Copyright (c) 2013 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_data/dfault/images/.TEMP/companylogoTEMP144x144-1356.jpg 144 53 The Valdez Star - RSS Feed http://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/loaded-hand-gun-found-at-gilson-middle-school/318.htmlhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/loaded-hand-gun-found-at-gilson-middle-school/318.htmlValdez 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 approximately 2 p.m. Students were allowed to leave all three schools at around 3 p.m. “We sent officers to all the schools just to make sure...Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:00 PSTArticles from the May 15, 2013 edition of The Valdez Starhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/news-briefs/319.htmlhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/news-briefs/319.htmlHigh School lunch cut to half hour Students at Valdez High School will have to make due with a shorter lunch period when they return to classes next school year after the board of education approved principal Dr. Elizabeth Balcerek’s plan to cut lunch period down to half an hour. In a brief discussion Monday night, the proposal passed unanimously; board member Anita Fannin was absent. Balcerek...Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:00 PSTArticles from the May 15, 2013 edition of The Valdez Starhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/loaded-hand-gun-found-at-gms-student-referred-to-juvenile-intake/320.htmlhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/loaded-hand-gun-found-at-gms-student-referred-to-juvenile-intake/320.htmlLate 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 loaded handgun was found in a student bathroom at Gilson Middle School. Students were allowed to leave all three schools at around 3 p.m. “We sent...Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:00 PSTArticles from the May 15, 2013 edition of The Valdez Starhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/clock-ticking-before-gilson-middle-school-closes-forever/321.htmlhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/clock-ticking-before-gilson-middle-school-closes-forever/321.htmlAfter 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 building to the contractor. The school will host a ground breaking ceremony a week from Friday, the last day of school. Only this year, it will...Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:00 PSTArticles from the May 15, 2013 edition of The Valdez Starhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/bill-egan-finally-gets-military-discharge/322.htmlhttp://www.valdezstar.net/story/2013/05/15/main-news/bill-egan-finally-gets-military-discharge/322.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 Alaska’s first governor after statehood in 1959, served with thousands of other territorial guardsmen during WWII. Egan and his fellow territorial guardsmen weren't given papers marking the end of their service. The guardsmen...Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:00 PSTArticles from the May 15, 2013 edition of The Valdez Star