We don’t know that we’d agree with state Rep. Cam Cavitt’s assertion that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is “trigger-happy,” but we insist the DNR respond to requests from lawmakers and the Rogers City City Council for an explanation of the state’s decision to kill ...

We will all be involved in conflicts in our lives — with friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, significant others, and strangers. Conflict is normal and shouldn’t ruin a relationship when dealt with properly. There are some behaviors that people engage in during conflict that should ...

Starting in January, Democrats who’ve controlled both chambers of the Legislature and occupied the offices of the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state will have to hand over the gavel in the state House, as Republicans won control of that chamber as part of the red wave that ...

Just this morning I saw a teenager with a shirt that said, “It’s a be kind kinda day.” Everywhere you look it seems like this is a theme going around. That theme of “Be kind” can also be applied to all of us in our homes and be applied to organizing and decluttering. In no special ...

Last week, someone in Georgia won the Powerball lottery and became an overnight multi-millionaire. The jackpot was more than $478 million, and the winner had two options for collecting the prize — a smaller (though still hefty) lump sum cash payment of $230 million immediately, or an ...

Starting today and through Nov. 22, you can show Northeast Michigan businesses you appreciate them by voting for them in The News’s Sunrise Side’s Best of the Best contest. Just visit TheAlpenaNews.com and click on the Best of the Best banner at the bottom of the page for access to the ...