The Duluth School Board approved both an increase and a decrease to the $1 million rubber playground mulch replacement project Tuesday night, resulting in a total decrease of $48,000. The increase was ...

Now that estimates have come back at more than triple the originally talked-about cost, can the Duluth School Board please do right by taxpayers and take a step back on replacing rubber mulch on ...

Though mulch's main purpose is to preserve moisture and deter weed growth, it also has an aesthetic function, and so the available choices are sometimes the source of disagreement. Some prefer to take ...