A federal District Court decision released late Monday resoundingly shut down the Interior Department’s second attempt at a land exchange with the King Cove Corporation to make way for a road through vital protected wetlands in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. “For the second time, the Court has told the road proponents that invading the […]
Alaska State Troopers reported that three Stebbins men were arrested and charged with a myriad of charges that include Attempted Murder II, Vehicle Theft (x2), Criminal Mischief III, Assault III (x11), Escape, Conspiracy to Escape (x2), Kidnapping (x2), Resisting arrest (x3), and Disorderly Conduct (x3) for a Saturday incident in Stebbins. AST was contacted […]
Dillingham, AK – Friday the Army Corps of Engineers announced it has selected a “least environmentally damaging practicable alternative” (LEDPA) for the Pebble Mine. The Corps stated Pebble has accepted the Corps’ recommendation for the “Northern route”, which local landowners have stated is not available. The tribes met this news with skepticism as […]
ANCHORAGE— Friday, in a stunning change of direction that calls into question the validity and legality of the ongoing Pebble Mine permitting process and Environmental Analysis, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a new preferred road and infrastructure access route to the proposed mega-mine in Bristol Bay’s headwaters. Until Friday, Pebble’s preferred route, […]