The route is up the Taku River, south of Juneau, to where it meets the Tulsequah River, just over the U.S.-Canada border.

Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse has little patience left for mines that aren’t getting built. After 40 years in Alaska’s mining industry, he is tired of permitting delays, lawsuits and the state’s lack of ...

A year ago, Alaska’s miners were selling gold at what seemed like a great price: around $2,200 per ounce. Today, that number sounds like a steal. After a historic surge in value, gold is now selling ...

Win Gruening’s April 1 column asked why Juneau’s “economic naysayers” won’t connect the dots, dismissing community voices and ...

Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old from Washington state after a medical emergency in an abandoned gold mine in Alaska, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Fellow rock hunters tried ...

The U.S. Department of Labor is asking a U.S. District Judge to require a Fairbanks-area gold mine to allow a federal inspection. It’s the second time the department has asked. The Department of Labor ...