Ernest “Ernie” Richard Moore, owner of the Iron County Miner newspaper in Hurley, died unexpectedly Sunday, June 16, while traveling home from a trip with his oldest son, Michael.
Moore was born June 1, 1956, in Fond du Lac, to Howard William Moore and Anna Adeline Moore. He grew up in Ironwood, Mich., where he graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1974.
After high school, Moore earned a technical printing degree in Green Bay and a bachelor’s degree at Winona State University in Minnesota. He later added an MBA from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
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Moore served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, where he met his wife, Carla Echols. They were married Sept. 24, 1980, in Salt Lake City and had eight children together.
In 1992, Moore took over as publisher of the Iron County Miner for his father, Howard “Bill” Moore. The newspaper has been in the family since Bill Moore purchased it with two partners in 1970 and took sole ownership three years later.
