From our Langford Family studios on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for Holocaust Remembrance Day, Friday, January 27th, 2023. First some news…   The Northern Islander is headed back to its home at the Print Shop.  The Historical Society announced yesterday that it will purchase the island’s monthly newspaper that bears […]

From our Langford Family studios on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the W-V-B-I. First some news…   In her state of the state address last evening, Governor Whitmer said her party’s sweeping vistory last fall is a direction from voters to tackle pocketbook issues, reduce education costs and build the workforce. Her biggest proposal was […]

Even as the process continues to find a new chief for Charlevoix’s police department, additional allegations are surfacing against former chief Gerard Doan.  He abruptly resigned in the midst of a sexual harassment investigation based on a complaint from an existing department employee. Now, six other people…some current and some former employees…have raised additional allegations […]

If you are headed to downtown TC in the coming months, you’ll want to plan for even more congestion than usual as both the North Cass and Union Street bridges down there will be closed starting next Monday.  It’s a reconstruction project, so the closures will last up to six months. Other shorter-term road construction […]

  Schools around the state are trying to figure out how to deal with a new online writing app called Chat G-P-T.  It’s probably the most advanced so-called chat bot to emerge so far and it can do a lot more than chat.  Ask it to write an essay on the causes of World War […]

Travel will be tough going in the Northern L-P and the U-P today as a winter storm that will bring us eight to 10 inches of snow blows through.  There’ll be snow north of the midsection of the LP and north with freezing rain, sleet and heavy rain south of there.  Predicted snow totals increase […]

First some news…   As the push to switch to electric vehicles continues, a new study says the changeover could cost Michigan roads 500 million dollars by 2030. That’s the result of revenue lost from gas taxes that e-vehicles don’t pay. If projections hold true, up to 25% of vehicles on the road won’t be […]

It may feel like March…or even April…out there this morning, but M-Live forecasters are saying don’t be April-fooled. Another storm system is on its way to Michigan that could bring heavy snow to areas just north of Grand Rapids north into the U-P.  The current forecast calls for six inches on the island, but accumulation […]

From our Langford Family studios on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for Monday, January 16th, 2023.  First some news…   The Joint Townships Telecommunications Advisory Committee is thanking folks for takin the time at the end of last week to check the FCC’s National Broadband Map for accuracy. But, the work […]

From our Langford Family studios on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the W-V-B-I.  First some news…   The Joint Townships Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which I chair, along with the township boards and the B-I-A board are all urging island residents to be sure they have checked the level of broadband service the FCC is reporting […]