UPDATE: Gov. Whitmer discusses drinking water executive order, seeks legal...
LANSING -- On Feb. 6, 2019, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a brief media availability after House Republicans voted against her executive order to protect the Great Lakes and clean up...
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Phi Kappa Tau in Hancock wins overall first place in Winter Carnival...
Phi Kappa Tau, the Michigan Tech fraternity located in Hancock, captured overall first place in the Winter Carnival month-long statue competition with "Behold For Your Eyes to See, the Glory of Roman...
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Michigan Tech's Center for Diversity and Inclusion hosts inspiring speakers...
By Michele Bourdieu At Michigan Tech's 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet, keynote speaker Donzell Dixson challenges the audience to be "FEARLESS Like Dr. King." (Photos by Keweenaw Now unless...
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Local women showcase fishing stories from the Keweenaw and beyond in new...
By Michele BourdieuEmila Downes displays a fish she caught in a local stream near Skanee. Downes participated in the new exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, "Connections: Stories From Women...
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New technical report finds fault with Aquila Back 40 sulfide mine plans
This photo shows the Menominee River near some historic garden sites not far from the proposed site for Aquila Resources' Back 40 sulfide mine. (Sept. 2017 file photo by Keweenaw Now)From: Mining...
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Michigan Attorney General joins states opposing Trump’s National Emergency...
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. (Photo courtesy Michigan.gov)LANSING -- (Feb. 18, 2019) Calling President Donald J. Trump’s declaration of a national emergency "a manufactured crisis," Michigan...
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Gov. Whitmer signs new Executive Order aimed at cleaning up Michigan’s...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. (Photo courtesy Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer)LANSING -- On Wednesday, Feb. 20, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a new executive order to continue...
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Anishinabek Nation mourns passing of Grandmother Water Walker Josephine Mandamin
Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Glen Hare greets Grandmother Josephine Mandamin as she arrives at the 2017 Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Assembly in Aamjiwnaang First Nation with other Water...
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Is "Michigan’s Mining Future" a Shared Vision?
This photo of the Triple A Road near Big Bay, Michigan, shows impacts on a previously forested environment caused during construction of the Eagle Mine. (Photo courtesy Save the Wild U.P., now UPEC's...
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Sen. Stabenow Statement on Great Lakes funding cuts in Trump Administration...
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). (Photo courtesy Sen. Stabenow)WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, released a statement today on...
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DNR's Western UP Citizens' Advisory Council to meet in Dickinson County March 21
MARQUETTE -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council is scheduled to discuss deer camp survey results, Michigan moose history and responses...
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Power by the People: Renewable Energy Reduces the Highest Electric Rates in...
Pictured here are solar panels installed on the campus of Michigan Tech University, where researchers have found renewable and distributed generation energy sources can save Michigan electric consumers...
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Celebrate World Water Day at Michigan Tech March 20-26
Michigan Tech invites the community to celebrate the 2019 World Water Day March 20-26. (Poster courtesy Michigan Tech University)HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech will celebrate World Water Day from March...
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Concerned residents speak out against UPX mineral lease requests at DNR...
By Michele BourdieuMark Sweatman, third from left, director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Office of Minerals Management, speaks about mineral leases requested by UPX Minerals, Inc., a...
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Celebrate the UP! with UPEC March 29-30 in Marquette
Celebrate the UP! with the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC), Friday, March 29 - Saturday, March 30, in Marquette. Music, videos, presentations, panel discussions and more. Free and open...
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Attorney General Nessel finds Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority Law...
Attorney General Dana Nessel. (Photo courtesy Michigan.gov)LANSING -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued her first formal legal opinion on March 28, 2019, finding the Mackinac Straits...
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Native water protectors complete 309-mile walk to Lansing in protest against...
By Michele BourdieuWith photos by Marshall Anderson*and others from We Walk for Water (N'biish Nibimosaadaanaa)**On March 30, 2019, Native water protectors, concluding a long walk from the Mackinac...
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Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District to hold Annual Meeting, Election...
This map shows parts of the Bete Grise Preserve, outlined in blue, in Keweenaw County. Stars indicate county public parks. In recent years, federal grants, private foundations and conservation...
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Lake Superior Celebration is TONIGHT, April 11, at Great Lakes Research Center
Poster courtesy Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative.HOUGHTON -- All Are Invited to the Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative (LSSI)11-Year Celebration from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at...
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Weyerhaeuser Co. requests state metallic mineral lease in Marquette County
This map shows the parcels in Wells Township nominated for metallic mineral lease. Click on map for larger version. (Map courtesy Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources)LANSING --Weyerhaeuser Company, of...
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