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Oct 02 2019
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This old Alaska mining town is almost a ghost town. It has everything to gain from Donlin mine.

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Economy, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Family, Federal Government, Food, Health, History, Interior, Local Government, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Western

The school closed long ago. There is no city or tribal council. A proposed mine nearby could change all that. But what’s the risk?

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Oct 02 2019
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For people who live in remote Red Devil, an old mine’s toxic legacy is not enough to doubt Donlin’s promise

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Economy, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Family, Federal Government, Food, Health, History, Interior, Local Government, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Western

A mine built Red Devil. It also left behind enough pollution to require a federal government clean up, and some people are still not supposed to eat the fish.

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Oct 02 2019
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How do you revive an almost ghost town in remote Alaska? Ask the 20 residents of Red Devil who are betting on Donlin mine.

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Economy, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Family, Federal Government, Food, Health, History, Interior, Local Government, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Western

How do you you restart a city government? Red Devil residents are making phone calls to find out.

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Sep 19 2019
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Judge: Alaska’s justice system is failing in the case of slain Mountain Village woman

By | Community, Crime & Courts, Politics, Public Safety, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Southwest, State Government, Western

A judge has declared a crisis in the state’s courts, saying turnover among public defenders is delaying criminal trials and denying justice for victims and defendants alike.

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Sep 18 2019
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Marooned: Cordova braces for a winter without ferry service

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Community, Economy, Local Government, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Transportation

Alaska’s coastal residents have long warned of dire effects if lawmakers sharply reduce ferry budgets. Now, absent an adjustment to the ferry schedule by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, those warnings could become reality.

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