December 16, 2020

US brands Vietnam, Switzerland as currency manipulators

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department has branded Vietnam and Switzerland as currency manipulators while putting China and nine other countries on a watch list […]
December 16, 2020

Take advantage of student loan breaks before 2020 ends

Talk of student loan forgiveness has borrowers looking forward to 2021. But many already benefited from some unprecedented events in 2020: — An administrative forbearance […]
December 16, 2020

The Latest: Kansas mayor resigns over mask mandate threats

KANSAS — A western Kansas mayor announced Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a […]
December 16, 2020

Kraus-Anderson starts six White Bear Lake school-expansion projects

Kraus-Anderson Construction has begun building six school-expansion projects in White Bear Lake as part of that district’s $326 million school bond referendum that was passed […]
December 15, 2020

The Latest: US acting defense secretary gets virus vaccine

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller was among the first Cabinet members to get the vaccine. He traveled to Walter Reed National Military […]
December 15, 2020

The Latest: West Virginia coronavirus deaths pass 1,000

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in West Virginia pushed past 1,000 with the announcement Tuesday of a record 34 deaths. […]
December 15, 2020

Line 3 construction barrels ahead, despite efforts to block it

And Tania Aubid, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is there to try to stop them. “They want to ship the tar […]
December 15, 2020

The Latest: Appalachian hospital in Ky. vaccinates workers

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The new COVID-19 vaccine arrived at an Appalachian hospital in Kentucky, and medical workers received the first injections. The Pikeville Medical Center […]
December 15, 2020

The Latest: Pence, McConnell urge confidence in vaccine

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence says he looks forward in the days ahead to receiving a vaccine for COVID-19 and will do so without […]
December 15, 2020

Duluth's best bites of 2020 ranged from fresh herring to ice cream

The News Tribune asked local brewers and bakers and others in the biz to talk about their best bites from the past year. Here is […]