ANCHORAGE—Nunamta Aulukestai (Nunamta) and United Tribes of Bristol Bay (UTBB) appealed a land use permit issued to Chuchuna Minerals Co. for the proposed Groundhog copper mine located near the proposed Pebble mine. Today’s administrative appeal to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) seeks protections for the Bristol Bay watershed and fisheries. Specifically, the appeal […]
Troopers say that a Fairbanks woman fell asleep at the wheel and drove into Summit Lake, completely submerging her 2013 Chevy 1500 on Monday morning. According to the report, 22-year-old Madeliene Alexander was driving southbound near mile 194 on the Richardson Highway, when she dozed off behind the wheel. When she awoke, she lost control […]
A Delta Junction man was jailed on several charges including DUI after a Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately (REDDI) report in Delta Junction on Tuesday afternoon, troopers revealed. At 2:12 pm, troopers responded after receiving a REDDI report on 45-year-old Delta Junction man Aleksandr Glushko. According to the complaint, Glushko was “swerving all over the […]
U.S. President Donald Trump fired new barbs Wednesday at Jeff Sessions, his embattled attorney general, in his latest salvo against the country’s top law enforcement official. In a pair of Twitter comments, Trump questioned why Sessions has not replaced Andrew McCabe, the current acting chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Trump described McCabe as […]