While many families celebrate the miracle of Christmas and their decorative lights abound, many Jews celebrate a different miracle and festival of lights. Chanukah (also spelled Hanukkah) is an ...

Winter is hitting the Gaza Strip and many of the nearly 2 million Palestinians displaced by the devastating 14-month war with Israel are struggling to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain.

Courtesy Photo Grace Episcopal Church, located on Long Rapids Road in Lachine, donated their most recent profits from their soup and sandwich dinner to Toys for Kids, Vietnam Veterans of America ...

ALPENA — Education, environment, arts programs, and human services programs are just some of the areas touched by the most recent round of grants from the Northeast Michigan Youth Advisory Council.

Revenge is not worth the effort or the angry feeling you have that spoils joy. I’d be glad of a retaliation that wouldn’t recoil on myself, but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends.

German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged on Sunday about the five people killed. Authorities ...

The News will not publish an edition on Wednesday in honor of the Christmas holiday. The News offices in downtown Alpena will close at noon Tuesday, Christmas Eve, and remain closed Wednesday for ...

Courtesy Photo In this photo submitted by Trina Cook, trees adorned with red and white Santa hats are seen on Saturday, ...

The Alpena High School Wildcats faced Traverse City West in a competitive match on Friday night, ultimately losing 63-48.

Residents of Alpena on Wednesday may be treated to a white Christmas for the first time in two years. For Christmas Eve on ...

Alpena has always had a small presence of deer that occasionally crossed a city street or munched on vegetation in people’s ...

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s Third-grade Get Into Your Sanctuary program recently won the Sea to Shining Sea Award ...