Subsistence cabins are seen on Sept. 30, 2020, on the horizon on the other side of Safety Sound near Nome. The sound is an important area for gathering wild foods important to Native traditions. A ...

Alaska regulators have rejected a permit application for a controversial gold-dredging project near Nome after determining that the plan is riddled with deficiencies and would put the public interest ...

Alaska regulators have rejected a permit application for a controversial gold-dredging project near Nome after determining that the plan is riddled with deficiencies and would put the public interest ...

A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the Bering ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday blocked a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in a remote region in Alaska to protect one of the biggest salmon spawning grounds in the world, ...

If you want to learn about Alaska’s two gold rushes and get a little railroad history along with it, a tour of Gold Dredge No. 8 is exactly what you’re looking for. The gold rush that helped put ...

A western Alaska tribal consortium has appealed a key permit for a proposed gold dredging project in waters near Nome. Kawerak, a nonprofit that serves some 20 Iñupiaq and Yup’ik tribes in the Bering ...

Before the Fairbanks Exploration Company’s gold dredging operations could begin in the Fairbanks Mining District, a lot of preliminary work had to be done to get ready for the big dredges to arrive.

Bristol Bay region in Alaska is key state region for wild salmon, but also holds sizable copper and gold deposits. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has blocked development of Pebble Mine, a ...

It was over a decade ago when Emily Riedel came to Nome, Alaska during the summer in hopes of getting enough gold to fund her opera studies. Her childhood friend, Zeke Tenhoff, suggested she could ...

"Jackass machinery" at Nome : the early years -- Small dredges and small profits : the pre-World War I boom -- "It takes a little more than 'hot air' to thaw some of that ground" : the Hammon ...