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Opinion

Unintended consequences in Keweenaw County zoning

Letters to the Editor

Keweenaw County is engaged in a yearslong process to review their zoning ordinance. Keweenaw is among a minority of Michigan counties with zoning ordinance because populations are so small that staffing the required administrators and commissions at the township level is difficult. The county ...

Thanks to Markkanen

Letters to the Editor

I recently had a very productive and pleasant experience dealing with Michigan’s 110th district Rep. Greg Markkanen and his staff. Rep. Markkanen coordinated with Michigan Rep. Timmy Beson of the 96th district and House Republican Chief of Staff/legal council Lindsay Young to resolve a ...

Volunteerism is worthy endeavor

Letters to the Editor

I have been volunteering in the community for 17 years and am currently the president of South Range 4th of July committee. I feel a sense of purpose and also making the community a better place by volunteering. I do strategic planning, accounting, reporter interviews, sales and ...

Faith Perspective: Prepare for a new beginning

Letters to the Editor

Biblical faith is hard to understand unless a person is a born-again believer in Jesus Christ, because a nonbeliever is spiritually dead they cannot understand spiritual truths. When I was born again, the Holy Spirit along with my new born-again spirit dwells in me and teaches me all spiritual ...

Faith Perspective: Humans are to blame

Letters to the Editor

Have you noticed that environmentalists have replaced the term global warming with climate change? Some decades ago, their scare tactics warned of a new ice age. Admittedly, they don’t exactly know what will be happening to our environment except that it will be bad. They are correct. It ...

Reaction to seaplanes in Hubbell

Letters to the Editor

This letter is in response to the public hearing that was held by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy hearing on Thursday, May 23, regarding the seaplane airport in Hubbell. The reason for the public hearing was because of a “misunderstanding” that inconveniently ...