Late Thursday morning, the remains of the snowmachiner who was last seen last weekend as he set out to travel to Quinhagak were recovered from the Kanektok River just short of his destination, troopers reported. 48-year-old Timothy Beebe was reported overdue at approximately noon on Sunday after he failed to arrive at his hometown after […]
Former Rio Tinto permitting expert concludes that proposed mine is “almost certainly not economically feasible,” with an estimated strongly negative net present value of -$3 billion. Why has the Pebble Partnership (“Pebble”) so stubbornly refused to provide a financial assessment in support of its permit application for the embattled mine it proposes to build […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Battalion provided aerial assistance for the past two days to help in the search for an overdue snowmachiner on his way from Eek to Quinhagak. According to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the individual departed on snow machine shortly after […]
Army Corps comment period inadequate for Pebble’s scope and complexity. Alaskans call on Murkowski, Sullivan and Young to take action Dillingham, AK – Federal regulators continue to ignore the requests of Bristol Bay Tribes, fishing organizations, State Legislators and the Alaska Delegation who have asked for an extension of the current comment period on […]