Cherry Capital Airport

As Traverse City's airport expands, officials see an opportunity to address climate change. Also, the difficulty of tracking how opioid settlement dollars are spent. We'll hear how an old asylum in Traverse City inspired a new novel. And we meet the journalist behind a newsletter that's by, for and about the Indigenous people of Michigamiing (Michigan).

The plans, which are not yet complete, include considerations for energy efficiency, weather and more.

Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.

Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.

The Northwest Regional Airport Authority approved a new agreement with the festival in a 7-1 vote Monday.

Airport and Avelo officials said it will bring more tourists to northern Michigan and open up a door to New England for residents.

This week: An impasse over the future of the air show at the National Cherry Festival. And Elk Rapids high school students make the prom a little more climate friendly.

Traverse City is home to one of the state’s fastest growing airports. 2021 data from the Federal Aviation Administration says it saw nearly 300-thousand outbound planes.

This week: One year since the Gaylord tornado, school safety in Traverse City, and a pedaling the rails in Grawn.

When flight passengers travel through Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City they will be offered a free COVID-19 test, with results texted to their…