Rescue teams use a blowtorch to cut rebar to free a slab of cement to be removed by crane while working at night looking for people trapped underneath the rubble of a collapsed six-story residential building in Colonia Condesa, in Mexico City, on Sept. 20, 2017. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Recent disasters evidence of steely human resolve

If only these disturbing scenes of natural disasters’ fury were clips from last week or the week before. But no, the hits just keep coming:

Yesterday at 3:00 PM

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PAINTER: Twitter can be good if used the right way

Do you tweet? Millions of people around the world do, including myself. For those who might not be familiar with the term, tweets are online messages restricted to 140 characters posted on Twitter, an online news and social service.

Yesterday at 12:00 PM

The Fresnel lens is shown dismantled and ready for packing and moving from the Depot.

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SLOVER: History of Grand Haven's lighthouses preserved at museum

As you may know, the Tri-Cities Historical Museum will no longer be occupying the Depot Museum of Transportation at 1 N. Harbor Ave. The displays featuring transportation by land and water, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard, have been carefully taken down and moved to one of two places.

Sep 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM

Ottawa County Circuit Judge Mark Feyen accepts a plaque from James Eberspacher, who represented the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.

Other Views

Special courts may need special treatment

Some Michigan counties have veterans courts. Some counties have mental health courts. Some have sober courts for drunken drivers. And some have drug abuse courts.

Sep 21, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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BEUSCHEL: Blessed to still have Mom around to tell her stories

This is a very special month for my family. My mother is celebrating her 95th birthday!

Sep 21, 2017 at 3:00 PM

Other Views

Bring competition to liquor sales

Regulators don't often decide to regulate less. Yet the state liquor commission is attempting to do just that.

Sep 20, 2017 at 4:00 PM

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IDEMA: What are the origins of all the hate we see today?

We have seen so much hate on our TV screens lately. The faces of those carrying torches in Charlottesville on a Friday night yelling out hatred for Jews and the Nazi slogan, "blood and soil."

Sep 20, 2017 at 2:00 PM

A Coast Guard port security unit boat providing security in New York Harbor after the 9/11 terrorist attack.

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How 9/11 reshaped the U.S. Coast Guard

“With the 9/11 attacks, the War on Terror had set in motion dramatic changes to the Coast Guard.”

Sep 19, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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KALIS: The changing of the shin guards, and other fall transitions

Summer’s over and I have to come to terms with it.

Sep 19, 2017 at 3:00 PM

Our Views

City's parking plan is a good first step

It’s great to see Grand Haven officials take a permanent step to manage parking concerns in the city, especially on the heels of the city’s own downtown parking study and a recent Grand Valley State University tourism study which showed parking availability as a concern by visitors.

Sep 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM

Our Views

A sign of the times?

Politics can often produce strange bedfellows, as witnessed recently in a sign-swiping case in Spring Lake Township.

Sep 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM

On Aug. 12, 2017, white supremacist groups clashed with hundreds of counter-protesters during the ''Unite The Right'' rally in Charlottesville, Va. Dozens were injured in skirmishes and many others after a white nationalist plowed his sports car into a throng of protesters. One counter-protester died after being struck by the vehicle. The driver of the car was caught fleeing the scene and the governor of Virginia issued a state of emergency. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Zuma Press/TNS)

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PENNING: Free speech should beat back violence, not encourage it

We are fortunate that when people say the names of our communities — Grand Haven, Spring Lake, or even West Michigan — what is most likely to come to mind is the geographic features we enjoy.

Sep 14, 2017 at 3:00 PM

Jay Hall of Flint drove about two hours from his home to go salmon fishing on Oct. 1, 2014, in Harrisville. Hall didn't get a bite but remembers Harrisville swarming with salmon fishermen in 1989, the last time he went fishing along the Lake Huron shoreline. Since then the salmon population has declined significantly. (Dan Egan/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/TNS)

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Cost to take Lake Huron should be higher, not lower

It is open season on beaches in Michigan.

Sep 13, 2017 at 3:30 PM

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KOEDYKER: It's time to revive the sacred art of listening

It seems to me that, at the present time in the United States, there is an awful (and I mean “awful”) lot talking and shouting and bickering and fighting going on about different opinions.

Sep 13, 2017 at 2:30 PM