I am writing to ask The News to follow it’s admonition to ‘support local’. I would love to see local sports featured in our local newspaper. Articles about the NHL, NBA and NFL are stories I can read online or in any other newspaper (or on the second page of The News). Stories about our ...

When Trump did not pay for work done for him, he lost his honor. Without honor, he could not run for any office. He was a crook and should have been ruled out. The one thing a President must have is honor. KENNETH L. OKE Alpena

If there was ever a finer definition of the saying, ‘The Pot Calling The Kettle Black’ was in the front page bottom headline AP story on Friday Jan. 7 ‘Biden warns of U.S. peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at Democracy? Many observers in politics are saying “that Biden doesn’t ...

Your Jan. 8 column by Marc A. Thiessen was an excellent piece on how the media squandered Americans’ trust. The Jan. 6 2021 U.S. Capitol Protest was caused by a witch’s brew stirred up by the Liberal Left Media, Hilary Clinton, the DNC, and FBI, during the Trump administration. This brew ...

Minerals and chemicals in the City of Alpena drinking water taken off the city’s web site: A slurry is a mixture of solids denser than water suspended in liquid, usually water. The most common use of slurry is as a means of transporting solids, the liquid being a carrier that is pumped on a ...

Joan Didion died on December 23. She was 87. She outlived everyone in her family except for her nephew-by-marriage, Griffin Dunne. I am grateful he was able to finish his film about her, even though I sobbed while watching. I recall sitting in my apartment in Chicago and opening a package ...