A startup’s large Bitcoin mining operation is expected to be powered by the region’s abundant natural gas — a test of an operation that it wants to grow into the largest in the nation.
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Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t.
Indigenous leaders across the Gulf say it’s imperative that Alaska legislators pass reforms to the state law that they blame for the mess: a landmark 1973 statute that effectively prevents many residents of those coastal villages from earning a living by fishing for salmon.
Record gold prices could mean a banner year for Alaska mines
“Anyone with an operating gold mine is in a happy spot right now,” said one mining executive.
As cross-border relations turn ugly, Alaskans and Yukoners work to stay friends
‘We like Canada the way it is’: For Alaska’s eastern neighbors, dual threats of tariffs and annexation still loom.
Juneau’s push to expand renewable power could boost the region’s mines — or cost them
Amid proposals to electrify Juneau’s cruise docks and build a new hydroelectric plant, one of the area’s major mines has a lot to gain. The other has more to lose.
The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets
A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many Indigenous coastal villages where residents no longer can earn a living by harvesting salmon.