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A number of local non-profits will be celebrating Giving Tuesday today. Giving Tuesday is designed to offset the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and redirect our focus toward the more Christmas-oriented concepts of giving and helping others. Finlandia University will again be raising funds to help pay for …

Wolves recently relocated to the Isle Royale National Park seem to be finding enough to eat. Scientists who have been observing the wolves released an update yesterday. More than half of the prey eaten by the wolves have been moose. One of the reasons for rebuilding the wolf pack on …

High School In high school hockey tonight… – Houghton skates at Hancock. – Jeffers visits Kingsford. Our broadcast will begin at 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. On the opening night of the girls basketball season… – Calumet hosts Ewen-Trout Creek. – Hancock welcomes West Iron County. – Lake Linden-Hubbell …

The snow that fell last week caused problems for many, but it also brought smiles to the faces of those who love winter sports, and those who earn their livelihoods from them. The state snowmobile trail grooming window opened Sunday. Brad Barnett of the Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau says …

This weekend’s Small Business Saturday promotion has been deemed a hit. Tara Arens from the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce said they gave out lots of coupon books, coffee and doughnuts at their office… Retail members of the Chamber were also pleased… Arens reminds shoppers that many of the coupons …

Despite snowy weather and lingering power outages, turnout was good for one of Baraga County’s favorite Christmas traditions yesterday. The annual Advent Songfest raised money for two non profits. Deacon John Cadeau from the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul praised the spirit of giving in Baraga County… Baraga County …

Gas prices rose again last week in our area. AAA Michigan’s survey places the average cost of unleaded gasoline in the Marquette region at $2.57 per gallon. That’s a nickel higher than it was a week ago, four cents higher than a month ago, and a dime higher than a …

Crews trying to complete power restoration after Wednesday’s storm suffered setbacks Friday, as new outages occurred.  Early Friday, Upper Peninsula Power Company estimated the number of customers without service at around 1,200. By evening, that total had risen to around 2,300. Most of the new outages occurred in Marquette County. …

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED AS OF 8:15 FRIDAY MORNING. Slowly but surely, electrical crews are restoring power to areas hit by Wednesday’s severe storm. UPPCO spokesman Brett French told us this morning that around 1,200 customers remain without power. Higher figures shown earlier this morning on the company’s online …

The Upper Peninsula Power Company says it continues to devote its full resources to resolving power outages caused by Wednesday’s storm. At 8:30 Thanksgiving morning, company spokesperson Brett French told us that damage is so widespread that they’re still continuing to assess the situation. Around 4,200 customers remain without power …