Iliamna News

A diesel fuel spill near the Iliamna River, which flows into Lake Iliamna in the Bristol Bay watershed, has seeped into bedrock and continues to pollute the river, despite removal of contaminated soil, state officials said July 2. Gary Folley, the on-scene coordinator for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, said the spill would ...

I was dismayed and frankly, disgusted at the recent Supreme Court decision that would allow the Kensington gold mine to dump industrial waste into a freshwater lake.

Submitted by Billy Hackett on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 05:32. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says there has been a fuel spill in Iliamna.

A light earthquake was felt Tuesday in the Cook Inlet area. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said the quake occurred at 10:39 a.m. Tuesday and was centered 57 miles south-southeast of Iliamna.

HAZARDOUS WASTE: Soil must be removed to protect water. Published: June 8th, 2009 09:08 PM Last Modified: June 8th, 2009 09:08 PM An estimated 2,500 gallons of diesel spilled on the ground within a few dozen feet of a Southwest Alaska river after a tractor-trailer truck accident, state officials said Monday.

The team of people paving the trail for a 2,000-mile personal watercraft race have called off their trip, short of their goal of reaching Iliamna.

Just uttering the words, "Pebble Mine," will not only elicit a response but mostly likely a firm opinion.

Companies working on the large Pebble gold-copper mine near Iliamna have cut project development spending to $59 million because of a difficult world economy, but hope to increase the budget to $70 million later this year if conditions improve.

A resource advocacy group and a mining company have joined to file a complaint with the Alaska Public Offices Commission alleging campaign fraud by groups that backed what they deem an anti-mining initiative during the 2008 state elections.

No one is flying too high these days thanks to the billowing clouds of volcanic ash released by Mount Redoubt.

BUDGET: Investment of $59 million is less than half the companies spent in '08. Published: March 18th, 2009 09:21 PM Last Modified: March 18th, 2009 09:22 PM The companies trying to develop the controversial Pebble copper and gold project in Southwest Alaska said Wednesday they will spend roughly $59 million this year to finish the work needed to ...

Alaska lawmakers this year are beginning to look deeper into the massive, controversial Pebble project.

At a meeting last week on the Pebble Project, moderator Bobby Andrew apologized for the tone of some questions to Jack DiMarchi and Tom Crafford, two mining coordinators with the Alaska Department of Natural ...

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