Blue Highway- A Documentary Film by Costa Del Mar.

Senate endorses Kensington Mine, but not Juneau Road
Story last updated at 4/17/2009 – 11:52 am
By PAT FORGEY | JUNEAU EMPIRE

JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate today decided not to endorse the controversial Juneau Road, but went ahead with an endorsement of the more widely supported Kensington Mine. Sen. Lisel McGuire, R-Anchorage, sponsored Senate Resolution 8, calling on Gov. Sarah Palin to ensure the many permits for the mine, owned by parent company Coeur D’Alene based in Idaho, remain active. (more…)

Federal judge’s decision to block project must be appealed by June 5
By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE

A federal judge handed advocates of the Juneau Road a big defeat in February when he overturned the project’s approval, and then a smaller defeat last month when he refused to reconsider that decision. State Department of Transportation and Public Facilities officials are maintaining that U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick misread the evidence and got the decision wrong, however. (more…)

courtesy Pete McDonald, The Fishing Jones blog

Stephen Mick, a filmmaker from Austin, Texas, set out to shoot an adventure video with the sunglass maker Costa Del Mar and wound up making a documentary about this story. Here, Mick answers some questions about “Blue Highway,” the finished documentary set to debut next Friday at the Teva Mountain Games. (more…)