Groundbreaking lawsuit filed against Norway over Arctic oil drilling
Environmental groups Nature & Youth and Greenpeace argue that Barents Sea oil must remain in ground if Norway should fulfill
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Alaska: Sudden crackdown on four-wheelers quiets Bethel streets and upsets residents
BETHEL — In the space of just days, a crackdown targeting four-wheelers and snowmachines on the streets in the rural
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Arctic Council meeting gets underway in Portland, Maine – Why some experts say we should be paying more attention
PORTLAND, Me. – Pollution, climate resilience and scientific cooperation are just some of the issues the Arctic Council began digging
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Alaska’s heroin problem brings together state, local and federal leaders in search of a solution
BETHEL — Alaska’s heroin problem is significant, growing and, authorities say, in need of attention from all quarters to get under
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4 Point Hope residents charged in Alaska walrus kills
Four Point Hope residents are facing federal charges alleging they shot and killed at least six walruses for their ivory tusks
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Finns begin to abandon lawsuits against Talvivaara mining company
Droves of private property owners have begun to abandon compensation claims for environmental damage caused by waste water leaks from
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U.S. Attorney General announces new focus on Alaska Native issues
The U.S. Department of Justice is rolling out a new focus on Alaska Native issues. In Anchorage last week to discuss
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Words ‘Eskimo’ and ‘Aleut’ scrubbed from 2 U.S. laws, yet live on in others
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a bill that removes the words “Oriental,” “Eskimo” and “Aleut” from two federal programs.
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First liquor store in more than 40 years opens in Bethel, Alaska
BETHEL – After decades of political battles over booze in a region where attention is often focused on alcohol-fueled destruction,
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Cross-border Nordic policing would better serve Arctic: politician
Swedish police units could be dispatched to neighbouring countries in the Nordic region if they happen to be closer to
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Indigenous rights under fire says Finnish Saami leader
Sámi National Day is celebrated on Saturday; in an atmosphere of what some would say is waning respect for Europe’s
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Sami win case for rights to hunt, fish in Sweden
The Gällivare District Court has awarded the Girjas Sami association in Norrbotten County the right to control hunting and fishing permits on
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Dueling court rulings on Sweden’s wolf hunts
Wolf hunts remain a contentious issue in Sweden and now there is a battle in the courts about whether hunting permits for the
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Alaska: Oil companies lose pipeline case
A federal agency has ruled that the oil-company owners of the trans-Alaska pipeline had so badly managed an upgrade project, they
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200 million rubles stolen from Russia’s Northern Fleet
About 200 million rubles have been stolen from Zvezdochka, the Northern Fleet yard in Severodvinsk. A source in the Russian
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