Valdez

Valdez school board advances two-week spring break for 2028, wants one week after

Valdez students could get two weeks off in March 2028. Enjoy it, kids: the school board says it wants to stick to one-week breaks after that.

by Walter AlaskaNews2d ago3 min read

Valdez schools superintendent warns health insurance could rise 40% in April

Valdez schools' health insurance could jump as much as 40% in April, the superintendent warned, adding about $1.5 million if claims stay high.

by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read

Valdez declares it's 'officially snow season' and asks residents to clear snow lots

Valdez declared it "officially snow season" and wants boats, trailers and cars out of neighborhood snow lots so crews can keep up with plowing.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read

State plans to sell DOT 50,000 cubic yards of rock from a Lowe River quarry

DOT wants 50,000 cubic yards of rock from a Lowe River quarry near Keystone Canyon. When it opened for Alyeska in 1983, some rocks came out 10 feet across.

by Alaska News2w ago2 min read

Valdez budget proposal sets aside $6.5 million for special litigation

Valdez's proposed 2027 budget sets aside $6.5 million for special litigation, out of $7.5 million for legal costs. The presentation doesn't say which cases.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Goat hunt north of Port Valdez closes Wednesday night after harvest tops the limit

Hunters north of Port Valdez reported 9 goat points against a cap of 8, so Fish and Game is shutting the hunt Wednesday night, 10 days early.

by Bill AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Homer's draft code would require engineered stormwater plans for far smaller projects

Homer's draft zoning code would make more projects hire an engineer for stormwater. Its community development director says drainage needs more than that.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Valdez budget would add $205,000 for events, a hatchery group and workforce contracts

Valdez wants 29% more for economic development, still less than it spent in each of the past three years. Gold Rush Days and the hatchery group get a bump.

by Walter AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read

Valdez school board asks city for $15.1 million, a 29% increase over this year

Valdez's taxable value jumped 56%, and the school board wants its share: $15.1 million from the city, up nearly 29% from this year. The council decides.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Sullivan and Peltola trade Epstein donor attacks that outrun the record

Sullivan and Peltola each accuse the other of taking money from Epstein's associates. The records back parts of both attacks and undercut the rest.

by Cale Green1mo ago10 min read

Alaska Supreme Court hears Valdez redistricting fee dispute

Alaska Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether Valdez and a resident can recover attorney's fees from their challenge to the state's 2021 redistricting plan.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Alaska's 2026 fishing derby winners, from Valdez to Wrangell and Juneau

Chase Edstrom of North Pole won Valdez's Silver Salmon Derby with an 18.80-pound coho worth $10,000, the largest catch since 2010.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Crews at Richardson Highway Chena bridges begin winter shutdown prep

Richardson Highway bridge crews at Milepost 346 are consolidating materials for winter shutdown, with reduced lanes 9 am to 3 pm on the $89.2 million Chena Flood Control bridges project.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Ketchikan Assembly to take up $347,000 for new South Tongass ambulance after 2024 fire

A 2024 fire took both of South Tongass' ambulances. Ketchikan's Assembly takes up $347,000 in federal money Monday to replace one, plus a heart monitor.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Cordova science center gets NOAA grant to rebuild Prince William Sound ocean profiler

Prince William Sound's robotic ocean sensor runs on a computer and battery nobody makes anymore. A $354,971 federal grant aims to fix that problem.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Registration permits open Friday for Chugach mountain goats after drawing hunt falls short of quota

Chugach goat hunters who struck out in the drawing get another shot: Unit 14A registration permits open Friday after drawing hunters took just 7 of 12 goats.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Mountain goat hunt south of Port Valdez closes Thursday night after hitting harvest limit

Hunters south of Port Valdez have until Thursday night to finish the RG245 goat hunt. Four goats already hit the limit, and more hunters are still out there.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Where to celebrate Oktoberfest in Southcentral this weekend and next

Free Oktoberfest celebrations hit Girdwood, Anchorage and Valdez this weekend, Sept. 25-26. Ticketed adult events follow Oct. 3 in Palmer and Eagle River.

by Cale Green1mo ago3 min read

Prince William Sound faces a winter without ferry service as the Aurora is overhauled

Prince William Sound faces a winter with little or no ferry service while the 1977-built Aurora is overhauled. New docks are the fix, and they're years away.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Ketchikan Gateway Borough gets $347,000 to replace a South Tongass ambulance

