Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to "the voice of God," the phrase once associated with legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite at the height of broadcast news. This makes it ...

Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. No it's not Superman. It's a drone. Thousands of 'em. They are everywhere. They carry Amazon products literally to your front porch. Real Estate agents use the video from the drones to hawk their homes. Utilities save money by using drones ...

ALPENA — Now that Thanksgiving is in the rear-view mirror the Christmas season is in full swing. The holidays are special to the residents of Northeast Michigan, as it is for the staff at The News. To properly recognize Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years The News intends to share as many ...

In a year marked by political vitriol in seemingly every conversation, a relentless scourge of political violence, and the highest-profile political assassination since 1968, Thanksgiving arrives just in time. Truthfully, it always does. And it always reminds us that long before Americans were ...

As we are now upon another holiday season, celebrating Thanksgiving, I am especially grateful to be able to spend this time with my mother and friends. Since baking turkey is one of my signature dishes, my friends often tease me because I go to at least three grocery stores to find the best ...

Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. But there is something almost un-American about it. It is a day opposed to striving, to getting more. We stop adding up the numbers in our accounts. We freeze in place to give thanks for whatever is there. Today's big issue is "affordability." But ...