Subsistence cabins are seen on Sept. 30, 2020, on the horizon on the other side of Safety Sound near Nome. The sound is an important area for gathering wild foods important to Native traditions. A ...
A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the Bering ...
Alaska regulators have rejected a permit application for a controversial gold-dredging project near Nome after determining that the plan is riddled with deficiencies and would put the public interest ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a dredge permit for a proposed mining operation in an estuary east of Nome, a plan that has generated widespread local opposition. The Corps’ Hawaii-based ...
"Jackass machinery" at Nome : the early years -- Small dredges and small profits : the pre-World War I boom -- "It takes a little more than 'hot air' to thaw some of that ground" : the Hammon ...
The Alaska Mining Hall of Fame invites you to the AMHF Museum, 406 Cushman St., next door to McCafferty’s Coffee Shop, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, for an illustrated lecture presented by Joan ...
The Alaska Gastineau Mill closed in 1921 due to ore that was too low grade to mine cost-effectively. Its remnants are visible on the hill above Thane Road — and below the road on the Sheep Creek Delta ...
A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the Bering ...