South Tongass lost both its ambulances when the station burned in 2024. It has been driving an 18-year-old hand-me-down from Valdez ever since.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Goat hunt RG249 north of Valdez Arm closes

Goat hunting north of Valdez Arm closes Tuesday night, four months early. Hunters have reported five of the seven goat points allowed this season.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Flaggers still at Richardson Highway MP 210 as rock blasting wraps up

Crews blasted the last of an unstable rock outcrop off the Richardson Highway at Milepost 210, a year after the state flagged it. Traffic is still controlled.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers arrest Gakona woman on felony meth charges after Glennallen stop

Alaska State Troopers arrested Yahneenah Sinyon of Gakona on felony methamphetamine charges after a Glenn Highway stop on July 22 turned up roughly 73 grams of meth and over $1,000 in cash.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Prince William Sound anglers still limited to one king salmon a day

Anglers in most of Prince William Sound are held to one king salmon a day — half the usual — through Sept. 15, under a restriction over low king numbers.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alyeska wants the pipeline on state land until 2064

Alyeska asked the state to renew the pipeline lease through 2064, eight years early. Its own letter argues the commissioner is required to approve it.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: The pipeline's owners want another 30 years, seven years before they have to ask

The pipeline right-of-way comment window got another week

The public has until Sept. 17 to comment on whether the trans-Alaska pipeline keeps its federal right-of-way for 30 more years, after the Bureau of Land Management extended the deadline by a week.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 26

Rural Alaska's internet funding is changing hands as an old federal program ends

The federal program funding phone and internet in remote Alaska is ending, and three co-ops just drew some of its last payments — $14.86 million.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read

Cordova wary as pipeline operator seeks a fast-tracked 30-year renewal

Alyeska seeks early renewal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline permit with a faster review. Cordova wants a shorter term and money set aside to decommission aging infrastructure.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion and none of it went into protected principal

The Permanent Fund earned $8.2 billion last year and moved none of it into the part of the fund Alaskans cannot spend. That is two years running.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Snow and 40 mph gusts are forecast for the Richardson Highway on the last day of August

Snow is heading for Isabel Pass on the last day of August: 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet, north winds gusting to 40 mph, and a work zone underneath it.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Alaska Supreme Court upholds termination of Valdez mother's parental rights

Alaska Supreme Court upheld termination of a Valdez mother's parental rights after she failed to complete reunification steps and missed most visits over two and a half years.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read

One-fish king limit holds in most Prince William Sound salt waters

One king salmon in most of Prince William Sound through Sept. 15. The terminal harvest areas still allow two, and the coho are the better bet anyway.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Fairbanks would spend $1.2 million more to defend the pipeline's value in court

Fairbanks would pour another $1.2 million into defending the pipeline's assessed value in court — a decades-old fight over a tax base that funds its schools.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The pipeline's owners want another 30 years, seven years before they have to ask

The trans-Alaska pipeline's owners want another 30 years on federal land, seven years before they need to ask. Scoping comment closes Sept. 10.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Nevada man dies after falling overboard in Saw Mill Bay near Valdez

A 39-year-old Nevada man died after falling from a fishing boat anchored near Valdez, and volunteer divers recovered his body about 21 hours later.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Prince William Sound's seine fishery stays closed, its next opening tied to hatchery returns

Prince William Sound's purse seine fishery stays closed with no opening set. Its next opening now depends on salmon returns to the hatcheries, not a fixed date.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Prince William Sound seiners get 12 hours Sunday across six districts

Twelve hours, six districts, 8 am to 8 pm Sunday. Escapement finally looks good enough that Fish and Game is talking about every-other-day openings.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Valdez lost its fight not to be lumped in with Mat-Su. All that's left is an $11,000 bill.

Valdez lost its fight not to be grouped with Mat-Su in one House district. All that's left is an $11,000 cost bill it's appealing to the state Supreme Court.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Valdez weighs all but ending property tax on homes

Valdez is weighing all but ending property tax on homes — affordable because oil is most of its base, though it may test Alaska's limits on taxing industry.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Cordova faces a thin ferry winter with four vessels in overhaul

Cordova, with no road out, faces a thin ferry winter as four Alaska Marine Highway vessels go into overhaul, one of them out for most of the season.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read