By GARRETT NEESE gneese@mininggazette.com HANCOCK — Local nonprofits are getting more than $850,000 this week from the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation’s Giving Tuesday campaign. The global campaign to encourage philanthropy takes place every year on the Tuesday after ...
The Keweenaw Peninsula is in the midst of an unseasonably warm period that has plagued many snow-based activities and businesses. Although the area has already received more snow than the record low of 81.3” in 1930-31, the warm temperatures have rapidly decreased the snowpack in the ...
HANCOCK — Rags, branches, leaves, rusty nails — the things many people might pass by or discard provide the inspiration, and sometimes the source material, for Cynthia Coté’s art. Coté’s exhibit “Requiem for the Overlooked,” will be shown at the Finlandia Art Gallery from ...
EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw County Sheriff Curt Pennala announced on Tuesday that the county is seeking public input in the early stages of planning for a Keweenaw County Emergency Operations Center. An online survey is available for interested members of the public to complete and a public ...
HANCOCK — Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) has announced that funds are available for Spring 2024 scholarships and grants. The Kellogg Youth Fund is offering grants to support programs and projects that are directly related to youth in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. “The grant opportunities is for youth-related projects,” said KCF Executive Director Robin Meneguzzo. “That’s coming from the Kellogg Youth Fund that is held here.” The goals of the Kellogg Youth Endowment Fund are to engage youth in philanthropy, address the needs of local youth, and perform effective ...
Sean Gohman, executive director of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission, has announced in a Thursday release that Keweenaw Heritage Grant applications are now available. The Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission is offering Keweenaw Heritage Grant opportunities to owners and operators of historic properties and providers of history programs in support of projects that further the preservation and interpretation of the story of copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula. At the January 9, 2024 quarterly meeting of the Advisory Commission, Gohman said that with the exception of ...
