“Don’t you just love it when the air smells like apples?” asked WWW fall color correspondent Autumn Equinox, drawing in a deep breath for good measure as we walked beneath the branches of apple tree... » Full Story

“Your lake trout column last week had me salivating for salvelinus,” said Dolly Vardenen. “But you can’t discuss lakers without including brookies and splake in the conversation,” she adde. » Full Story

I know, it sounds like a Finnish law firm, but no. It's plural for bobbin', jiggin' and trollin', which pretty much sums up the ways they fish for Lake Superior lake trout around here. » Full Story

COPPER HARBOR — Hundreds of mountain bikers are rolling north for Sunday’s 16th annual Fat Tire Festiva. » Full Story

OK, that’s it. I’ve been trying my best to be a good fiscal conservative, but if President Obama believes we can spend our way to prosperity, maybe he knows something I don’t. » Full Story

In recent columns, we've discussed lupin, sweetpeas, and what a wealth of wildflowers we enjoy in the Keweenaw; Wealthy enough for me to milk for another column using only two of my favorites; Queen... » Full Story

COPPER COUNTRY — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is out patrolling Copper Country waters in search of sea lamprey once again. » Full Story

I’m as interested in the origin of words and expressions and making them flow as I am in the origin of brookie cricks, what they flow through, and where they flow to. » Full Story

HOUGHTON — With an abundance of settings for kayakers on both open and inland waterways, the Keweenaw Peninsula is a paddler’s paradise.

Women from around the U.P. » Full Story

It started innocently enough; slowly, almost imperceptibly, the white blossoms seduced the bees, then fell to the ground. Green berries took on that first blush of pink. » Full Story