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Valdez Wire
Comprehensive News Feed for Valdez, AK.
Results 1 - 20 of 127 in Valdez, AK
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Eighty-Three Crowley Owned/Managed Vessels Honored with 2009 Environmental Achievement Awards
... Safety and Quality Assurance Management System and for a perfect environmental record at its marine terminal in Valdez, Alaska. The State of Washington recognized the company with their coveted ECOPRO award for excellence in tank-vessel marine ... Comment?
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Alyeska to trim union role, Fairbanks offices
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. this week announced major changes as it looks to shed costs, saying it will shift hundreds of jobs to non-union contractors and look to reduce office space in Fairbanks and Valdez. Comment?
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Alyeska Pipeline shifts jobs away from Chugach
... its office space in Alaska, and the first steps may involve closing one or more of its offices in Fairbanks and Valdez and shifting an unknown number of workers to Anchorage. The goal of the changes is to keep the pipeline running as long as ... Comment?
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Alyeska cuts include union jobs, Fairbanks offices
Alyeska on Tuesday announced major changes as it looks to shed costs, saying it will shift hundreds of jobs to non-union contractors and look to reduce office space in Fairbanks and Valdez. Comment?
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Deep snow, 'extreme' driving as storm blasts Mat-Su
... very difficult driving conditions expected to last overnight. A blizzard warning in effect for Thompson Pass, near Valdez, earlier today has been lifted, according to the National Weather Service. Six to 12 inches of snow through the pass is now ... Comment?
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Valdez Area State Parks Advisory Board Recruitment
Members of the public interested in advising Alaska State Park managers on issues relating to state parks and outdoor recreation management in Valdez, Thompson Pass, and Northern Prince William Sound are invited to apply for membership on the Valdez Area State Parks Citizens Advisory Board. Comment?
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Success or failure in the open season
... Bill Walker, a Republican challenging Parnell in the primary. Walker, who lives in Anchorage, supports a gas line to Valdez and is the general counsel for Alaska Gas Line Port Authority. He argues that the shale gas boom in North America has removed ... Comment?
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Portrayal in Palin book irritates former aide
... right and left and turned into the big bad wolf here for stuff I didn't do," said Bitney, who is now an aide to Valdez Republican Rep. John Harris. "It's like I'm this fictional character that she's decided to make me out to be this sort of ... Comment?
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State leaders call Palin's "Going Rogue" a work of fiction
... history." Garness' organization represents all 229 Alaska tribes. In 2008 US Supreme Court Justices ruled Exxon Valdez plaintiffs could receive some punitive damages. But the court slashed the award dramatically from $5 billion to no more than ... Comment?
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On This Day: The Alaska Highway's completion was celebrated
... of the highway is around milepost 1,422 where it meets Richardson Highway. Mileposts on Richardson are numbered from Valdez, Alaska. ALCAN is not officially part of the Pan-American Highway, but the road is commonly considered part of the vast ... Comment?
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What a Movie Can Do: Micro Fiction
... she had always suspected, and she knew her sister was hurting too. Written by Amanda Brandenberg I live in beautiful Valdez, Alaska and enjoy writing as a personal pursuit outside of my work in the dental field. Sixteen Years of Alcohol is a British ... Comment?
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State leaders call Palin's "Going Rogue" a work of fiction
... history." Garness' organization represents all 229 Alaska tribes. In 2008 US Supreme Court Justices ruled Exxon Valdez plaintiffs could receive some punitive damages. But the court slashed the award dramatically from $5 billon to no more than $507.5 ... Comment?
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Alaska fights to reverse federal polar bear listing
... replaced Palin when she resigned in late July. That's a position critics dispute after the 10.8-million gallon Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, a 200,000-gallon North Slope pipeline spill in March 2006, and the state-funded killing of more than 1,000 ... Comment?
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Upgrade to trans-Alaska oil pipeline still in progress
... North Slope producers meet, and their oil must be processed at the station before being mixed and sent southward to Valdez. Since the pump is basically the only thing being changed, the process won't take longer than at the other three stations, ... Comment?
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Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing
... replaced Palin when she resigned in late July. That's a position critics dispute after the 10.8-million gallon Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, a 200,000-gallon North Slope pipeline spill in March 2006, and the state-funded killing of more than 1,000 ... Comment?
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Upgrade to trans-Alaska oil pipeline still in progress
... North Slope producers meet, and their oil must be processed at the station before being mixed and sent southward to Valdez. Since the pump is basically the only thing being changed, the process won't take longer than at the other three stations, ... Comment?
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The Explorers 2009: ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil is a big company with a history in Alaska to match. The company owns the largest share of the Prudhoe Bay unit and helped bring the trans-Alaska oil pipeline into operation in 1977 but also is responsible for the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, which only approached a legal conclusion in.... [additional news subjects in this story] ... Comment?
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Influential legislator criticizes Anchorage office plan
... is co-chairman of the powerful House Finance Committee. The Legislative Council is chaired by Rep. John Harris, R-Valdez, a former House speaker. Harris said he has no opinion on the matter and is considering a run for governor rather than running ... Comment?
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... 1991 and 1993 and was a member of several USA Powder 8 Championship teams. Coombs was a pioneer of extreme skiing in Valdez, Alaska, where he made more than 300 first descents. He founded Valdez Heli-Ski Guides and ran Steep Skiing Camps Worldwide. ... Comment?
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Alaska extreme-skiing pioneer enters U.S. Ski Hall of Fame
Extreme skier Doug Coombs, founder of Valdez Heli-Ski Guides, was among eight pioneers of the sport inducted in the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame today. Comment?
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