To the Journal editor: I would like to thank everyone who contributed to my recent piano concert for the victims of the Ukraine war. The amount of $1,414 for the Razom organization was raised to pay for medical supplies for the first responders involved with the war. Special thanks goes to ...

To the Journal editor: Marquette knows how to celebrate the 4th of July. We decorate our streets, homes and businesses with flags. We have a land parade and a boat parade, a food festival, picnics and family gatherings. The fireworks are fantastic! The first time I went to our parade, I was ...

To the Journal editor: The U.S. Forest Service needs to keep its Roadless Rule, which protects millions of acres of wild public lands. In 2001, after hundreds of public hearings and input from more than a million stakeholders, the Forest Service established the Roadless Area Conservation Rule ...

To the Journal editor: In (the) Upper Peninsula, we have a proud legacy of agriculture carried on by farmers across our region. Sadly, access to this fresh, nutritious Michigan-grown food remains out of reach for many of our own residents. The Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency ...

The world as we know it today was built on the back of burning fossil fuels. Unfortunately, this process has come at a tremendous cost. Emissions from burning fossil fuels are rapidly warming our world at a rate that has never occurred in the history of our planet. Why, then, do we continue to ...

To the Journal editor: This year’s elections are very important. We need to elect people who really care about us. I got to meet Michigan’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh and Justice Noah Hood recently during their tour of the Upper Peninsula. It is clear they care a lot about ...