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The trick to getting a good ice core is to drill straight down into the sea ice, continually clear the slush gurgling up from the ocean, correctly reassemble the core fragments on the tray, take its temperature every couple of inches before it melts or c... ]]> 24 hours ago http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/The-Art-of-Ice-Coring-Scientifically-and-physically-challenging-17963101.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Lockdown-plan-successful-after-gun-scare-17963099.html 24 hours ago http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Lockdown-plan-successful-after-gun-scare-17963099.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Halibut-derby-opens-with-97-pound-leader-17963100.html
So, the miles and piles of snow lingering in town might not realize the calendar says its spring, but anglers in the Valdez Halibut Derby do. Justin Hoppe of Valdez is one such man; he hit Prince William Sound on board the charter boat Dan Orion and retu... ]]> 24 hours ago http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Halibut-derby-opens-with-97-pound-leader-17963100.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Bill-Egan-finally-gets-military-discharge-17869738.html
(AP) Sixty-six years after Bill Egan retired from military service, his family finally received his discharge papers. Egan, who hailed from Valdez and later became Alaskas first governor after statehood in 1959, served with thousands of other territorial... ]]> 17 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Bill-Egan-finally-gets-military-discharge-17869738.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Loaded-hand-gun-found-at-GMS-student-referred-to-juvenile-intake-17869737.html
Late last night, Valdez police reported that a student who brought a loaded firearm to Gilson Middle School Tuesday has been identified and interviewed. All three schools in Valdez were put on a lockdown status around 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon after a loa... ]]> 17 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Loaded-hand-gun-found-at-GMS-student-referred-to-juvenile-intake-17869737.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Clock-ticking-before-Gilson-Middle-School-closes-forever-17869736.html
After years - some say decades - of planning, delays, and two municipal votes, the project that will result in a new middle school in Valdez has taken on a sense of urgency, as school officials begin scrambling to prepare to hand the keys of the old buil... ]]> 17 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Clock-ticking-before-Gilson-Middle-School-closes-forever-17869736.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Loaded-hand-gun-found-at-Gilson-Middle-School-17845218.html
Valdez police will be spending a night searching all three Valdez schools tonight after a loaded hand gun was found in a student bathroom at Gilson Middle School earlier this afternoon. As a precaution, all three district schools were put on lockdown at ... ]]> 15 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Loaded-hand-gun-found-at-Gilson-Middle-School-17845218.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Supercomputers-to-study-Alaskas-earthquakes-17785691.html
Red and blue waves triggered by a magnitude 4.6 earthquake rippled outward from the Anchorage area and fizzled out after 45 seconds. Except in Cook Inlet basin, where the waves were trapped for another half-minute, bouncing back and forth, up and down, w... ]]> 10 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Supercomputers-to-study-Alaskas-earthquakes-17785691.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Drug-seizure-largest-ever-in-Valdez-17785688.html 10 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Drug-seizure-largest-ever-in-Valdez-17785688.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Kidnap-with-intent-to-murder-charges-say-17785689.html 10 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Kidnap-with-intent-to-murder-charges-say-17785689.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Finish-GED-testing-before-end-of-year-17785690.html
Anyone that has started but not finished the rounds of testing needed to earn a general education diploma, commonly called the GED, should get back on track and finish the testing well before the end of 2013. Serious changes are coming to the test in 201... ]]> 10 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Finish-GED-testing-before-end-of-year-17785690.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Arrest-warrant-leads-to-secondary-bust-17677166.html 02 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Arrest-warrant-leads-to-secondary-bust-17677166.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Graduation-requirements-may-rise-at-VHS-17677167.html
Valdez High School students may need to hit the books a little harder in the coming years if the schools principal, Dr. Elizabeth Balcerek, has her way. Balcerek asked the board of education to back a review the schools current class requirements needed ... ]]> 02 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Graduation-requirements-may-rise-at-VHS-17677167.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/News-Briefs-17636174.html
VHS eyes half-hour lunch period Dr. Elizabeth Balcerek, Valdez High School principal, asked the board of education to back her proposal to shorten the student lunch period to a half hour in the next school year. She told the board the campus would remain... ]]> 01 May 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/News-Briefs-17636174.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/New-superintendent-named-for-Valdez-City-Schools-17562564.html
Dr. Lisa Stroh will take over as superintendent of Valdez City Schools July 1. The board of education unanimously offered the Montana administrator the position last week after a two-day interview process in Valdez. Stroh was offered a two-year contract ... ]]> 26 Apr 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/New-superintendent-named-for-Valdez-City-Schools-17562564.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Walker-running-for-governor-2014-17562563.html
Bill Walker, TV show host, attorney for both the City of Valdez and the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, business owner and native son of Valdez, announced Thursday morning that he will be running for Alaskas governors seat in 2014. "With me as governor, I... ]]> 26 Apr 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Walker-running-for-governor-2014-17562563.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Standoff-leads-to-suicide-attempt-police-say-17562562.html
Valdez man Nicolas Huff was air-flighted to an Anchorage hospital Monday after he apparently shot himself in the chest with a small caliber firearm during a two-hour standoff with police. Police declined to state the caliber of the bullet shot. Huff, age... ]]> 26 Apr 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Standoff-leads-to-suicide-attempt-police-say-17562562.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Power-rates-to-rise-after-cogen-explosive-event-17562561.html
Copper Valley Electric Association CEO Robert Wilkinson was not kidding when he announced he had bad news for cooperative members during the annual membership meeting in Valdez last Thursday. "Ive got some bad news to tell about," he told the packed hous... ]]> 26 Apr 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Power-rates-to-rise-after-cogen-explosive-event-17562561.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/School-record-broken-at-mini-meet-17449348.html
Last week, the Valdez Native Youth Olympics team had a strong presence at the Valdez School Board meeting after athletes, officials and boosters heard its school district funding was in jeopardy. The teams funding was spared following the boards vote to ... ]]> 19 Apr 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/School-record-broken-at-mini-meet-17449348.html http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Gasline-campaign-ends-with-HB4-passage-17449347.html
City officials took a deep breath to regroup Monday night after HB4 passed in the State Senate Friday night. Bill Walker, the citys attorney who is also legal council for the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, said reviewing the citys press release was like ... ]]> 19 Apr 2013 http://www.niuzer.com/Valdez-AK/Gasline-campaign-ends-with-HB4-passage-17449347.html