Proposed Alaska mine might boost 1 vital export but hurt another December 30 DIANA BLASS AND MARINA CRACCHIOLO Medill News Service ILIAMNA, Alaska It was another subfreezing day in Alaska as Glen Alsworth prepared for a 200-mile flight to a remote southwestern region of the state. Oreos, diapers and milk were among the items he stored in the back of his plane. Before long, the single-engine aircraft glided past the Redoubt Volcano and through the ravines of glacier-runoff water. Wonder and satisfaction crossed Alsworth’s face. “I look out the window – that’s my office,” he exclaimed. Alsworth is known as the “flying mayor” in the Lake and Peninsula Borough, balancing his time between running his small airline and volunteering as the mayor of a region that’s caught in a debate over how international trade.... http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/30/4720581/proposed-alaska-mine-might-boost.html BLM plans summer work at Red Devil Mine KYUK-AM BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Federal officials a
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