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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Subsistence cabins are seen dotting the horizon on the other side of Safety Sound near Nome on Sept. 30, 2020. The sound is an ...