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Opinion

‘Nobody U’ comment shows people still disregard U.P.

Editorial

As many have already heard, Michigan Tech’s men’s basketball team made national news this week and by doing so, showed that the Upper Peninsula is not to be ignored. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay coach and sports radio personality Doug Gottlieb put his foot in his mouth last week ...

Trump has fear factor

Columns

As many have already heard, Michigan Tech’s men’s basketball team made national news this week and by doing so, showed that the Upper Peninsula is not to be ignored. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay coach and sports radio personality Doug Gottlieb put his foot in his mouth last week ...

Shoot those drones

Columns

The skies over New Jersey have been littered with strange flying objects during the past two weeks; and the feds are either hiding the truth from terrified folks on the ground or scratching their collective heads along with the rest of us. Since early December, there have been between 3,000 and ...

Boston Globe says US should engage in Syria

Columns

The tyrant is gone. After 13 years of civil war and 50 years under the repressive Assad regimes, Syrians have every reason to celebrate. Bashar al-Assad is safely ensconced in Russia, which had long supported his prison state with arms, fighter jets, and forces from the mercenary Wagner ...

Marquette area steps up during holiday season

Editorial

With Christmas fast approaching, several charitable efforts around the Marquette area and throughout the Upper Peninsula have shown that the community in Superiorland is willing to step up to the plate in times of need. Anyone who has been reading The Mining Journal over the past few weeks ...

No taxpayer cash for mine waste

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Sometimes I have conversations about mining with people who tell me, ‘mining is our heritage in the Upper Peninsula; we’ve been doing it forever. I counter, saying Lake Superior is our heritage. It’s what connects Yoopers and visitors to this land, and it has ...