As if the future of local news wasn’t in enough doubt in recent years, the dawn of artificial intelligence appears poised to crush the life out of it altogether. While larger news organizations are …

As we report this week (see page 4B), the Minnesota Department of Health, or MDH, has issued new fish consumption guidelines, with stricter recommendations for lakes in northeastern Minnesota, …

There was a time, not so long ago, when the United States could credibly claim to be among the world’s finest democracies. That claim has always required caveats — the legacy of Jim Crow, the …

The community of Ely continues to impress. Experiencing this year’s Ely Film Festival, which just completed its fourth season, it was hard not to recognize a community that seems to become more …

America is not going back. That is, first and foremost, the reality that we all need to recognize as we seek to understand our current political moment. We are either moving forward toward a future …

Minnesota has become a victim of fraud, coordinated by the Trump administration and its political supporters who have twisted the truth and offered gross exaggerations in their efforts to defame Gov. …

In advancing his case for terminating a 20-year mining ban affecting about 225,000 acres of federal land within the Upper Rainy River Watershed, Eighth District Congressman Pete Stauber wants you to …

When the Minnesota Legislature convenes this Tuesday, election protection should be at the top of the to-do list for lawmakers. There is no question that the White House is looking for ways to …

It is increasingly difficult for Americans to ignore an existential problem the likes of which we have never experienced in our nation’s 250-year history. The president of the United States is …

The people of the city of Minneapolis are performing a remarkable service that has, beyond any doubt, informed Americans and the world of the deeply authoritarian impulse of the second Trump …

We’ve learned one more disappointing fact about Eighth District Rep. Pete Stauber. He prefers power plays in Washington, designed to benefit foreign multinationals, to local voices when it comes to …

“Show me your papers!” For Americans, that very demand has long raised the specter of totalitarian regimes, off in some dark, far-flung corner of the planet. For the past 250 years, most …

The Republican Party is mounting an unprecedented federal invasion of Minnesota for political purposes, and it’s already led to the unnecessary death of Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman …

Minnesotans have just witnessed a coordinated propaganda campaign unlike anything we’ve seen before, and the negative fallout will likely soon come to day care centers across the state, as well as …

Since this is the last speech that I will give as president, I think it’s fitting to leave one final thought, an observation about a country which I love. It was stated best in a letter I received …

A sleepy small town can get by with a messy zoning ordinance. But “sleepy” isn’t the term for the city of Tower these days. From new commercial activity to new housing, development and …

As we reported last week, a combination of factors has led to hefty increases in taxes for many property owners in St. Louis County. The same is true in counties across the country, and recent …

For decades, Minnesota’s Eighth District was represented in Congress by leaders who went to Washington with real purpose and delivered in major ways for our region. Representatives like John …

Of all the negative fallout from the GOP’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, or OBBB, signed into law last July, perhaps the most harmful to America’s long-term interests was the almost …

The rise of artificial intelligence, or AI, and the connected rapid spread of new data centers around the country are the clearest signs yet of the yawning disconnect between the interests of average …

Newspapers have multiple obligations to the communities they serve, including an obligation to avoid the spread of misinformation. And that is why the Timberjay, unlike some other area newspapers, …

Several things became clear in the wake of Tuesday’s Democratic sweep across the country. Mike Johnson’s days as Speaker of the House are numbered, and Donald Trump is going to face an …

Minnesota’s Sixth District congressman Tom Emmer may have hoped to discredit the “No Kings” protests held across the state and country on Oct. 18. In the end, however, it was his …

Donald Trump will not win the Nobel Peace Prize. Not this year, or any year. And all one needs to do is read the criteria for the prize to understand why not. The late Alfred Nobel, the founder of …

With the regular firearms deer season fast approaching, we can expect to hear more grousing from hunters about the disappointing deer numbers in our area. And, naturally, many fingers will point to …