...earnings from the mine. The figure reaches 5,000 jobs statewide." Planz said his company, the Hecla Mining, and Coeur Alaska Inc., which operates the new Kensington gold mine, are the top two private-sector employers in Juneau, and most...

...Juneau and a new pit for the Red Dog mine in Northwest Alaska. In stunning victories, however, Kensington developer Coeur Alaska Inc. prevailed in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that lifted a court-ordered injunction in a case brought by environmental...

...from the rule change. Its sewage treatment plants all discharge into areas free of salmon spawning. Officials with Coeur Alaska's proposed Kensington gold mine near Berners Bay say they see no application of the rule change in their project...