A legislative townhall on February 18, 2023 at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center drew a large crowd of constituents eager to voice their concerns. Representatives Stapp and Dibert and Senator Kawasaki hosted the event. They gave an update on what the...
Answer: It is not. Kinross Gold/Contango ORE is planning to transport, every day, almost 10 million pounds of unprocessed mine rock from the new Manh Choh gold mines near Tok, Alaska (a one-way distance of 248 miles) right through the City of North Pole and the center...
North Pole City Council (photo by Alex Bengel/KTVF) It was a full house on February 6, 2023 at City Hall Chambers in North Pole, Alaska. ASAH delivered a presentation to North Pole City Council members outlining our concerns about the Kinross trucking plan. Several...
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Kinney Engineering held a well-attended meeting on January 26, 2023, at the Carlson Center. Over 100 people participated, both in the room and online, and at least 27 of those gave public comment (we don’t have the...
State of Alaska regulations limit industrial use of public roads, and the regular routes used by Long Combination Vehicles (LCVs). These are vehicles longer than 75 feet in length. An in-depth review of these regulations by Barbara Schuhmann has discovered that not...
The following article about the three major bridges along the proposed ore haul route was prepared for ASAH by Bill Ward of Delta Junction. The Johnson, Gerstle and Robertson River bridges, built during World War II, are functionally at the end of their useful lives....
