Detroit Evening Report - WDET 101.9 FM

Daily round-up of the news that Detroit residents need to know

The Detroit Evening Report is a 3-minute daily round-up of the news that city residents need to know. Stories focus on the concerns, problems, passions and needs of Detroiters — specifically residents of color.

The Detroit Evening Report Weekend brings listeners in-depth interviews on important topics of interest to communities of color.

Hosted By: Sascha Raiyn, Jerome Vaughn, Bre’Anna Tinsley, Nargis Rahman and Hernz Laguerre.

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Detroit Evening Report: DDA fund to help increase affordable housing in downtown Detroit

Tia Graham January 12, 2023

Central City Apartments in southwest Detroit.

Detroit Evening Report: Tenants coalition aims to protect Detroit renters’ rights with ‘Right to Renew’ ordinance

Nargis Rahman January 11, 2023

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bernstein apologizes to Justice Harris Bolden over clerk hiring criticism

Jerome Vaughn January 10, 2023

This colorized electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in November 2022, shows cells, indicated in purple, infected with the omicron strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, orange, isolated from a patient sample, captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. (NIAID/NIH via AP)

Detroit Evening Report: Health officials say omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is most transmissible strain of COVID yet

Sascha Raiyn January 9, 2023

Prisoner Scott Steffes works on climbing at the Parnall Correctional Facility's Vocational Village in Jackson, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

Detroit Evening Report: DTE program trains prisoners to trim around power lines

Tia Graham January 6, 2023

City of Detroit officials, including Mayor Mike Duggan, announced the city's unemployment rate fell below 7% during a press conference on Jan. 5, 2022.

Detroit Evening Report: Unemployment rate in Detroit drops below 7%, reaching 22-year low

Tia Graham January 5, 2023

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan schools will increase electric school buses in 2023

Nargis Rahman January 4, 2023

13th Congressional District Shri Thanedar

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s nearly 70-year streak of Black representation in Congress is about to end

Jerome Vaughn January 3, 2023

vibrantly colored collage depicting a family in their home

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit artist Judy Bowman makes solo exhibition debut at MOCAD at age 70

Hernz Laguerre January 2, 2023

Sisters Aliyah, Laila and Taqwa Mahdi posing in front of The Social Loft in Hamtramck.

Detroit Evening Report: Sisters create women’s workspace in Hamtramck when they couldn’t find one

Sascha Raiyn December 30, 2022

Detroit Evening Report: Café brings Yemeni coffee and culture to Garden City

Sascha Raiyn December 29, 2022

colorful book cover for 'Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen' by George McCalman

Detroit Evening Report: Artist George McCalman created illustration book to highlight Black American history

Nargis Rahman December 28, 2022

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