A federal investigator is still at Red Dog Mine to determine the nature of the accident in their final report. To date, this is the sole fatality report the federal mining safety authority has filed on Red Dog.
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Feds arrest 2 after seizing Fentanyl headed to Utqiagvik
Inspectors found 2.4 ounces of blue “M30” pills that contained fentanyl hidden in a vacuum-sealed bag inside the motor housing of an Oster blender.
Alaska Federation of Natives leadership calls for Trump’s resignation after violence at Capitol
In a statement, Alaska Federation of Natives president Julie Kitka called for “accountability for the actions of the perpetrators as well as those who appear to have planned this attack.”
Northwest Arctic village of Kivalina on ‘high alert’ as 44 residents test positive for COVID-19
Locals are advised to hunker down and avoid contact with nonfamily members. The number of positive cases represents 10% of Kivalina’s population.
‘I’ve made it this far largely because of where I’m from’: Noorvik man is now a Rhodes Scholar
Wilfried Kuugauraq Zibell said he applied for the Rhodes Scholarship because he wanted to continue his studies of cultural displacement and efforts to revitalize culture.
Alaska wanted Arctic ringed seals off endangered species list; federal officials rejected that request
The Obama administration listed the Arctic ringed seal under the Endangered Species Act in 2012, citing the effects of climate change on the ringed seal’s sea ice habitat.