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20 hours ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
ELY — Blake Freking struggled to recall what day of the week it was Wednesday as he briefly paused to discuss the team effort mounted to slow the spread of the Camp Home and Jenkins Creek wildfires from the air. Small wonder. As an aviation officer for the U.S. Forest Service, the past four days of battling a pair of fast-spreading fires from the Ely Air Attack Base have been a bit of a blur.
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1 day ago | 
inforum.com | Barrett Chase |Peter Passi |Katie Rohman
BRIMSON, Minn. — Three wildfires in northeastern Minnesota continue to spread Wednesday morning, with one of them more than tripling in size. The Jenkins Creek Fire east of Hoyt Lakes jumped from 6,800 acres Tuesday to 20,593 acres Wednesday morning, according to the federal government’s Incident Information System at wildfire.gov.
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1 day ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — Safe Bay, a place where homeless people living out of their vehicles may park overnight without fear of harassment, is expected to begin operating Wednesday in a parking lot behind the Vineyard Church, 1533 W. Arrowhead Road. After more than two hours of testimony and deliberation Tuesday evening, members of the Duluth Planning Commission voted 8-0 to approve a permit for the operation, which will be managed by Chum as part of a citywide initiative to address homelessness.
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2 days ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — A resolution intended to show support for the Environmental Protection Agency freshwater lab turned into a vehicle for city councilors to object to many other proposed federal cuts that could affect their community. Seven amendments were made to an EPA ordinance originally introduced by 1st District Councilor Wendy Durrwachter on Monday night.
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2 days ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — City Councilors were not swayed by the fact that all eight people who weighed in Monday night on a project that could bring a 60-unit condominium project to Woodland Avenue spoke in opposition to the development. The council approved a developer’s rezoning request for the site by an 8-1 vote. The lone voice of council dissent belonged to Wendy Durrwachter, who represents Duluth’s 1st District, including the Woodland neighborhood where the condo development is proposed.
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5 days ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — Brandon Parker is expected to officially launch his campaign to serve the 4th District as a member of the Duluth City Council shortly, announcing his candidacy during a 1 p.m. news conference Saturday at Dovetail Cafe and Marketplace. Parker will face incumbent Councilor Tara Swenson, who already had declared her intentions to seek a second term.
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6 days ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — The Park Point Beach House soon could be under new management. City staff has booked and overseen the popular venue since 2021. But starting this year, city administration proposes to hand off those duties to a third party: Campbell Productions. A resolution heading to the Duluth City Council Monday would award a three-year contract to Campbell.
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1 week ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — Mayor Roger Reinert will hit the road Thursday for an emergency visit to St. Paul in hopes of persuading lawmakers to rethink a proposal to cut state funding to the city. The Minnesota Senate Committee on Taxes approved an omnibus tax bill Tuesday that could reduce local government aid to the city by $1.1 million next year, potentially making the financial outlook even uglier for local taxpayers, who were already facing the prospect of significantly higher bills.
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1 week ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — A group of tenants has had it with procrastinating landlords who don't address repairs, so they’ve organized a campaign to empower renters to take matters into their own hands. To date, Duluth Tenants organizers have collected more than 3,200 signatures on a petition in support of Duluth adopting a “right to repair” ordinance similar to policies enacted in more than 30 other jurisdictions, including Chicago.
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1 week ago | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Peter Passi
DULUTH — Some premier real estate along the city's waterfront will be off-limits to visitors as the community heads into its busy summer tourism season. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soon will begin temporarily fencing off a popular stretch of shoreline in front of the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, and about 200 feet of a heavily used stretch of the Lakewalk on the doorstep of the Duluth Ship Canal will be closed to traffic as well.
