Category: Interlochen Public Radio
Grand Traverse Band officially gains ownership of former Timber Shores site
After 150 years, the tribe regains ownership of land that was once the epicenter of Ojibwe and Odawa villages in the Leelanau Peninsula.
Candidates compete for MI Democratic Party chair position
Candidates in the race to become the next leader of the Michigan Democratic Party are jockeying for position ahead of next year’s party convention.
Whitmer signs bills to extend jobless benefits to 26 weeks
Jobless workers will be able to collect unemployment benefits for a little more than six months under bills signed Monday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count underway
The National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is underway until Jan. 5. Coordinated visits to hundreds of sites in the U.S. and Canada to count birds depends on volunteers. There are about 80 sites in Michigan and more than 70 in Ohio.
The 12 Days of Christmas, from Christmas Eve to the 12th Night: this week on The Storyteller’s Night Sky
Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the year ahead, not just for a moment, but for the full 12 days of Christmas, which begin with the birth of inner light on Christmas Eve, at midnight.