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June’s pride celebrations around the country will celebrate lgbtq+ identities. Throughout the month advocacy and awareness groups will hold pride festivities in some of the country’s largest cities. And even some small towns too. On June First this Saturday, Keweenaw Queers will hold the group’s second annual Keweenaw Pridefest. Last …

Memorial Day on Monday will give many in the region a day off to spend with family or out in the community. The Copper Country’s healthy community of active veterans organizations expects to join the region while celebrating and remembering the soldiers lost on foreign soil. Around the region on …

Memorial Day weekend includes some major milestones for local area students. This weekend more than 380 students will move on to entering the workforce, head off to college, or even a trade school. The largest graduating class in the Copper Country comes from the Houghton High School with 100 students in the class of 2024. Chassell …

The Keweenaw Roller Derby girls are entering the group’s 10 seasons competing in the copper country. The special group of ladies has built an entire community that’s passionate about the unique sport and has plenty of local fans. This weekend to kick of the Keweenaw Roller Derby home season, Keweenaw …

Memorial Day weekend might not be the busiest time out on the water, however, it is one of the first opportunities to get the boat out for the summer. This past week the United States Coast Guard has celebrated National Safe Boating Week, ahead of the major holiday weekend, to …

This weekend the city of Houghton will kick off the city’s farmer’s market season while inviting the community to the waterfront pier. Tomorrow will mark the first Loca-vore Festival organized by the city and chamber of commerce. The festival will have several of the summer’s farmer’s market vendors that’ll be found throughout the area …

A water main repair project may impact travel to the Houghton High School and Middle School next week. On Monday the school district informed the community that next Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28th and 29th, crews will shut down a section of Gundlach Road directly south of the school building for water …

There’s just two more days left in the Copper Country Community Arts Center’s 4th annual online auction. The auction supports the center’s ability to provide various cultural and arts enrichment opportunities in the community. Throughout the auction are examples of incredible local artists’ works, as well as jewelry artisan collections. The auction even has several opportunities to take enrichment classes or participate …

Houghton has approved the city’s newest master plan for the next five years. Master plans cover a wide range of subjects related to the function, goal, and desires of a community. Houghton’s city council approved the master plan after countless hours of effort put into the document by the city planning commission and engaged residents over the past …

On to the next step. Last night the Keweenaw Community Foundation presented a 100000 dollar check to the Allouez Township to replace the old board sheeting in the Emil Aho Memorial Ice Rink. Over 100 donors mostly from the local area contributed to the fundraising. Keweenaw Community Foundation Executive Director …