Valdez
A city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska — population 3,843 as of 2020.
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News around Chugach Census Area
1932-2026
Obituaries
Goat hunt RG252 closes east of Unakwik Inlet
Registration permit hunt RG252 for mountain goats in Game Management Unit 6D closed by emergency order at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 20, according to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. The hunt includes areas east of Unakwik Inlet and Meares Glacier, west of the Columbia Glacier, and…
General
$1,200 PFDs coming beginning Oct. 1
The payments will be issued to nearly 600,000 eligible state residents.
Government & Civic
Wild Harvest Soirée sold out by first day of Fungus Festival
The festival, which officially started today, runs through Sunday.
EventsThe two main themes for this year's summit are regenerative outdoor visioning and resources.
Kennecott has been spruced up quite a bit since my last visit there nearly 30 years ago, Rod Boyce writes.
In and around Valdez
See & do
- Crooked Creek Information Center
- Dock Point
- Fish Central
- Keystone Canyon
- Maxine and Jesse Whitney Museum
Eat, drink & stay
- A Place on Coho Bed and Breakfast
- A Rogue's Garden
- Growler Bay Brewing Company
- Allison Point Campground
- Fu Kung
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Valdez by the numbers
- Area
- 212.69 sq mi (550.86 km²), 59.22 sq mi water
- Median age
- 38.4
- Households
- 1,672
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median household income
- $99,271
- Median house value
- $313,000
- Office
- ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST
- Address
- PO BOX 307, VALDEZ, AK 99686