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British Columbia releases cleanup plan for Tulsequah Chief Mine

By Jacob Resneck (CoastAlaska) • Aug 19, 2020

British Columbia has released a long-awaited cleanup plan for the Tulsequah Chief Mine. The Canadian mine 40 miles northeast of Juneau has been leaching acidic runoff into a tributary feeding into the Taku River — a major salmon producing habitat — for years.

NovaGold sues research firm for report on Donlin Gold Mine

By Krysti Shallenberger (KYUK-Bethel) • Jul 13, 2020

NovaGold, one of the companies developing the proposed Donlin Gold mine, has filed a lawsuit against a short-selling research firm. That firm released a report in May opining that the proposed Donlin Gold mine would not be built, and that NovaGold was overvalued.

One short-selling financial firm says the Donlin Gold Mine is too expensive to build

By Krysti Shallenberger (KYUK-Bethel) • Jun 23, 2020

A recent report from a financial research firm says that the proposed Donlin Gold mine in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta will never be built. The mine could be one of the biggest gold producers in the world if completed, but the research firm says that it costs too much to actually build. But that firm can make a lot of money off of its report, and one of the mining companies strongly disagrees with its conclusion. 

Backed by Canadian-based mining firm, Australian company PolarX explores Alaska Range projects

By • Aug 7, 2019

Australian mining company PolarX Limited recently fully funded its exploration programs located about 150 miles north of Anchorage. Those programs include potential exploration for copper and gold in the Alaska Range.

In January 2018, PolarX Limited identified a copper-gold target in its Alaska Range Project. Later that year, regional geophysical data confirmed high-grade mineralization.

Australian mining firm Northern Cobalt explores potential vanadium deposit near Juneau

By Jacob Resneck (CoastAlaska) • Jul 30, 2019

An Australian mining company has applied to the U.S. Forest Service for a round of exploratory drilling for a rare element about 35 miles southeast of Juneau.

KNBA News - British Columbia, Alaska sign cooperative agreement; Alaska soldiers return from Kuwait

By Joaqlin Estus • Feb 21, 2016

Nov. 6, 2015

British Columbia, Alaska Sign Cooperative Agreement

By Associated Press

5/5/15 - Anchorage city budget puts fiscal prudence over added public safety positions

By Joaqlin Estus • May 4, 2015

The Anchorage assembly has passed the city budget, after a mayor's veto and a last-minute deal over money for a utility the administration has proposed privatizing.

5/4/15 - Federal government resumes management of Kuskokwim Chinook

By Joaqlin Estus • May 4, 2015

by Ben Matheson, KYUK

Federal staff will again manage king salmon on the lower Kuskokwim River after requests from tribes. Earlier this year, a handful of tribal governments asked the federal subsistence board to implement federal management. The Federal Subsistence Board deferred last month, but at a Friday meeting of the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working group, US Fish and Wildlife Service leaders announced a plan for federal management.

8/27/14 KNBA News - A man appeals to federal court to overturn being exiled by the Tanana tribe

By Joaqlin Estus • Aug 26, 2014

William Walsh, age 61, is filing suit in federal court to overturn his exile from an Interior Alaska village of 240 people. The Tanana tribe banned him after two Alaska State Troopers were killed on May 1, 2014. Walsh was the leader of a small group that didn't recognize the state of Alaska's authority. He clashed with the tribal government as well. The Fairbanks Daily News Miner reports Walsh squatted on private and tribal lands, claiming ownership.

7/31/14 KNBA News - Southeast health consortium to receive $53 million in overdue contract costs

By Joaqlin Estus • Jul 30, 2014

As KTOO's Lisa Phu reports, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium has signed an agreement to receive a $53 million settlement from the Indian Health Service for about 15 years of unpaid contract costs.

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