SEATTLE– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that Northern Star (Pogo) L.L.C. was fined $600,000 for improper storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials at its gold mine and laboratory in Delta Junction, Alaska. “Strict accountability for hazardous waste is vital to protecting people and the environment at every step of the way,” said […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man pleaded guilty to two counts of illegally trafficking in walrus ivory in U.S. District Court and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine and sentenced to two years probation. Uzi Levi, 71, of Anchorage purchased six non-handcrafted Pacific walrus tusks and one three-tusked non-handcrafted Pacific walrus head mount from an […]
ANCHORAGE – Three men have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment and ordered to pay a total of $9,000 for illegally leaving the Brooks Falls viewing platform and entering a closed area of the Brooks River at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park by U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew M. Scoble. David Engelman, 56, of Sandia […]