In a recent meeting with the press, Donald Trump finally acknowledged that his tariffs are not only causing inflation, but also causing shortages, because fewer things are being shipped. He is justifying these tariffs saying that they will encourage manufacturing, and more things will be made ...

Congress is working on a proposal to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the Medicaid program, jeopardizing people’s health insurance and healthcare. As the CEO of Thunder Bay Community Health Service, I want to remind our community that these cuts will harm our patients — maybe ...

A small group in the community is determined to politicize and hijack our public schools for their hate-based, ignorant beliefs. At April’s board meeting, students, teachers, and members of the community spoke on concerns about board members’ obsession with bathrooms and adopting policies ...

After four months in Florida, I returned to Alpena and found the same rantings of Trump-hating individuals, writing letters to the editor. One person whom I will call D.N. wrote (Trump’s four years of insanity) about all of the so-called misdeeds of our president. Most of those are the same ...

To Editor The Alpena News, My Name is William (Bill) Blank of 124 S. Atchison Rd. in Harrisville. I feel bad for a local presidential candidate who was on the libertarian ballot. Only because a third party doesn’t stand a chance currently, maybe in local small town elections where you ...

Once again, at the April 28 APS board meeting, the dysfunction of some APS school board members was on full agonizing display. Not for the first time, the issue was about “Bathroom Policy.” To recap: APS has a bathroom use policy that, according to students, teachers, and administrators, is ...