Nushagak News

The loud fracas over possible development of the Pebble prospect in the Bristol Bay area is not a resource fight, it is a federal attempt to prematurely block Alaska's right to decide how, or even whether, to develop its resources.

The margins are slim and there are still votes to count but it looks likeA Dillingham residents have approved Proposition One to annex the local Nushagak commercial fishing district into the city limits and also approved the second proposition to impose a 2.5 percent raw fish tax.