Three Alaska Native tribes have filed a lawsuit to overturn the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit granted to a company seeking to dredge for gold in a sensitive wetland area near Nome. The tribes, ...

Everyone can apparently relax, at least for now: The dredging ships scooping up sand about 10 miles off Flagler Beach for the beach renourishment project are not threatening a reef that is home to a ...

Gold was discovered in the Fairbanks area in 1902 when Italian immigrant Felix Pedro struck it rich. He put Fairbanks on the map and thousands of men rushed to interior Alaska in search of the ...

An emergency dredging is needed to clear a growing sandbar that’s a hazard for boats at the entrance to the Oceanside, Harbor Division Manager Joe Ravitch said last week. At least two vessels have ...

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 ...