Issues

Amazon is altering the way it is providing a technological program to students and teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A West Michigan nonprofit extended its services to survivors of human trafficking.

It’s not easy to be a teacher right now. A debate over masks, vaccines and more has put students and educators in the midst of an intense political debate over how to handle COVID-19.

My father had been in assisted living and memory care at Edison Christian Life Services for a year and a half before he passed away in November 2025.

Can the police department’s new strategic plan really transform policing in a meaningful way?

Monica Pritchard said she didn’t enter ArtPrize in 2021 expecting to win. But her project — a repurposed phone booth full of memories — filled the Blue Bridge and took her all the way to the grand prize.

A local women-owned nonprofit that rescues cats now has a physical location to help meet more needs.

In late December of 2023, an altercation outside J Burger N Wings, 2023 Eastern Ave. SE in the Seymour Square area ended in shots being fired at a woman and her son.

The Grand Rapids Mayor’s Youth Council partnered with the Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) to collect new coats to help young adults in underserved communities stay warm.

Safety is a key concern for Grand Rapids residents who are interested in trading in their car – at least some of the time – for a bicycle.

A local gifting and promotional products company is turning to its fellow community business owners to avoid shortages ahead of the holiday season.

The ancient burial mounds in the Grand Rapids area offer a poignant glimpse into the Indigenous Peoples who once flourished in the region.

After many years of closure, the Division Avenue Arts Collective will reopen at its new permanent location, 1553 Plainfield Ave. NE, in the funky Creston neighborhood.

In partnership with a conservation organization, a locally based packaged water brand has planted its 1 millionth tree.

Although a Battle Creek zoo will not open its season as scheduled, it is helping its community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Is the Grand Rapids housing market the hottest it has ever been?

The Grand Rapids Drive, Grand Rapids Griffins, West Michigan Whitecaps and West Michigan Sports Commission partnered to launch “One Team For West Michigan,” an initiative to help the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a shelter-in-place order that will require all noncritical Michigan businesses and operations to temporarily close.

Researchers at Van Andel Institute have Parkinson’s in their scope.

Several members of the Grand Rapids Police Department and other area K9 unit personnel gathered in the parking lot of Animal Emergency Hospital Wednesday, Nov. 15 to welcome GRPD K9, "Eli."