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Unified Command News Releases
- News Release 059 - January 15, 2021 - Valdez Weekly Summary
- News Release 058 - January 8, 2021 - Valdez Weekly Summary
- News Release 057 - December 31, 2020 - Valdez Weekly Summary
- News Release 056 - December 21, 2020 - COV Launches COVID-19 Economic Recovery Initiative
- News Release 055 - December 18, 2020 - Valdez Weekly Summary
- News Release 054 - December 11, 2020 - Valdez Weekly Summary
- News Release 053 - December 4, 2020 - Valdez Weekly Summary
- As of December 2, 2020, case count news releases have shifted to weekly publication instead of as each new case is reported.
- News Release 052- December 1, 2020 - One New Resident Case Identified in Valdez; Important Update on Changes to Reporting Process for Case Counts and COVID-19 Information
- News Release 051 - November 30, 2020 - One New Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 050 - November 29, 2020 - Three New Resident Cases Identified in Valdez
- News Release 049 - November 25, 2020 - One New Non-Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 048 - November 25, 2020 - Results of November 19th Mass Sampling Event in Valdez
- News Release 047 - November 24, 2020 - One New Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 046 - November 22, 2020 - Three New Resident Cases Identified in Valdez
- News Release 045 - November 19, 2020 - Three New Resident Cases Identified in Valdez
- News Release 044 - November 15, 2020 - Four New Resident Cases; One New Resident Hospitalization
- News Release 043 - November 12, 2020 - Three New Resident Cases Identified in Valdez
- News Release 042 - November 11, 2020 - One New Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 041 - November 10, 2020 - Two New Resident Cases Identified in Valdez
- News Release 040 - November 05, 2020 - Two New Resident Cases Identified in Valdez
- News Release 039 - November 04, 2020 - New Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 038 - November 03, 2020 - New Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 037 - November 02, 2020 - New Non-Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 036 - October 30, 2020 - New Non-Resident Case Identified in Valdez
- News Release 035 - October 26, 2020 - Two new resident cases identified in Valdez
- News Release 034 - October 21, 2020 - Two new resident cases identified in Valdez
- News Release 033 - October 20, 2020 - Twenty-fourth Resident Case of COVID-19 Identified in Valdez
- News Release 032 - October 19, 2020 - Two new resident cases identified in Valdez
- News Release 031 - October 14, 2020 - First Valdez Resident Death from COVID-19
- News Release 030 - October 13, 2020 - Three new resident cases identified in Valdez
- News Release 029 - October 12, 2020 - Eighteenth resident case identified in Valdez
- News Release 028 - October 10, 2020 - Seventeenth resident case identified in Valdez
- News Release 027 - October 7, 2020 - Sixteenth resident case identified in Valdez
- News Release 026 - September 29, 2020 - Fifteenth resident case identified in Valdez
- News Release 025 - September 28, 2020 - Fourteenth resident case identified in Valdez
- News Release 024 - September 27, 2020 - New resident case identified in Valdez and hospitalized in Anchorage.
- News Release 023 - September 26, 2020 - New non-resident case identified in Valdez. (One visitor.)
- News Release 022 - September 23, 2020 - Twelfth resident case identified in Valdez
- News Release 021 - August 31, 2020 - Eleventh resident case identified in Valdez
- News Release 020 - August 24, 2020 - Tenth resident case identified in Valdez.
- News Release 019 - August 22, 2020 - Ninth resident case identified in Valdez.
- News Release 018 - August 20, 2020 - Eighth resident case identified in Valdez.
- News Release 017 - August 9, 2020 - Two new resident cases identified. Both tested positive while traveling Outside.
- News Release 016 - August 1, 2020 - Fifth resident case identified in Valdez. Community spread now likely.
- News Release 015 - July 20, 2020 - New non-resident case identified in Valdez. (One traveler.)
- News Release 014 - July 29, 2020 - Fourth resident case identified in Valdez.
- News Release 013 - July 27, 2020 - Third resident case identified in Valdez.
- News Release 012 - July 25, 2020 - Valdez non-resident case hospitalized in Anchorage counted in Valdez hospitalization case count.
- News Release 011 - July 24, 2020 - Five new non-resident cases identified in Valdez. (Five seafood workers.)
- News Release 010 - July 23, 2020 - One new non-resident case identified in Valdez. (One seafood worker.)
- News Release 009 - July 20, 2020 - Two new non-resident cases identified in Valdez. (One seafood worker, one traveler.)
- News Release 008 - July 16, 2020 - City of Valdez launches COVID Conscious Business Program.
- News Release 007 - July 15, 2020 - Three new non-resident cases identified in Valdez. (Three seafood workers.)
- News Release 006 - July 11, 2020 - Eleven new non-resident cases identified in Valdez. (Eleven seafood workers.)
- News Release 005 - July 7, 2020 - Valdez City Council approves Local Health Mandate 003.
- News Release 004 - July 3, 2020 - Two additional non-resident cases identified in Valdez. (Two seafood workers.)
- News Release 003 - June 27, 2020 - Second resident case of COVID-19 in Valdez.
- News Release 002 - June 24, 2020 - Two additional cases of COVID-19 identified in Valdez. First resident case and second non-resident case (other industry).
- News Release 001 - May 22, 2020 - Announcement confirming first positive case of COVID-19 in Valdez. (One seafood worker.) (Click here to view full video release with details.)
Local Media Related to COVID-19
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- Community Message from Mayor Pro Tem Sharon Scheidt - March 22, 2020
- KVAK Interview with Mayor Pro Tem Sharon Scheidt & City Finance Director - May 13, 2020
- KVAK Interview with City Manager/Incident Commander Mark Detter - April 21, 2020
- KVAK Interview with Matthew Wadsworth, Director, Providence Valdez Counseling Center
- KVAK Interview with Chief Tracy Raynor, Valdez Fire Department - April 2, 2020
- KVAK Interview with Mayor Pro Tem Sharon Scheidt & City Manager Mark Detter - March 23, 2020
- KCHU Coffee Break Interview with Public Health Nurse Terri Lynch, Dr. Angela Alfaro, & PVMC Administrator Jeremy O'Neil - May 27, 2020
- KCHU Coffee Break Interview with Mayor Pro Tem Sharon Scheidt & City Finance Director Brian Carlson - May 19, 2020
- KCHU Coffee Break Interview with City Manager Mark Detter, PVMC Administrator Jeremy O'Neil & PVMC Infection Preventionist Oliva Foster - March 18, 2020
- KCHU Coffee Break Interview with Public Health Nurse Terri Lynch, Dr. Kathy Todd & PVMC Administrator Jeremy O'Neil - March 4, 2020