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Striped pavement in front of the towering Gordie Howe Bridge.
  • Featured
  • News
  • The Metro

The Metro: Gordie Howe International Bridge opens over the Detroit River

Alex McLenon, Robyn Vincent July 27, 2026

News

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  • Environment
  • News
  • Secondary

Crews will start removing muck from Lake St. Clair in the fall

Pat Batcheller July 27, 2026
Arooj Aftab
  • Culture & Music
  • In The Groove
  • Secondary

Ahead of her Detroit debut, Arooj Aftab reflects on music, magic, and meaning

Lilly Lynn Nguyen July 24, 2026
A tree rests on the roof of a house in northern Michigan.
  • uncategorized

Detroit Evening Report: FEMA awards reimbursements for winter storm recovery efforts

Nargis Rahman July 27, 2026

FEMA has awarded a total of $15.8 million dollars in reimbursements to several Michigan entities as part of the recovery stemming from...

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MPC WHITMER-2
  • All Things Considered

Thank you to Russ McNamara for seven years of service at WDET

WDET Staff July 27, 2026

After more than seven years of reporting and anchoring the news at WDET, Russ McNamara has resigned from the station. Since...

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  • Citizen Vox
  • News

Citizen Vox: Parent searches for fresh ideas and better schools this election

Quinn Klinefelter July 27, 2026

Citizens hold the ultimate political power under the U.S. Constitution. But do people in Metro Detroit feel they have the...

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NittyGrittyDirtBand
  • Acoustic Café
  • Culture & Music

Acoustic Café: Farewell tours Part 2—Nitty Gritty Dirt Band + archives from Regina Spektor, Martin Sexton, Melissa Etheridge and more!

Rob Reinhart July 26, 2026

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  our in-studio guests are the legendary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB). After 60...

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WeAreTheBeautiful
  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: New shoegaze box sets and honoring Sinéad O’Connor

Darren Revell July 26, 2026

Tonight was a compilation kind of night. I featured tracks from the upcoming “We Are The Beautiful” 4-CD box set...

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HappinessAnytime Leon Bridges
  • Culture & Music
  • Rob Reinhart's Essential Music

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: A new life for ‘Good Life,’ a new version of Aretha’s final No. 1 hit, Yard Act, Beck, Leon Bridges + more

Rob Reinhart July 25, 2026

This week on Rob Reinhart's Essential Music, we play the first of 3 EPs from Leon Bridges, fun new tunes...

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A groundbreaking ceremony was held this week for MyFlight Tours' new 12,000-square-foot headquarters at Coleman A. Young International Airport in Detroit.
  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: MyFlight Tours officially opens Detroit location

Hernz Laguerre July 24, 2026

A year after the groundbreaking ceremony, MyFlight Tours is opening up their new headquarters and aviation entertainment in Detroit this weekend. The helicopter tour company is offering sightseeing flights over Detroit's...

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  • Environment

Unlike us, wildfire smoke has little health effect on Michigan’s tree canopy

Amanda LeClaire July 24, 2026

Michigan’s air quality declined dangerously earlier this month due to wildfire smoke from Minnesota and Canada. Pollutants in the smoke can...

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Abdul El-Sayed speaks into a megaphone at a rally. Haley Stevens, in a separate photo, speaks to journalists outside in a park.
  • News
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan’s Democratic senate primary is a tight, expensive race

Russ McNamara, Sophia Valchine July 24, 2026

Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate Primary is one of the most closely watched and deeply debated in the country.    With less...

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State House Speaker Matt Hall is in split screen with two others.
  • MichMash
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • uncategorized

MichMash: State House Speaker Matt Hall weighs in on spending proposals and the Republican primary

Hernz Laguerre July 24, 2026

In this episode The state of both the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial race. Which spending proposal does State House Speaker Matt Hall...

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Detroit park playground
  • Detroit Evening Report

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit parks get updates worth almost $20 million

Bre'Anna Tinsley July 23, 2026

Eleven Detroit city parks are receiving nearly $20 million in updates and beautification projects this year.  All upgrades were ideas suggested by residents...

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A line of traditional Greek dancers stands in front of an audience.
  • The Metro Events Guide

Metro Events Guide: Celebrating culture at Greektown Heritage Festival, Chinatown Block Party and more in metro Detroit

Natalie Albrecht July 23, 2026

Detroit turns 325 this Friday, and there's loads of different ways to get out and live it up this weekend!...

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