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Katie Basile/KYUKDonlin Gold says the FAST-41 designation will not accelerate the mine’s timeline nor allow it to skip required steps. Environmental and tribal groups have raised concerns. -
Corinne Smith/KHNSTwo judges ordered the Trump administration to reverse a freeze on SNAP funding, but the state had yet to receive the money as of the afternoon of Oct. 31.
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Yuut Elitnaurviat, the vocational center serving the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is under new leadership after Executive Director Mike Hoffman recently retired. Yuut Elitnaiurviat says it could not be in better hands with his replacement – a household name across the region and the state. -
Feds must consider larger potential Donlin spill, but federal judge doesn't throw out mine's permitsThe federal agencies issuing key permits and approvals for the Donlin Gold mine in Southwest Alaska need to reevaluate the potential for a large spill of mine waste, according to a federal judge’s decision on June 10 in an ongoing lawsuit. But the judge didn’t throw out the permits and approvals entirely. -
Free T-shirts reading "Tua-i Digital Divide!" handed out at the June 3 event reflect the unique tribal-private partnership that has made the high-speed fiber internet network possible. -
The disappearance of glaciers is not only leading to the creation of new fish habitat, but it's also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. -
High-speed fiber-optic internet is live in Bethel. It’s part of a years-long tribal broadband project – a partnership between telecommunications provider GCI and Bethel Native Corporation. -
Better knowledge and mapping of existing infrastructure is leading to a new estimate of future thaw costs under varying climate scenarios. -
With oil prices low and likely to go lower, and uncertain federal revenue, senators say this year's budget is tight — and that next year's will be tighter. -
A program that has subsidized commercial aviation rural routes and is particularly significant in Alaska is a target for a more than 50% reduction in funding under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal. -
The milestone for the tribal-private partnership that has unspooled hundreds of miles of fiber optic cables along the seafloor, riverbeds, and tundra of the region comes at a time when little is certain about the future of rural broadband.
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How a billionaire’s bet on Donlin mine could inject new life into the huge, slow-moving gold projectA global mining giant is selling its 50% stake in Donlin Gold. One of the buyers is John Paulson, who made billions betting against the housing market before the 2008 financial crisis.
