This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. You’ve selected a kayak, an appropriate life preserver for the kind of kayaking you envision doing; you’ve selected the best paddle for your kayaking; now it is time to think about how ...

This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. In the last installment of the kayaking series, the topic was types of kayaks and suggestions for selecting the right one for the individual paddler. Once you have selected the kayak, It ...

Part Three: Testing your kayak’s stability This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. In comparing kayaks, introductory models are said to offer more primary stability than touring and sea kayaks. There are two types of ...

By Virginia Lambert, MPA, CA Director of Victim Services Copper Shores Victim Services Unit According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, reports of “Online Enticement of Children for Sexual Acts have grown by 82% since 2021.” As we have been seeing from our ...

Part One: Which kayak is right for you? Like so many other Copper Country residents, I’m getting older. And like so many other Copper Country residents, I’m doing it with a number of physical issues, not the least of which is having broken my lower back three times. Yet, I still have a ...

When the O’Shea family arrived at the Cliff Mine location in 1857, 13 year-old Timothy O’Shea had already seen a great deal of the United States, their industrial complexes, housing, oil-fueled street lamps — and the attitude of Americans toward Irish immigrants. The O’Sheas, like ...