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State may approve wolf hunt

LANSING - Pending legislation would allow gray wolf hunting and trapping if the federal government takes the animals off the Endangered Species List. The possibility raises concerns among environmentalists that removing wolves from federal protection could set the species back and destabilize ...

Festival of Nations

HOUGHTON —Community members, visitors and Michigan Tech students gathered at Houghton Waterfront Pier and Dee Stadium Saturday for the 37th Festival of Nations and Multicultural Food Festival. While it is the first year under the rebranded title, students and residents learned more about ...

KBOCC Awarded $300,000 grant

L’ANSE — Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) is one of six colleges in Michigan to receive a two-year grant supporting strategies that address barriers to education for adult students, administrators announced Friday. The funding is provided by the Michigan Department of ...

Candidate forum

MOHAWK — The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC) will host a public candidates forum ahead of an election that will establish the first locally managed public community forest authority in Michigan history. The forum is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in ...

Serving the community

HOUGHTON — Copper Shores is inviting the community to come to their Child Advocacy Center for two sessions at 8:30-10 a.m. and 4:30-6 p.m., Monday in its office at Portage Plaza. Residents can meet staff members behind its Victim Support services and learn more about the scope of services ...

HANCOCK — Hancock City Council held a closed session during its regular meeting Wednesday. However, some residents raised concerns about the session's legality and whether or not the council followed proper procedure to hold a nearly 40-minute portion of the meeting unaccessible to the ...