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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Lockout extension out
By Don Davis Minnesota senators removed extended unemployment benefits for workers locked out by employers in labor disputes during a Friday bill debate The provision was a Democratic response to a 20...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 6:21 PM
SOCIAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND UPDATES Newest Annual Statistical Supplement now online
The Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012 just became available online at http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/index.html. There is a massive amount of interesting information here,...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 12:36 PM
HEALTHY TIDBITS Black Bear Otter Creek Center, Veterans Dance
This is a free dance if you are interested in going. It starts at 7:00 p.m. tonight....
Posted on 11/10/12 at 3:45 PM
HUNGRY FOR LIFE Randy Lee Big Time Jazz Orchestra
Don't forget to get your tickets early for this greatFREE event. Tickets are available through the Black Bear Players Club. You can get up to four tickets. Thismusical event is the day befo...
Posted on 11/2/11 at 6:29 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Project New Hope
I am going to present a recipe for a bad day and you tell me when it starts to taste little familiar. First start out with three cups of fatigue then fold in hopelessness and an inability to f...
Posted on 7/15/11 at 10:44 AM
UMD to host talks about civil rights movement 
Three retired Air Force officers involved in historic 20th-century struggles that advanced civil rights for blacks will speak today at the University of Minnesota Duluth as part of Black History month.
By News Tribune staff , February 15, 2013
Sixth Honor Flight set for June
Honor Flight Northland announced Thursday that it will take its sixth plane full of veterans to Washington, D.C., this summer.
By News Tribune staff , February 15, 2013
Veteran's view: Returning troops need our help and support
We never should sell short the National Guard, a huge part of our country’s defense going back even to the Civil War when the guard was the state militia.
By Bob Watts , September 05, 2010
Local view: Is perpetual war our future?
Even before I enlisted in World War II, I thought war was a once-in-a-lifetime proposition. However, since then, war has continued almost continuously in some region of the world — with the U.S. often there.
By Bernie Hughes , September 05, 2010
Vietnam veterans receive delayed welcome home
Forty years after they served, Vietnam veterans received a hearty welcome back on Saturday at the Head of the Lakes Fairground in Superior.
By John Lundy , August 29, 2010
Friends want post office named after public servant
When Dennis Hughes was told of the effort to name the main post office in Duluth after him, he thought it was a joke.
By John Lundy , August 29, 2010
Remembering ‘The Forgotten War’ 60 years later
Over the 60 years since B Company was activated for war in Korea, these men and women have continued to sustain one another. The surviving local members of B Company still meet once a month for lunch, and their wives join them every two months.
By Patra Sevastiades , August 09, 2010
Soldiers deserve nothing but support
I served my country with great pride with the intent of protecting our Constitution and all the liberties within. So when I am asked if it is important to support our troops, as the News Tribune’s Sunday Opinion page asked, I am taken aback.
By John Marshall , July 20, 2010
Local view: Korean War made do with leftovers
Veterans of the Korean War could get some recognition, too.
By Lawrence A. Stovern , June 27, 2010
Speaker to offer advice on veterans benefits
Veterans and spouses of veterans 65 or older who served at least one day during wartime are invited to attend.
June 24, 2010
Two served; now one is left to remember
They were like brothers. They were boys together.
Same-age cousins who lived house-to-house on Harding Street in Fairfield, Calif.
By Mike Creger , May 31, 2010
For past 50 years, Duluth woman has led a parade
A few years ago, vandals knocked a concrete eagle from a monument in a military veterans’ area of Oneota Cemetery in Duluth. Rosemary Stratioti led an effort to restore the monument honoring veterans.
By Mark Stodghill , May 31, 2010
Memorial Day events & closings
Memorial Day events are being held across the Twin Ports on Sunday and Monday.
By News Tribune , May 30, 2010
Column: Families wait by a blue star
I was driving a rental car in Phoenix during rush hour with a fellow pilot. I saw a magnet on the back of a tidy compact car driven by an elderly couple. It was a vertically oriented rectangle. It had a red border surrounding a white field. There was a solid gold star in the center.
By Eric Chandler , May 30, 2010
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