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

Calm prevailed during a lockdown of all three schools in Valdez a week ago Tuesday after a loaded handgun was found in a student restroom at Gilson Middle School. “It was discovered by a student,” Jacob Jensen, district superintendent, confirmed...

So, the miles and piles of snow lingering in town might not realize the calendar says it’s spring, but anglers in the Valdez Halibut Derby do. Justin Hoppe of Valdez is one such man; he hit Prince...

Japanese natural gas consortium eyes Valdez Valdez Mayor Dave Cobb said representatives from the Japanese natural gas buying consortium REI will be visiting Valdez this coming Tuesday. The visit is...

The trick to getting a good ice core is to drill straight down into the sea ice, continually clear the slush gurgling up from the ocean, correctly reassemble the core fragments on the tray, take its...

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...

High 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...

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...

After 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...

(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 stat...

Valdez man Nicholas Huff was arrested by Anchorage police last Wednesday following his release from Alaska Native Medical Center where he had been hospitalized since April 22, receiving treatment for a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Huff had been in...

Devon Totemoff was indicted by the Palmer grand jury after Valdez police filed formal drug charges against the 28-year old woman following a police investigation that began when large quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine were found in a...

Anyone that has started but not finished the rounds of testing needed to earn a general education diploma, commonly called the GED, should get back on track and finish the testing well before the end...

AVVs Palomar goes on sabbatical Rowena Palomar, executive director of Advocates for Victims of Violence – AVV - was chosen to receive one of six statewide sabbaticals granted to leaders in...

Red and blue waves triggered by a magnitude 4.6 earthquake rippled outward from the Anchorage area and fizzled out after 45 seconds. Except in Cook Inlet basin, where the waves were trapped for another half-minute, bouncing back and forth, up and...

Bill Walker is taking a second shot Alaska’s governor’s seat. Walker made the announcement during a press conference Thursday from his home in Anchorage. Surrounded by family, including his wife...

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,...

Ng named new PWSCC president Dr. Jacob Ng will be the new president of Prince William Sound Community College (PWSCC) according to University of Alaska Chancellor Tom Case, who issued a press release...

Valdez High School students may need to hit the books a little harder in the coming years if the school’s principal, Dr. Elizabeth Balcerek, has her way. Balcerek asked the board of education to back a review the school’s current class...

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...

Dr. Lisa Stroh will take over as superintendent of Valdez City Schools July 1. The board of education unanimously offered the Montana administrator the position last week after a two-day interview process in Valdez. Stroh was offered a two-year contr...

Copper Valley Electric Association CEO Robert Wilkinson was not kidding when he announced he had bad news for cooperative members during the annual membership meeting in Valdez last Thursday....

VHS eyes half-hour lunch period Dr. Elizabeth Balcerek, Valdez High School principal, asked the board of education to back her proposal to shorten the student lunch period to a half hour in the next...

Bill Walker is taking a second shot Alaska’s governor’s seat. Walker made the announcement during a press conference Thursday from his home in Anchorage. Surrounded by family, including his wife...

City officials took a deep breath to regroup Monday night after HB4 passed in the State Senate Friday night. Bill Walker, the city’s attorney who is also legal council for the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, said reviewing the city’s press...

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...