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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 26 2019
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Ben Stevens once left the Alaska Senate in disgrace. Now he’s Gov. Dunleavy’s top deputy.

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Business, History, Politics, State Government

Stevens, Dunleavy’s new chief of staff, once left his job in the state Senate amid a federal corruption investigation, though he was never charged. Now, he re-enters public service with links to some of the same industries that found favor from his father, the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.

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