editorial

Blackduck speakers shine at state Congratulations to the Blackduck High School speech team for an outstanding season, capped off with two champions at the Minnesota State High School League Class...

Support honor guard program Hats off to Josh Butler and Doug Fuller for spearheading efforts to create an honor guard with the Bemidji Fire Department. They’re raising funds to outfit...

Include stakeholders in NTC discussion A proposal to study reorganizing Northwest Technical College as a fourth college at Bemidji State University raises plenty of questions. The study, initiated by BSU...

Hospitality tax should be passed Bills authored by legislators representing Bemidji are pushing to give the city authority to impose up to a 1 percent tax on restaurant and hotel...

Vocalmotive does its hometown proud Folks around the Bemidji area have long known how wonderful the show choir program is at Bemidji High School. Now the rest of the country...

New information released Thursday by the Office of State Auditor shows that Minnesota cities have been swapping the loss of state aid with higher property taxes. "Between 2008 and 2009,...

To the editor: If anything could put one in a holiday mood, it would be a night trip to the home of Jonette and Terry Anderson. Each year, their decorations...

The U.S. House passed on Tuesday and rushed to President Barack Obama for his signature a $26 billion jobs bill that includes $10 billion to save some 160,000 public education...

There's a lesson in here somewhere and it seems to be this: If you work hard and try your best, someone else gets the reward. The school boards in Blackduck...

Go west old woman When Horace Greeley said, "Go west young man," that's what he meant, but there were also women of all ages who made the sacrifice to leave...

"... and other duties as assigned." There's seldom been a job description written that has been complete without including that phrase. It's a "catch-all" that allows a supervisor to make...

A U.S. District Court ruling Wednesday in Arizona's immigration law is but a first step for an issue that will most likely end up in the U.S. Supreme Court, where...

Summertime seems like it has been here forever and the summer activities are just getting started. Blackduck's Woodcarvers Festival, along with the Community Ed's craft fair, is just around the...

A letter from Lloyd Hoffman is always a day brightener and the latest is no exception. The former Kelliher resident, now living in Sauk Centre, remembers the many Saturday nights...

"While they help us get on line...and informed, librarians don't try to sell us anything. Nor do they turn around and broadcast our problems, send us spam or keep a...