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The long-awaited road analysis examining the route used by trucks carrying gold ore from Tetlin to Fairbanks has been released by Kinney Engineering, the research firm contracted by the state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. The study reports on the 247 miles of the Alaska, Richardson and Steese Highways between the mine and the Kinross gold mill. -
U.S. General Services AdministrationThe federal government will begin work next summer on a new port of entry at the Alaska-Canada border south of Tok. The approximately $180 million facility will be able to handle the growing volume of cross-border traffic more quickly and securely.
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The Army’s 11th Airborne Division is activating a new organization to improve coordination between commanders and two Fort Wainwright-based aviation units. -
U.S. military experts say a formation of four Russian and Chinese bombers that flew through international airspace off Alaska last month signals China’s growing interest in the Arctic and Russia’s intention to support its ally’s operations in the region.
