work session before Monday nights regularly scheduled council meeting to hear updates - and additional proposals - in the citys efforts to educate Alaskans and ...

15 Feb 2013 — Valdez Star Boat Sinks in Valdez Small Boat Harbor
A 42-foot pleasure boat sank at its berth at the Valdez small boat harbor Saturday, just before it was slated for snow removal. The Rivendell II, owned by Fairbanks couple Dan and Joanne Portwin...

15 Feb 2013 — Valdez Star $400K approved by council for public relations
City officials are hoping to "Turn up the Volume" and rebrand Valdez as Alaskas only port of choice to bring the states natural gas reserves to market for both in-state use and as an export term...