...employ from 25 to 40 miners. Bruce Evans, president of Western Warrior, met with Valdez City Manager Dave Dengel and Lisa Von Bargen, Valdez's director of development, on Sept. 5 in order to discuss the plans for the mine. "What they are planning...

...20 million pink salmon returned to Valdez - the largest return on record. "It was just out of control," said Lisa Von Bargen, director of the city's Department of Community and Economic Development. "You only had to stick your hand in...

...bother getting off the ship. There's nothing to see in Valdez," said Nancy Peterson, assistant city manager. Lisa Von Bargen, with the city of Valdez Community Planning Department and formerly with the Valdez Convention and Visitors Bureau...