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Duluth mayor proposes $24 million investment in Spirit Mountain

Duluth mayor proposes $24 million investment in Spirit Mountain

Duluth Mayor Emily Larson is recommending a $24 million investment into Spirit Mountain— in addition to forgiving nearly $1 million in debt— to help put the struggling city-owned ski area on more sustainable financial footing.
by Dan Kraker

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Banking on busy summer travel season, airlines add more flights and new routes

Banking on busy summer travel season, airlines add more flights and new routes

Amid a sudden surge in demand for domestic travel, especially to beach destinations and national parks, decimated airlines are adding service to new markets as they try to inch back to profitability.
by David Schaper

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Audio postcard: Early spring violets in bloom

Audio postcard: Early spring violets in bloom

Our resident Morning Edition wildflower chasers Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo have been out and about, letting us know where the earliest spring flowers are starting to pop up. Today, they have a report of a beautiful display of violets in Washington County.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Amid uncertain year, Facebook group connects farmers directly to consumers

Last year, some of the largest slaughterhouses in the region temporarily closed after COVID-19 outbreaks. Those closures meant local farmers faced the prospect of having nowhere to send their livestock for processing, and no way to get their food to market. An East Bethel, Minn., woman decided to do something to help.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Portugal opens world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge

Portugal opens world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge

The record-breaking bridge measures about 1,692 feet long and is suspended more than 570 feet above a rushing river. Officials in the town of Arouca called it "frighteningly beautiful."
by Rachel Treisman

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Pandemic-fueled surge in visitation to BWCA expected to continue this year

Pandemic-fueled surge in visitation to BWCA expected to continue this year

More than 165,000 people visited the Boundary Waters last year — a 16 percent jump over the previous year — as people sought refuge in the isolated wilderness from the COVID-19 pandemic. Outfitters say early reservations suggest this summer could be even busier.
by Dan Kraker

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Epicurious ditches beef in a move it calls 'pro-planet'

Epicurious ditches beef in a move it calls 'pro-planet'

The digital food magazine announced the change on Monday, citing the carbon footprint of cattle and a desire to help home cooks become more environmentally friendly.
by Rachel Treisman

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Cheap, legal and everywhere: How food companies get us 'hooked' on junk

Cheap, legal and everywhere: How food companies get us 'hooked' on junk

Reporter Michael Moss says processed foods can be as alluring in some ways as cocaine or cigarettes. His new book explains how companies keep us snacking by appealing to nostalgia and brain chemistry.
by Dave Davies

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Minnesota parks departments struggling to fill summer jobs

Minnesota parks departments struggling to fill summer jobs

As city and county parks departments in the Twin Cities prepare to reopen pools and resume activities that were canceled by the pandemic last year, they're facing a new problem: a lack of summer workers.
by Andrew Krueger

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Heinz promises to catch up to demand amid ketchup packet shortage

Heinz promises to catch up to demand amid ketchup packet shortage

The pandemic is causing another new, yet uniquely American, shortage — ketchup. Heinz says it will increase its production by 25 percent to meet the demand for packets of the popular condiment.
by Elena Burnett

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