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When the National Park Service was formed 99 years ago, the Quincy Mine Hoist was bustling with activity. Today the site is still pretty busy, but as part of the Keweenaw National Historical Park. Park Ranger Kristen Hiske says the staff works hard to educate people about the history of …

An anonymous gift from an alumnus to Michigan Technological University will provide an endowed department chair for the University’s largest academic department. The $3 million estate gift from the donor, whom the University refers to as “Jack,” will fund the Endowed Department Chair in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (ME-EM). This marks …

If you live in Houghton County, your property taxes are being spent wisely according to a national financial technology company. New York-based SmartAssets ranks Houghton second on a list of counties in Michigan who best spend the property taxes collected. The study took into account school rankings, crime rates and …

For the second time in less than three years, Michigan Technological University’s Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership has entered into a partnership with a college in India. In June, Lorelle Meadows, dean of Michigan Tech’s Pavlis Honors College and Mary Raber, assistant dean of academic programs in the College, traveled …

A new study says customer satisfaction with cars has fallen three-point-seven percent to 79, on a 100 point scale. The study is from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Car owners report a 40 percent increase in recalls, compared to the second quarter of last year, which is damaging driver satisfaction. …

With 15 months to go until the election, former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has some work to do to convince Michigan voters she is the choice for President in 2016. More than half the people in a new poll conducted by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA for the …

There are now six Republican presidential hopefuls scheduled to speak at a Republican conference on Mackinac Island next month. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is the latest to confirm for the 31st Biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference. Already scheduled are former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, former Hewlett-Packard …

Amid an up and down market, financial advisors are urging investors not to hit the panic button. That probably didn’t stop some from selling earlier this week, when at one point the Dow had dropped a thousand points. But Lansing-based gold market analyst Pat Heller says an adjustment is underway …

A state senator that sits on a panel considering changes to Michigan’s energy policies says job creation should be part of the discussion. Energy reforms being looked at would eliminate the state’s renewable standard and dump net metering, the program that credits solar panel users for putting their excess power …

A bill could be introduced soon requiring anyone found guilty of possessing heroin to serve at least three years behind bars. State Representative Scott Dianda, an Upper Peninsula Democrat, is working on the measure. He says a ton of heroin is making its way in to the U.P. from Wisconsin …