A spokesman for Teck said the federal Mining Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, and the only information they could provide was that the employee was male.
Northwest
Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of critical Native corp. shareholder
ACLU senior counsel Susan Orlansky says the justices’ decision outlines how the state’s regulations potentially fall afoul of the U.S. Constitution on free speech and due process grounds.
Federal and state officials sign right-of-way permit for controversial Ambler Road
The road would stretch 211 miles from the Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mining District east of Kotzebue and would cross Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
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.
‘A really tough decision’: The 2021 Iditarod won’t end in Nome, but local leaders and mushers understand
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Iditarod race organizers to create an altered route, one that goes through mostly unpopulated checkpoints.
Solar project in Northwest Arctic villages set to break ground next spring
The solar arrays planned for Shungnak and Kobuk is the latest renewable project for a region routinely struck by high energy costs.
Crews working to clean diesel spill in Northwest Arctic village water treatment plant
Officials say the fuel was transferred from a city fuel tank to the plant tank, though the transfer was left unattended for about 7 1/2 hours before the operator was alerted to the spill and shut off the valve at roughly 10 p.m.
Emergency access road opens for Northwest Alaska village facing coastal erosion, rising sea levels
Kivalina sits on a barrier island, surrounded by the Chukchi Sea. The area is prone to heavy wind and rainstorms. The protection of sea ice has become less reliable and sea levels have risen with climate change.
‘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.