Moving firewood when you camp, hunt or head out for a weekend getaway means you risk carrying tree-killing insects and diseases to new places. Invasive pests can crawl out, infesting trees and carrying diseases that can forever change the landscape of the places you love. According to the ...

Bouquet From Rod J. Bjorkman, Crystal Falls: I would like to thank the Area Vocational Center in Kingsford for the input they gave me as a Kingsford High School senior back in 1976-77 school year. I was a 1977 first-year graduate. It was the first year of the brand-new vocational center ...

We are glad to see Postmaster General Louis DeJoy finally err on the side of reason. DeJoy has committed to pausing changes planned at the Kingsford U.S. Postal Service processing location that would move a portion of its operations to a facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This news came ...

A series of open houses and meetings known as “compartment reviews” begins today and runs through fall as the Michigan Department of Natural Forest Resources Division seeks input from the public on management activities scheduled for 2026. Management activities in the state forest — ...

Counterproposals from the Democratic-controlled Legislature include pragmatic improvements to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s original budget proposal. The focus of negotiations over the $80.9 billion spending plan should be on boosting accountability for the use of state dollars. That need was ...

In the U.S., some ticks carry pathogens that can cause human disease, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. With a long-term goal of testing ticks for disease-causing pathogens, scientists at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute are asking the public to submit ticks for a ...