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Opinion

Time to welcome back Northern Michigan University students

Editorial

If there seems to be more young adults in the area this week, there’s a good reason: Northern Michigan University students are returning to campus. People might fret about the increased traffic and only an occasional (we hope) loud gathering, but for the most part, the community should be ...

Lightfoot was legend performer

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: I have enjoyed being a subscriber to our local Mining Jounal for years, but recently the passing of a celebrity — important to our region — was either deemed not newsworthy or it somehow slipped through the cracks. I am referring to the death of the great ...

Questions I would ask the GOP candidates

Columns

Wednesday night’s GOP primary debate in Milwaukee for the Republican candidates for the presidency will be more a Q&A session than a classic debate, but that’s OK. Viewers will have a chance to take the measure of the men - and woman - who wish to become president. Each candidate ...

14th annual U.P. Beer Festival a showcase for local brewers

Editorial

It’s been called the largest beer party in the Upper Peninsula. And while size is debatable commodity, there can be no doubt that the annual U.P. Beer Festival exposes regional beer drinkers to the best beer brewed here and elsewhere in the state. The 14th annual event will be held from 1 ...

Biden’s age may not be a problem

Columns

Confession: For the past couple of years, I fell into the “Biden shouldn’t run again” camp. Too old. Better not to ask Americans to reelect a man who will be 82 in November of 2024 and ... you know the rest. Nikki Haley summed it up tactlessly in April: “The idea that he would make it ...