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• Novagold talks expansion, mine development in latest earnings call

  17-10-2019 21:03 via ktoo.org
  The proposed Donlin Mine could extract roughly 33 million ounces of gold during its initial 27-year production period. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK).
  Novagold, one of two companies developing the proposed Donlin Gold mine in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is looking at building the mine in stages to reduce construction costs. That’s according to its latest quarterly earnings call.
  Donlin plans to build a mine consisting of two pits that will eventually merge into one. At its peak, the mine woul
  
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• Protest interrupts governor’s speech at AFN conference in Fairbanks

  17-10-2019 21:00 via ktoo.org
  Protesters stand with their back to the stage during Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s speech at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks on Thursday. (Photo by Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media)
  A group of protesters briefly interrupted Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s address Thursday morning to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention, drawing a rebuke from Will Mayo, one of the federation’s co-chairs.
  Alaska Native groups have feuded with Dunleavy over his proposals to sharply cut
  
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• Trump to pick former Alaska oil industry attorney for federal judgeship

  17-10-2019 20:58 via ktoo.org
  Joshua Kindred, then an attorney for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, spoke at Southeast Conference’s Mid Session Summit Feb. 13, 2018. (Photo by Heather Holt.)
  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to pick Joshua Kindred, a former oil industry attorney, as a new U.S. District Court judge for Alaska.
  Kindred works as a lawyer in Anchorage for the U.S. Department of Interior. Before that, he was regulatory and legal affairs manager for the Alaska Oil and Gas Associat
  
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• Mountain Village corporation wants vote on Donlin mine

  17-10-2019 20:51 via ktoo.org
  The proposed Donlin Gold mine would be one of the biggest gold mines in the world if completed. (Photo by Dean Swope/KYUK)
  A village corporation in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta wants Calista Corporation shareholders to vote on whether Calista should support the proposed Donlin Gold mine.
  Calista owns the mineral rights to the mine, which would be built in the upper Kuskokwim River area. Azachorok is a village corporation in Mountain Village, on the Yukon River. Azachorok’s president, Loren Pe
  
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• Dunleavy wants White House to consider fast-tracking Prince of Wales rare earth mine

  17-10-2019 20:02 via ktoo.org
  A sign marks a trail up Bokan Mountain on Prince of Wales Island. Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has been exploring the Bokan-Dotson Ridge site as a possible new mine. (Photo courtesy Ucore Rare Metals)
  According to a letter from his office to the White House, Governor Mike Dunleavy wants the Trump administration to fast-track a proposed rare earth mine in Southeast Alaska. But environmentalists warn the mine won’t get a thorough enough review.
  Bokan Mountain is on the southern end of Prince of Wa
  
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• Juneau immersion classroom aims to teach new generation of Lingít speakers

  17-10-2019 14:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Most fluent speakers of the Lingít language are elders. But the instructors of an immersion classroom in Juneau have high hopes: to raise a new generation of Lingít speakers.https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/10/16Immersion.mp3
  When you step inside the Haa Yóo X̱ʼatángi Kúdi classroom, two rules are immediately clear: shoes off, and Lingít only. At least for the adults.
  Haa Yóo X̱ʼatángi Kúdi means &ldq
  
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• Tourism advocates say proposed Roadless Rule exemption threatens industry’s growth

  17-10-2019 04:23 via ktoo.org
  
  
  The remains of a Tongass clear-cut and logging road north of Ketchikan, pictured here in 2014, are visible from the air. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska)
  News confirming that the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to fully exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule came as a disappointment to members of Alaska’s visitor industry Tuesday.
  But tourism operators say they plan to continue pushing back against further development in the Tongass that they feel threaten their
  
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• State senators’ support may clear path for Revak confirmation

  17-10-2019 03:53 via ktoo.org
  Rep. Josh Revak watches Gov. Michael Dunleavy unveil his latest budget proposal in February. This week, Revak received support from key Republican senators in his appointment to fill the Senate vacancy caused by the death of Sen. Chris Birch. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  The path appears to be clearing for Anchorage Republican Rep. Josh Revak to join the state Senate. 
  Multiple senators said they support confirming Revak, including Senate President Cathy Giessel.
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• Hoonah wants to join large area to create new borough

  17-10-2019 03:39 via ktoo.org
  Motorists drive past a “Welcome to Hoonah” sign on Aug. 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Hoonah wants to legally join an area of land to form what would be the biggest borough in Southeast Alaska, officials said.
  The city of Hoonah filed a petition earlier this month for a technical review by the Local Boundary Commission of its proposed Xunaa Borough, the Juneau Empire reported Tuesday.
  The community of about 800 residents located 40 miles southwest of Juneau wants to join an a
  
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• Newscast – Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019

  17-10-2019 03:31 via ktoo.org
  
  
  https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2019/10/ktoo-update-2019-10-16.mp3
  In this newscast:The City of Hoonah petitions boundary officials to become Southeast Alaska’s biggest borough,
  operators of Kensington Gold Mine share what their proposed expansion means on the ground,
  Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer certifies an oil tax ballot initiative application for signature gathering,
  the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation takes public comment on possible changes to oil spill prevention an
  
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