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Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Retired pro Football Players are again accusing the nfl of putting profits ahead of their health. More than 500 joined a lawsuit against the league today, claiming it illegally supplied them with painkilling narcotics so they could continue to play, despite injuries. Some say they were never told they had injuries. All of this, they say, led to serious, longterm health problems, including drug addiction. The suit comes less than a year after the ...

∫ Art in the Loft, on the third floor of the Center Building at 109 N. 2nd Ave. in Alpena, is currently showing its “WinterView” exhibit, on display throu

“Buckle your seatbelts” should be the slogan for 2024 if prognosticators are even close to their predictions. Chaos is prevalent, as there are currently

In the time it takes you to read this column, the United States will have gone another $15 million in debt. That’s right. Every single minute, Congress spe

The year was 1965. Barry McGuire had just released an anti-war song, “Eve of Destruction,” which opened up with these words: “The Eastern world, it i

How low can we go before we actually take action? Politically speaking, it seems we are an angry and divided country right now. Throw any label you want a

Now that April is over and, hopefully, most of us have settled up with Uncle Sam by paying our income taxes, I can’t help but wonder why, with all the money w

As the next presidential election is just getting started, I can’t help but be reminded about a book by Lee Iacocca titled “Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

This is a sad story. This is a mad story. This is a story that never should have been written, but I feel compelled to tell it, not so much for those who

Alpena News Guest Columnist As a proud independent voter, I remain convinced the single biggest obstacle we face as a nation is partisan politics. Every few years, we elect people to go to Washington to do our work. We hire 435 House of Representatives members and 100 senators whom we employ, and pay them with our tax dollars, to carry out the important business of the federal government. But something strange happens on the way to their office. After they are done campaigning, shaking hands,...