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Valdez 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...

Late 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...

Valdez police arrested Timothy Miller, age 24, charging him with two felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance. Miller came to police attention after receiving a tip that Devon Totemoff, who had two outstanding Anchorage warrants,...

Valdez man Nicolas Huff was air-flighted to an Anchorage hospital Monday after he apparently shot himself in the chest with a small caliber firearm during a two-hour standoff with police. Police...

Dental free day Dentist Paul Silveira will be hosting his office’s annual “free day” Thursday. For several years, Silveira’s practice has opened its doors to the uninsured and provided one...

The board of education for Valdez City Schools tossed out the hot potato topic of mandatory drug testing for athletes and other students that participate in school sanctioned activities. The move came Monday night during the board’s regularly sched...

Derek Werder was sentenced to 219 years in prison Monday after his June conviction of 28 felony sex abuse charges and six assault charges. Judge Eric Smith, who also presided over the Werder trial,...

City officials are reaching out to trappers in Valdez in an effort to highlight a local ordinance that has seen little enforcement in recent years. The issue was brought to the attention of the Valdez...

A $400 reward is being offered to anyone who can supply information leading to the prosecution of those responsible for tearing up the groomed ski trail near water tower hill in Mineral Creek - and...

When you take one Facebook posting on a stray bear cub and add one video of its capture, it equals an avalanche of vicious emails for Mike Lindquist, animal control officer in Valdez. The saga began Saturday afternoon, January 5, when Valdez man...

Valdez man Will Wardlaw II was arrested and charged with felony drug possession Saturday after police found him to be in procession of over a pound of marijuana while serving a domestic violence protection order. Wardlaw, age 31, was arrested and...

Dear Editor of The Valdez STAR I believe it is time that I, as principal of Valdez High School, share with the community, my beliefs regarding the illegal use of alcohol and drugs by high school students. I want to take this opportunity to refute...

Valdez City Schools is beefing up its disciplinary policy towards students that are caught abusing drugs and alcohol, but finding agreement among the groups is proving difficult. It is also clear that any changes to the policy will need a plan on...

Long-time high school basketball coach Barb Lyons resigned her post on the Valdez High School Lady Buccaneer team, saying in a letter “I do not feel I can continue to coach at VHS with the present...

Should students at Valdez City Schools be subject to random drug testing? The question was brought to the forefront at a regular school board meeting Sept. 24 when school board member Dawn Farmer said she hoped the board would explore random drug...

A police investigation into the theft of tools from the city shop includes a missing light from a police car. “There were some thefts over at the city shop,” Bill Comer, Valdez police chief said. “I don’t think the guys have much of a...

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...

Valdez City Schools Custodian Supervisor John Vergere and custodian Steve Winn tendered their resignations to the district superintendent, Jacob Jensen, early Friday morning after it was revealed the...

Burglaries still under investigation Valdez police are still investigating the rash of burglaries that hit Valdez in late January. “We’re still putting the case together,” Valdez Police Chief...

Valdez police are pursuing at least two persons of interest in the ongoing investigation into a rash of burglaries that occurred in Valdez last week. At least one is in custody of Anchorage officials and being held on unrelated charges. “One has...

Not everyone with a drug problem has an addiction. For some, it can mean you have a lot of old prescription drugs gathering dust around the house that you don’t know what to do with. It’s a problem that occurs all over the United States, but...