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

Attendees at a special work session held by the board of education urged the board to hire an impartial third party investigator to probe further into the events surrounding the discovery of hidden...

The Dept. of Natural Resources has extended the deadline for public comments on the proposal by Copper Valley Electric Association to move one of its T-lines to a location near the Worthington Glacier. The move came after a request was made by...

The Copper Center Lodge, a historic roadhouse, burned to the ground in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 20. It was a complete loss. Laurinda Dickman of Valdez was staying at the lodge with her husband at the time of the fire. The couple had...

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....

Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but Alaska has more than that in the great expanse of flatlands north of the Brooks Range. These ubiquitous far-north bodies of water — most of them formed by...