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As mining booms in Southeast, so does mine training program

...not shy away from the need for safety and the hazards associated with working in the environment of a mine and using heavy machinery, powerful chemicals and other potentially deadly tools as part of the job.Occasionally gruesome safety videos and...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-18/mining-booms-southeast-so-does-mine-tra
State | Local
High Court to decide how logging roads are regulated

...permit for stormwater that runs through ditches, pipes and channels."Industrialized logging operations with all the heavy machinery that takes place on lands at issue here is, we think, pretty clearly industrial in nature," he said. "That's...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-02/high-court-decide-how-logging-roads-are
State
Lemon Creek gravel mining upsets residents

...Or else it will flood." Secon operates in the winter and early spring. The ground must be frozen to get the heavy machinery safely to the extraction site. The upshot with this is the company must break through the layer of frost and ice...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-12-03/lemon-creek-gravel-mining-upsets-reside
Local
Kodiak cleanup continues in ship grounding

...Attention will next turn to the fate of the Monterey, which had been on a mission to deliver construction supplies and heavy machinery to Bethel.Maj. Annmarie Daneker, spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Reserve, which operates the landing craft...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-06-13/kodiak-cleanup-continues-ship-grounding
State
Super-human healing powers and wisdom teeth removal at 27

...much like the comic hero Wolverine. I guess the nice thing is, taking the pain medication means I can't operate heavy machinery and I am questioning my ability to write a coherent and interesting story (if you read this - sorry), so the days...

http://juneauempire.com/blog-post/melissa-griffiths/2012-09-11/super-human-heali
Should the world bribe Ecuador to protect that country's rain forests?

...considerable wealth. But exploration, extraction and shipment of the crude also would inject industrial roads, heavy machinery and, most menacing of all, humans to untouched rain forests that for eons have parlayed their isolation into self-protection...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-02-08/should-world-bribe-ecuador-protect-co
Opinion
Tales of a broken toe

...dramatic skiing accident, or while escaping from a charging bear, or at least in a workplace accident involving heavy machinery and a negligent co-worker. But no, I bumped into a bookcase at home. Or maybe I should say I was attacked by...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2011-06-18/tales-broken-toe
Neighbors
Perseverance Trail closure scheduled

...June 23. According to a press release, Trail Mix Inc. and City and Borough of Juneau Parks personnel will be using heavy machinery to remove two rock slides from the trail. Recreational gold panners are asked to avoid the portion of Gold Creek...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-06-22/perseverance-trail-closure-scheduled
Local
Mine honored for accident-free year

...ADMIRALTY ISLAND - Miners at the Greens Creek Mine work 11-hour shifts in a dark, noisy environment. They operate heavy machinery under loose rock that is regularly made looser by blasting. And yet miners at Greens Creek managed to work a total...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051804/loc_mine.shtml
News
Blaze on barge subdued Monday

...Tonsgard, an equipment operator, flew to the scene and boarded the barge, Johnson said. The men on the barge used heavy machinery to draw water from Lynn Canal and spread it over the vessel, to move junk cars around so water could penetrate layers...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062204/sta_.shtml
News

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