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Opinion

Mr. Rogers enters U.S. Senate contest

Editorials and columns

Mr. Rogers not only wants to be your neighbor, he also wants you to send him a check so he can be your next U.S. senator. No. No. No. Not that Mr. Rogers. It’s this Mr. Rogers: Republican Mike Rogers, the former Marine, former FBI agent, former state Senate floor leader, and former ...

Taxpayers getting bang for bond buck

Editorials and columns

Alpena Public Schools facilities continue to receive a facelift thanks to voters who in 2020 approved the sale of $33.9 million in bonds, News staff writer Temi Fadayomi reported recently. Taxpayers repay that bond debt through property taxes. Already, the district’s elementary schools ...

Discerning the truth

Editorials and columns

Truth moving from an absolute into something more nebulous and divided is one of the more troubling developments of our modern culture. We used to be able to agree on some basic facts that stood as cornerstones. We may have disagreed on the application of those facts, but the base was ...

We have to challenge ourselves

Editorials and columns

“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.” — Adrienne Rich After the 2016 election, pundits blamed social media companies ...

Eagerly awaiting the start of fall sports

Editorials and columns

The sounds of helmets, whistles, and quarterback cadences are easy on the ears this time of year. Those sounds will be heard in every corner of Michigan on Monday morning as thousands of high school football players take to the field for the first day of practice. No matter what happened ...

ACC skilled trades investments better the community

Editorials and columns

Community colleges play unique and important roles in their communities. Usually more nimble than four-year universities, community colleges can quickly develop new programs to meet the immediate needs of the communities they serve. That’s exactly what Alpena Community College has done by ...