LADY BUCS GOING TO STATE
This past weekend Valdez hosted the 2015 Aurora Conference Volleyball Tournament and the hometown Lady Buccaneers took 1^st place. As Regional Tournament Champions, the Lady Bucs will travel to the state tournament this weekend. The tournament will start Thursday and end Saturday. The Lady Bucs will play their First game Thursday at 1:30pm at the Alaska Airlines Center against the Homer Mariners. Valdez is going into the tournament as one of the number one seeds.  Read more about the tournament HERE.

CORDOVA RESIDENTS LINE UP TO MOVE LIBRARY ONE BOOK AT A TIME
KTUU- More than 100 Cordova residents lined up Wednesday to form a book brigade across Main Street, moving the entire community library collection one volume at a time.  From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers handed books to one another from the old public library on Main Street/1st Street to the newly opened Cordova Center. 
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GIRL SCOUT WOMEN OF SCIENCE

Dr. Angela Alfaro organized an event for Girl Scouts this Saturday at Hermon Hutchens. About 40 girls in Kindergarten through 7th grade worked with local volunteer EMT's Grace Huhndorf, Rhonda Williams, and Nona Allen, learned about physical therapy from Gigi Obren and got hands on experience suturing bananas under the direction of Alfaro. READ MORE HERE

MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS COMING TO VALDEZ FOR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Gilson Middle School is hosting a basketball tournament this Friday and Saturday in Valdez. Twenty two teams will be competing in a double-elimination tournament.  The "A" teams will compete at Gilson Middle School and "B" team games will be at VHS. All championship games will be at GMS.

FIRST ROUND GAMES FRIDAY
12:30pm – Girls “A” Team at GMS
1:40pm – Boys “A” Team at GMS
2:50pm - Girls “B” Team at VHS
4:00pm - Boys “B” Team at VHS
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ANCHORAGE SCHOOL CANCELED DUE TO SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA SNOWFALL
School in Anchorage has been canceled Monday, as the city recovers from a dump of snow that also hit parts of the Mat-Su overnight Sunday.
Anchorage School District spokeswoman Heidi Embley said the decision to cancel classes for the day was made due to "icy road conditions that are getting worse (as) the commute continues." The district had previously announced a two-hour delay for classes starting.  MORE HERE

TURKEY TROT 5K ALMOST HERE

The Annual Parks & Rec Turkey Trot Family 5K will be Saturday, Nov 21^st.  For more details and online registration, CLICK HERE.
 
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REJECTS KEYSTONE PIPELINE
USA Today- President Obama announced Friday that his administration has rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline project after more than six years of review.
"The State Department has decided that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interest of the United States," Obama said in a 10-minute announcement at the White House with Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Biden. "I agree with that decision."
Read more HERE

TOWN HALL MEETING ON LOCAL MARIJUANA OPTIONS THIS FRIDAY

This Friday, Nov 13th at 7pm
The City is soliciting related comments and questions from the public.  Cynthia Franklin, director of the State of Alaska Marijuana Control Board will be providing information regarding options for local government to allow for certain kinds of marijuana establishments, retail stores, cultivation facilities, product manufacturing and testing facilities.

CODY GREENE TAKES FIRST AT ACS

The VHS wrestling team traveled to Anchorage for the ACS tournament where Senior Cody Greene wrestled in the championship match and took first place in the 138 pound weight division.
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THREE RESCUED KODIAK BEAR CUBS FIND NEW HOMES IN LOWER 48
AK Dispatch- Two of three grizzly bear cubs rescued earlier this year on Kodiak Island after their mother was shot are now housed in a new exhibit recently unveiled at a Wisconsin zoo, with the third recently flown to an Ohio zoo.  Read more HERE
 
WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARD CEREMONY THIS SATURDAY
The AVV Women of Distinction Award Ceremony is this Saturday, Nov 14^th at the Valdez Civic Center.  Doors open at 6:30pm, Ceremony begins at 7pm.  Tickets are $40.  Call 835-2980 or visit www.AvvAlaska.org

Here are this year’s honorees:

Leslie Bauman/ Vernell Sodergren /Wendy Goldstein

Kay Houghton/May Helen Stephens/Cindy Rymer

Riley McNelly/Kate Farmer/Mikayla Morrison
 
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT

Monday, November 9^th, 2015
in City Council Chambers
Monday – 6:30pm
 
Items will include:
1.  Administering Oath to new Board
Member, Sheri Pierce
2. Discussion of Legislative Priorities

CLICK HERE for agenda
CLICK HERE to read meeting packet
 
All School Board meetings are held in City Council Chambers, broadcast live on 1230AM KVAK and streamed LIVE on www.kvakradio.com

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY

Tuesday, November 10^th, 2015
in City Council Chambers
Tuesday – 6:30pm
 
Items will include:
1. Naming the Valdez Police Shooting Range the "William H. Comer Police Firearms and EOD Training Facility"
2. Approval of Contract Award to Prosser-Dagg Construction for the 2016 City Streets Project
CLICK HERE for full agenda
 
All City Council meetings are held in City Council Chambers, broadcast live on 1230AM KVAK and streamed LIVE on www.kvakradio.com