The Valdez Star - Serving Prince William Sound and Copper River Basin

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...

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 direction of its volunteer board. The VCBC board chose...

Sergei Wegner is a veteran when it comes to the Copper Valley High Five Triathlon. The 16 year-old has been racing in the event since he was only 6 years-old. That experience paid off last weekend when he won the teen solo category in the event. “I...

The Valdez Fisheries Development Association (VFDA) isn’t giving commercial businesses in the Prince William Sound the cold shoulder when it comes to its new cold storage facility. VFDA unveiled the new 55 by 180 foot cold storage addition...

The tenth annual Fireweed 400 brought 650 racers to Valdez from around the world last weekend to compete in several different bicycle race categories. But, the winner’s circles in the solo division...

If you ask Bob Voris what his job was in the very first Fireweed 400 back in 2003, he would tell you he had the loneliest job of the race - a turnaround official. The retired teacher from Eagle River said that after the start, he had to drive to...

No pea soup fog or delays held up this year’s Valdez Summit to Sound Challenge. Instead, ninety racers from Valdez and out-of-town were met with good’ ole fashioned Valdez weather -complete with b...

The Prince William Sound’s adventure race got off to a slow start in its inaugural year last spring. Pea-sea soup fog in Thompson Pass delayed the Valdez Summit to Sound Challenge and forced officials to eliminate a portion of the four-legged race....

Last year, Marian Wamsley was only an inch away from being in the record books after competing in the Native Youth Olympics (NYO). This year, the Valdez High School freshman made sure she left her footprint in history. Wamsley set a world record of 9...

It started as a small gathering of friends who loved shredding the white stuff around Thompson Pass. Today, Tailgate Alaska is one of the fledging winter festivals in the world. In its fifth year of...

The 35th Annual Elks Basketball Tournament in Valdez brought glory to the Buccaneers and a huge number of teams to Valdez. The Lady Buccaneers took first place in the tournament, beating out the visit...

Justin Allen capped off a fine wresting career by successfully defending his 170-pound class title and helping the Valdez High School wrestling team to a fourth place finish at the 1-2 3-A State...

The Valdez High School Volleyball team punched its ticket to Wasilla over the weekend. The Lady Bucs rallied from a two-game deficit in the championship match to defeat Monroe Catholic, 3-2 (14-25,...

The Valdez High School volleyball team put on quite a show for the home crowd last weekend. The Lady Bucs went 14-1 against Cordova, Kotzebue, Glennallen, Barrow, Galena, Houston, and West Valley’s junior varsity team over two days to win the...