Juneau, Alaska-Towards the end of last month, Quaterra Resources Inc joined with Grande Portage Resources LTD in a joint venture to explore the Herbert Glacier for gold deposits. Quaterra Resources Inc, based out of Vancouver owns, in some instances with partners, 11 mining projects in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Grande Portage Resources LTD is […]
PALMER, ALASKA-Alaska State Troopers report that they took Kenneth Wilson, 28, into custody at about 6:30 pm on Monday at his Palmer home. Wilson was charged with one count of Impersonating an Police Officer in the First Degree.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging the department to quickly release a review schedule with real deadlines for Shell’s Exploration Plan for the Chukchi Sea in 2012. Begich commends Interior for last week’s announcement of new lease sales in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas as part of […]
FAIRBANKS-A resolution was introduced to the Fairbanks City Council by Lloyd Hilling, and passed on a 4-1 vote on Monday. The resolution will urge the state to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp. It also asked that the state petition the United States to constitutionally justify the ban currently in place on the plant or […]