editorials

Cheer: Celebration of excellence The Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce recognized businesses and individuals that have enhanced the community during the seventh annual Awards of Excellence ceremony last Thursday. Kirk...

Cheer: New art on Sculpture Walk The Bemidji Sculpture Walk is one of the best downtown attractions. Since 1998, public art has invited residents and visitors to stroll around discovering...

As demonstrators outside the Capitol in St. Paul chanted for and against the expected House of Representatives vote to put a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on the 2012...

We're betting the Minnesota Legislature goes into special session. Anybody want to wager against? So far, the only one who might take the bet is House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple...

Cheer: Hall of Famers made their mark Congratulations to the five inductees to the Bemidji High School Hall of Fame. Wrestler Jerry Lee, tennis and basketball star Shannon Whelan, baseball...

Minnesota Twins great Harmon Killebrew was a special baseball player and is a special human being. The 74-year-old former slugger announced Friday that he is giving up his fight against...

Every 10 years when the results of the U.S. Census come around, congressional and legislative districts have to be redrawn to more or less balance the population in each district...

Cheer: Area graduates looking forward Graduation from college is both a jumping off point and a time to take a deep breath and consider options. As a three-college town, Bemidji...

President Barack Obama made the right call when he decided against publishing photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse. As it is, we have national security concerns that extremists will seek...

It's graduation day at Bemidji State University, and we thought it would be fitting to share some thoughts from Michael Meehlhause, co-president of the BSU?Student Senate. He will graduate today...

The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to hold loggers to their word. A few loggers in Beltrami County couldn't fulfill their contract obligations because the early snows and...

Cheer: A masterful performance A fitting end to the Legacy Destination Weekend was heard and appreciated by people who came from Bemidji and environs Sunday when the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra,...

Minnesota law features a measure known as the Castle Doctrine, which allows a resident to use deadly force - that is, shoot - in self-defense against a trespasser in his...

Cheer: Progress positive on 'Chief Bemidji' The quest for a new sculpture depicting Shaynowishkung, aka "Chief Bemidji," to replace the well-meaning, but cartoonish image currently overlooking Lake Bemidji has moved...

It might not seem like it, but summer is fast approaching, and that means downtown Bemidji will once again be bustling with activity. Year-'round Bemidjians, summer residents, resort guests and...