Americans should be concerned when they hear that foreign governments, China, Russia, and Iran are attempting to influence or interfere with our national election. In other words, influence from outside the sovereignty of the United States of America. QUESTION: How is the above situation ...

As a business owner and retired teacher, I want to voice my support for Gordon Snow and Renee Fisher for the Alpena Public Schools school board. Recently, they both attended the forum for candidates presented by the League of Women Voters, and I appreciate their open answers about why they ...

This is an important reason to pick one presidential candidate over the other. One candidate believes in the principles of democracy, while the other does not. Democracy. The ideas established 200 years ago, and written eloquently into our founding documents, the idea that we are a ...

I am writing in response to an article in The Alpena News entitled, “Tired of not seeing the truth.” I will try to be as respectful as possible. The author expressed sadness, disgust, frustration, and anger concerning having watched the presidential debate. She gave a false equivalency ...

We moved to Alpena Township late in 2022 after being out of Michigan for nearly 44 years. We purchased a “fixer-upper” zoned an obscure “mixed use.” Several businesses down the road have 6-foot- and 8-foot-tall fences in front of the property. We thought a 6-foot cyclone fence would ...

Be careful what you wish for, Alpena. Given all the Donald Trump signs in the area, I wonder if the proud owners of those signs realize that their candidate for president wanted to disband the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration during his presidency and has his sights on ...