Alaska Supreme Court justices agreed the state violated public notice requirements when it quietly engineered a land transfer with the Alaska Mental Health Trust. Environmentalists say they’re worried the 3,400-acre forested parcel on Kuiu Island would’ve been clear cut.
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U.S. government attorneys are appealing to the 9th circuit after environmentalists successfully challenged the environmental review of Tongass National Forest timber sales. The Prince of Wales Landscape Level Analysis included more than 23,000 acres of old growth to be clear cut on the island.
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Results of COVID-19 testing have yielded “approximately 25” positive cases, Kensington Mine representatives say. An outbreak earlier this month caused the mine to move infected workers and their close contact off the remote site near Juneau.
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Kensington Mine says 19 miners have tested positive for COVID-19 and are now isolated off-site in Juneau. But the number of infected could rise as 94 cases remained pending as of Wednesday evening.
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Coeur Alaska has confirmed that three of its workers have tested positive for COVID-19. The company says it’s moved the trio — and an unspecified number of close contacts — back to Juneau to be placed in isolation until cleared by medical providers.
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