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LONGUEUIL, Quebec, March 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Highland Copper Company Inc. (TSXV:HI) (the “Company”) announces that the Company and Copper Range Company (“CRC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals Ltd., have agreed to extend the period to complete the acquisition of the White Pine project to April 30, …

The annual Copperdog 150 and Copperdog 80 races concluded Sunday afternoon in downtown Calumet, bringing mushers and dog sled teams from as far away as Quebec, Canada.   “It was a fun event. It was challenging as normal, so I’m very happy with that,” said musher, J.R. Anderson, who finished …

Community Leaders from Across the Keweenaw were honored last night in downtown Houghton at the Annual Spark plug awards dinner. The event was hosted by the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce in partnership with  MTEC SmartZone, Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA), and Keweenaw Young Professionals, and Featured Bud Cole as the …

Michigan Tech will soon be increasing the security of its cyber presence. The university will be updating its web pages to a single sign on page requiring log in users to enter a user name on one page, and a password on a second. The two page sign in will …

Two Upper Peninsula International travelers have been recognized as the 100 millionth travelers to cross the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. Donald Parish of Brimley and Stephanie Richard of Sault Ste. Marie, MI were identified by the International Bridge Administration yesterday as they made their way across the span connecting …

The 2018 Michigan fishing license is now available for purchase. Licenses  went on sale yesterday with annual licenses valid until March 31, 2019. The DNR says there are two ways to purchase a fishing license.. They can be obtained in person at local retail outlets or electronically on the e …

  The Ewen-Trout Creek School District will be closed today as it cleans and disinfects it’s building. The closure comes as the result of this years flu season reaching an epidemic level for the district. Last night’s basketball game was also canceled. Disinfecting of  the building will take place throughout …

If you’re a Michigan driver that’s ever had to pay a driver responsibility fee, you’ll be happy to know that those add on fines put in place by former Governor Jennifer Granholm will soon be “blown away.” The Driver Responsibility Fee Program was instituted in 2003 and required drivers to …

Testing available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 3 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will provide courtesy snowmobile sound testing Saturday at the agency’s customer service center in Marquette. ‘ alt=”A snowmobiler rides a Marquette County trail on a beautiful sunny day.” title=”A snowmobiler rides a Marquette …

When it opened its doors five years ago, OcuGlass had four employees. The company is now reporting that sales are up and they have recently hired six new employees..   “When I started, there was one shift, there was seven people and we’re at 30 right now,” said shift foreman …