The pipeline sends Alaska North Slope crude oil from the Beaufort Sea to Valdez's ice-free, deepwater port for shipment. That oil made Valdez rich. But it also put the town on the worldwide news ...

The Great Alaska Earthquake struck Alaska 61 years ago on March 27, 1964. Valdez resident Wade Huls was just 11 on that day, ...

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.

A day of paddling in Alaska turned deadly yesterday: The bodies of three German tourists were recovered from Valdez Glacier Lake. Although no cause of death has been determined yet, authorities ...

Damaging weather cost $8.5 billion in Canada last year Why a 'tree's job isn't done' after a storm brings it down ...

Valdez, Alaska, topped the list with an average of 325 inches annually, while Sherman, New York, came in second with 224 inches. The Weather Channel's study examined towns and cities with ...

The most competitive and thrilling game in the opening round of the Alaska 3A Girls State Basketball Tournament saw fifth-seeded Kenai Central best fourth-seeded Valdez 43-39 in what was a tightly ...

View west to port Valdez, the glacial fiord that will be the Trans-Alaska pipeline terminus, with Robe lake in the foreground the Lowe river dumps its burden of silty rock flour into port Valdez ...