Budget cuts won’t stop Duluth air show
An unprecedented number of airshows across America have been canceled this year, largely because automatic cuts in federal spending have curtailed appearances by military teams.Duluth News Tribune, 04/19/2013
Port Authority chief: Put harbor taxes toward dredging
The federal government should use the money collected in harbor maintenance taxes to increase dredging ports and waterways around the nation, Duluth Seaway Port Authority executive director Adolph Ojard told a U.S. House subcommittee Tuesday.Duluth News Tribune, 04/18/2013
Duluth port official asks Congress to spend what it taxes for dredging
The tax brings the federal government about $1.6 billion annually. The money is earmarked for navigation maintenance dredging, but the government spends only about half of that amount each year.Duluth News Tribune, 04/17/2013
Charges filed against alleged Minnesota fish poachers
Authorities in Minnesota are bringing criminal charges against more than 20 people in the largest case of commercialized poaching of fish in the state in 20 years.Duluth News Tribune, 04/16/2013
Walleye poaching arrests make northern Minnesota case largest in 20 years
Criminal charges against 21 people follow at three-year special investigation into the illegal sale and dumping of thousands of game fish in north-central and northwestern Minnesota.Duluth News Tribune, 04/15/2013
Author to share tale of ‘American Schindler’ who saved Jews during World War II
Author Sheila Isenberg decided several years ago that a largely forgotten American journalist deserved more than a footnote in history.Duluth News Tribune, 04/12/2013
Duty repeal results in more Canadian ships that sail Great Lakes being built abroad
Later this month the Canada Steamship Lines’ newest laker, the Baie St. Paul, will arrive in Superior to load iron ore bound for Quebec.Duluth News Tribune, 04/08/2013
Designer, builder announced for Duluth transit hub
The Duluth Transit Authority has turned to two well-known companies to design and build its planned transportation hub downtown.Duluth News Tribune, 04/02/2013
Story of Duluth native who died in Korean War will be part of new museum
The story of a young Duluth native killed in the opening days of the Korean War will be part of a memorial museum opening next month in South Korea.Duluth News Tribune, 03/31/2013
UMD researcher takes aim at Antarctica’s deepest ice
Hidden beneath Antarctic ice lies information about Earth’s climate a million years ago and clues to how rapidly future sea levels will rise because of global warming. Now a UMD researcher is involved in the effort to develop a drilling system capable of quickly boring to those clues.Duluth News Tribune, 03/29/2013
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