As a flag stop Via Rail's Canadian calls at the Valemount railway station two or three times (depending on the season) per week in each direction.

The sewer system was completed in 1975, a water tower of 300,000 gallons started to service the town in 1977, a clinic opened in 1978, and a new Community Hall was inaugurated in February 1979.

The mill was closed for part of 1991–1992 but reached a period of peak production between 1993 and 1996 when three shifts were employed full-time (160 employees).

The sawmill, which had shut down by Slocan and then acquired by Carrier Lumber, never met its former production or employment levels, and closed permanently in 2006.

The village has one weekly newspaper, The Rocky Mountain Goat News, locally owned and based in Valemount.

It covers the communities of Valemount, McBride, Dunster, Tête-Jaune, and to a lesser extent Jasper and Blue River.

[4] Borealis Geopower obtained three permits October 27, 2010, to explore the Canoe Reach area of Kinbasket Lake south of Valemount for geothermal development.

[citation needed] A wireless wide-area network was established in September 1999 centred in Valemount and covering a three-kilometre radius area.

In the event of a prolonged power outage or similar catastrophe where traditional communications are impossible or impractical, the society owning the station can use FM radio to provide critical messages to the people of Valemount.