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Suntrana Coal Mine near Helay, Alaska, is just a memory

Suntrana Coal Mine near Healy, Alaska is just a memory

Suntrana, near Healy, takes its name from an Athabascan word meaning “burning hills,” denoting the smoke rising from smoldering coal seams nearby. Besides Usibelli Coal Mine, the area is best-known for the old Suntrana...

Historic Healy Hotel lives on at new location

Healy Hotel, now Princess Tours employee housing, in 2012 Most people driving the Parks Highway through Healy have no idea they can see a historic structure from the road. However, the two-story building just...