Copyright (c) 2012 The Valdez Star, All rights reserved. http://www.valdezstar.net/ en-us Serving Prince William Sound and Copper River Basin http://www.valdezstar.net/ http://www.valdezstar.net/cms/images/.TEMP/companylogoTEMP144x144-1966.jpg 144 53 The Valdez Star - RSS Feed Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:07:00 PST http://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121929877331868http://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121929877331868Should Valdez City Schools adopt a four-day school week for students? That is the question a committee formed at the urging of district superintendent Jacob Jensen has explored and is now asking the public to take a look at its findings. “We’re just going to put it out there for the parents,” Ruth Knight said. Knight, the district’s test coordinator, was tapped by Jensen to head a...Articles from the February 15, 2012 edition of The Valdez Starhttp://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121932652212282http://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121932652212282Burglary case pending still Valdez police say charges against an unnamed suspect in a rash of burglaries are expected to be filed with the District Attorney’s office this week. The long investigation into the thefts that occurred in the aftermath of the town’s snow crisis in late January have been long-coming. Two weeks ago police announced a suspect was being held in Anchorage on unrelated...Articles from the February 15, 2012 edition of The Valdez Starhttp://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121941820067742http://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121941820067742The 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 visiting Hutchison Hawks 46-43. Earlier in the three-day tourney, the Lady Bucs beat out the visiting Lady Warriors from Bethel, 57-35 and the Kotzebue Huskies 41-35. The Buccaneers Boys Basketball Team...Articles from the February 15, 2012 edition of The Valdez Starhttp://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121951124568527http://www.valdezstar.net/cgi-bin/start.cgi/cms/story.html?id=021620121951124568527VENETIE - The cozy log structure smells of coffee, gasoline, and spruce logs burning in a stove made from a 55-gallon drum. Inside the building that serves as the Village Council headquarters for Venetie, Josh Bundick explains a new policy that rewards villagers who find spent rocket parts launched from north of Fairbanks. The Venetie men and women in the cabin look at one another when Bundick...Articles from the February 15, 2012 edition of The Valdez Star