Barbara Schuhmann News Today

Fairbanks-based Contango Ore intends to expand its mineral exploration research.

DOT plans to replace the north and southbound Chena Flood Project bridges near North Pole with a single-span bridge that meets modern seismic and highway construction standards.

Beyond the ore haul broods tribal conflict.

Some in the Native Village of Tetlin claim their leaders broke tribal laws when agreeing to the Manh Choh gold mine.

Some in the Native Village of Tetlin claim their leaders broke tribal laws when agreeing to the Manh Choh mine.

Fairbanks residents got their first in-person look at a controversial 95-foot-long ore hauling truck Saturday as a large group showed up at the Carlson Center parking lot to protest.

As the state begins looking beyond fossil fuels, mining companies are quietly preparing to take over its highways.

As the state begins looking beyond fossil fuels, mining companies are quietly preparing to take over its highways.

To the editor: When I first came to Alaska in 1968, gold was $43.50 an ounce. Six years earlier, the gold dredge age had just ended. The slender corridor of

Kinross Alaska will start a trial run of its planned Manh Choh ore haul route between Tetlin and Kinross Fort Knox.