Back in the nineties and early aughts, the Cherryland Center in Traverse City was a bustling shopping center at the intersection of Garfield and South Airport roads. But the rise of online shopping, ...

Step into a world where phones, tablets, and TV screens take a back seat to a couple of well-loved throwbacks: board and arcade games. At The Coin Slot and Tabletop Underground, all the action happens ...

Summer has long been the most active season for buying and selling real estate in northern Michigan. So, how was summer 2026? Northern Express crunched the numbers (provided local real estate ...

According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), 8.2 percent of Michigan adults currently experience substance use disorder (SUD). Opioids, synthetic drugs, alcohol, and ...

What happens when your town gets a makeover? Sure, it looks nicer, newer, and perhaps more welcoming, but when a Michigan city is selected by the Michigan Main Street (MMS) program, it’s a large ...

Stein hoisting, keg throwing, spouse carrying! Boyne Mountain’s Skitoberfest brings you brews poured straight from the keg trailer, Bavarian plates in the food tent, and live music from Jelly Roll ...

As for voting misunderstandings, Lutz says the most common one involves geography. Traverse City has a population of about 16,000, but Grand Traverse County has about 97,000, meaning many voters live ...

His book, This Cursed Beautiful Land, is described as “an extraordinary, deeply reported chronicle” of Russia and its people.

We asked candidates to answer two simple questions: what inspired them to run for their position, and what their top ...

Another November election is upon us and with it, a slew of proposals, candidates, and millages to learn about. In the meantime, we reached out to northern Michigan’s political organizations to weigh ...

For this issue, two chapters of the League of Women Voters—a “nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and ...