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A few letters that I would think are more traditionally difficult to place have easy Duluth answers. Written By: Kathleen Murphy, For the News Tribune | 11:00 am, May 7, 2021 × News Tribune photo illustration / Getty Images My interest in writing began with an alphabet book. I was captivated with the bold, colorful letters that graced each page, fascinated with the images that accompanied each letter. The book was beautiful in its simplicity. Though I’m willing to bet there are a lot of people who can claim the same start to their journey into reading and writing, few remember it...

Effort to protect, track nesting terns in harbor turns up surprising results Amid the swarming, screeching, stinking mass of 40,000 or so ring-billed gulls, 180 nesting pair of common terns are hurriedly raising their chicks on Interstate Island in the middle of the Twin Ports harbor. 10:00 pm, Jul. 17, 2016 × A tern chick opens its mouth hoping to be fed by an adult carrying a small fish on Interstate Island. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com Amid the swarming, screeching, stinking mass of 40,000 or so ring-billed gulls, 180 nesting pair of common terns are hurriedly rai...

More than $2.7 billion has been pumped into projects to clean up old pollution and improve habitat. 8:00 am, Dec. 10, 2020 × A crane operator unloads sand from a barge onto Interstate Island in April while heavy equipment operators move the sand around the island as part of a $1.4 million project — part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiaive — to raise the tiny island and protect nesting terns. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com) Federal, state and local officials on Wednesday celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative that’s been pu...