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Letters To The Editor

Copperwood facts cited

Copperwood Project brings hope for families in the U.P. Families like mine, who have lived in Wakefield for generations, remember how our community used to thrive. We remember the jobs and industries that once had a place in the Upper Peninsula. We know mining is a big part of our history and ...

It’s going to get worse

I think all of us were greatly saddened to hear about the July 4 heavy rain and catastrophic flooding event in central Texas that killed a number of girls at Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River. Unfortunately, extreme weather events like this are becoming more common due to the global ...

E-bikes banned

I am writing this letter today, June 22, because my husband and I just got back from a bike ride out to Presque Isle and I am both upset and angry. We love both walking and biking but both being in our 70s now we decided to buy class 2-E bikes last year. We did so because they have a throttle ...

Questions posed

Last fall, I read an article in a northern Michigan University news release where for NMU‘s 125th anniversary, a local brewery was selling a special beer in the school's honor. I immediately questioned, why is a state educational institution cooperating with a brewery to sell alcohol? Knowing ...

No favors owed

As the Senate votes on the budget reconciliation bill that will make catastrophic cuts in health care and food assistance to give tax savings to billionaires, we are treated to headlines about Jeff Bezos’ wedding. Bezos is the founder of Amazon and one of the wealthiest people in the ...

Hypocrisy of Chatfield

For the first time in our state’s history a former speaker of the house and his wife will stand trial for embezzlement and larceny and other financial crimes. As Lee and Stephanie Chatfield wait for the trial which will either exonerate them or send them to prison for years, their story is a ...