To the Journal editor: Please entitle this “UP’s Golden Goose has Copper Feet”. If you need to shorten it, perhaps “UP’s Au Goose has Cu Feet”. The numbers in parentheses are my word count and may be removed. Gotta love those republican stooges squealing like piggies as they ...

To the Journal editor: The recent news of Michigan Department of the Transportation and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources planning to spend $584,000 on a statewide “Wildlife Crossing Study” seems to me to be a waste of money and time. Apparently, the focus will be on vehicle ...

To the Journal editor: Oh, the political drama! With all of the Republican legislators lined up in a column on the front page of the Jan. 8 Mining Journal, it looked like someone just rang the come-and-get-it Highland Copper dinner bell. Disheartened by the withdrawal of support from ...

To the Journal editor: Jimmy Carter, Oct. 1, 1924 - Dec. 29, 2024 President, Jan. 20, 1977 - Jan. 20, 1981 Carter was descended from a 1635 Virginia colonist. His father was a Georgia peanut farmer. He went to the US Naval Academy and served with high distinction in World War II and ...

To the Journal editor: I am writing in response to the front page news article titled “U.P. Legislators oppose NMU’s change of support of the Copperwood Mine Project.” I applaud Dr. Tessman and the Board of Trustees for removing their support from the mine project. Copperwood ...

To the Journal editor: Sometimes I have conversations about mining with people who tell me, ‘mining is our heritage in the Upper Peninsula; we’ve been doing it forever. I counter, saying Lake Superior is our heritage. It’s what connects Yoopers and visitors to this land, and it has ...