Teck says Aqqaluk permit needed by May to avoid Red Dog mine shutdown

By SHANE LASLEY

North of 60 Mining News

Coming off of a record year of zinc production, Red Dog partners Teck Resources Ltd. and NANA Regional Corp. are facing the possibility that operations at the zinc-lead mine will be shut down in October.

Nearing the end of 20 years of production at the mine’s main pit, Teck said it would need access to the neighboring Aqqaluk pit by May in order to continue uninterrupted operations at Red Dog. But state and federal appeals of a permit needed to continue operations could prevent access to the new ore source.

Opposition to the Red Roof Inn being used as a home to chronic alcoholics draws protest in Fairview

Official: We can't be trusted

By PAUL JENKINS

C.S. Lewis, noted novelist, literary critic, lay theologian and essayist, was one sharp cookie when it came to the human condition.

He wrote: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

A few long-suppressed rants: movie Avatar and new Brown book are bummers; NASA should go

By TOM BRENNAN

I’m writing this from an undisclosed location that snowballs won’t reach, so it’s time to get caught up on a few topics I’ve been avoiding.

Movie Review: Avatar sucks. It’s like a teenagers car crash movie with pterodactyls. My wife thought it was like a three-hour fireworks display; lots of great visual effects, especially the 3-D, but way too long. It has a plot the way Rhode Island has a landmass.

Alice in Medical Care: Part IV

BY THOMAS SOWELL

Some years ago, one of my favorite doctors retired. On my last visit to his office, he took some time to explain to me why he was retiring early and in good health.

Being a doctor was becoming more of a hassle as the years went by, he said, and also less fulfilling. It was becoming more of a hassle because of the increasing paperwork, and it was less fulfilling because of the way patients came to him.