Valdez had its first major boom in housing development in the aftermath of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, which required the town to relocate, Duval said. Since then, it’s grown in fits and ...

Attorney Robin Brena represents the City of Valdez during oral arguments on June 27, 2023 in a case before the Alaska Supreme Court involving confidential documents in the massive deal in 2020 ...

Embark on a daring winter voyage as we set sail from Valdez, Alaska—renowned as America's snowiest town. Navigate icy waters, ...

Valdez Deputy City Clerk Elise Sorum-Birk sits in her office at City Hall on August 14, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media) Still, in years past, people and businesses have made it work.

In 1902, one of those groups sent a team of photographers, the Miles Brothers, to document the town, the growing trail, the landscape, its newly arrived residents, and Alaska Natives.

Travel | February 21, 2025. Learn to Ice Climb at Alaska’s Most Extreme Community Festival. For more than 40 years, Alaskans have been gathering in the tiny coastal town of Valdez to celebrate ...

The Valdez Halibut Derby record, set in 2017, stands at 374 pounds. For comparison, the all-tackle world record for Pacific halibut stands at 459 pounds. That behemoth was caught out of Dutch ...

As for smaller towns, the snowiest is Valdez, Alaska, (pop. roughly 4,000), according to National Weather Service data. Valdez picks up an almost unimaginable 23 feet of snow each year.

May 7—Three Valdez residents with a passion for skiing have received a preliminary decision from the state of Alaska that, if finalized, will advance their ambitious plans to build a ski resort ...

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