Co. museum board promotes curator in special meeting

After serving in an interim capacity for nearly a year, Brie Blasi can finally drop the word interim from her job title.

Blasi was promoted to be the Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s executive director after a special meeting the museum’s board hosted last week. She took over the museum’s management after former executive director Ruth Lauritzen left the museum February, 2015.

Blasi, who can trace her family heritage to Northern Italian immigrants who worked in the mines around Superior, said local history has always fascinated her. She grew up hearing stories about her family co...