Monitors have been assigned to majority-Native districts to check for compliance with the requirements for language translations and assistance.
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EPA says Red Dog Mine failed to identify hazardous waste for over 4 years
The mine’s operator, Teck Alaska, Inc., has paid nearly half a million dollars for hazardous waste violations.
Coast Guard crews spot 4 Chinese warships near Aleutian Islands
Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter Kimball and a search plane saw the warships in international waters of the Bering Sea on July 6 and 7.
Iditarod’s iconic Burled Arch collapses in Nome
The wooden arch fell as the City of Nome experienced its first 40-degree temperatures since Oct. 31.
Army Corps of Engineers affirms denial of permit for Pebble Mine
The decision issued Monday is the latest in a long string of legal and administrative rulings against the project.
Judge rules for the feds in a lawsuit against the state of Alaska over subsistence fishing rights
A U.S. District Court judge ruled that state fisheries managers can’t allow salmon fishing on a long stretch of the Kuskokwim River if their orders conflict with federal management decisions.