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the News Tribune Editorial Board

“Our View” editorials are the opinions of the News Tribune as determined by the newspaper’s Editorial Board. Current board members are Publisher Neal Ronquist, Editorial Page Editor Chuck Frederick, and Employee Representative Kris Vereecken.

A community is stronger when its newspaper has a strong voice, when it offers editorials and allows space for others’ opinions on matters important to who we are and where we live. Editorials and other views help start and inspire critical community conversations, those we need to be having, those that can help lead us to consensus and solutions.

News Tribune editorials have long been made stronger by input and perspectives from the community via rotating Citizen Representative positions on the Editorial Board. Anyone in the community can step up and be part of the board. If you are interested in a Citizen Representative posting, please contact Frederick at cfrederick@duluthnews.com or 218-723-5316.

To submit a letter

Email submissions to: letters@duluthnews.com
Include a full name, address and daytime phone number. Only names and hometowns will be published.

From the editorial: "There’s lots of government-speak, bluster, and bombast in the city’s, county’s, and school district’s legislative wish lists. But there also are a lot of important issues."
From the editorial: "Minnesotans can ... insist legislators put aside partisanship and focus on priorities. Like finding state dollars to complete Aerial Lift Bridge and Duluth Water Treatment Plant improvements."
From the editorial: "We all have our lists of those who played roles big and small in our lives and in our communities, who left us this past year."
From the editorial: "Every year back home ... he runs a youth football camp, its profits donated to an academic scholarship fund for Duluth students of color."
From the editorial: "In Duluth, especially along the St. Louis River, the initiative has helped restore wild rice beds, sturgeon spawning grounds, and the habitats of piping plover and other nesting birds."
With new snow-emergency ordinance, Duluthians' role changes this year during major winter storms.
From the editorial: " Local talent exists to effectively promote Duluth and market our city. ... Unfortunately, Duluth’s professionals were not adequately supported by ... the previous mayor and now not by Reinert."
From the editorial: "Considering Duluth’s burgeoning aviation industry, ... this closure can be seen as an opportunity, a chance for a more-appropriate and ... productive use of the valuable land."
A remembrance is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Duluth Marine Museum, 600 S. Lake Ave.
From the editorial: "Is it any wonder ... that Essentia, Aspirus St. Luke’s in Duluth, and our Twin Ports colleges and universities — and even our high schools and middle schools — are partnering and scrambling to attract and train health care professionals?"