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Justin A. Hinkley

Alpena

Publisher and Editor at Alpena News

Regional editor @BridgeMichigan. #JournalismMatters and will never be stopped by bullets, bullies or other haters of the truth.

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Articles

  • Kalamazoo learns even free tuition isn’t enough to get kids into college

    3 weeks ago | bridgemi.com | Justin A. Hinkley

    Duwan Washington picks up his diploma from Kalamazoo Central High School during the school’s 2024 commencement ceremony. Data from 20 years of the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program shows more Kalamazoo Public Schools graduates attend college, but, despite significant gains last year, many students still fail to graduate on time. (Courtesy of Kalamazoo Public Schools) June 4, 2025 Justin A.

  • Think your homework was tough? In the UP, students had to build a house

    4 weeks ago | bridgemi.com | Justin A. Hinkley

    Students in the Copper Country Intermediate School District’s construction trades program built a house this school year The build was supposed to take two years but, with Houghton-area contractors’ help, the students built it in one Students earn real-life experience that can land them a job even while they’re still in high school For sale: A 1,650-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bathroom home with a three-stall attached garage and a built-in electric sauna in one of Houghton’s most...

  • Watch Bridge Lunch Break on the state of local media in Michigan

    1 month ago | bridgemi.com | Justin A. Hinkley

    Four panelists discussed news deserts, trust and what’s lost because of the shrinking media landscape in north and west Michigan. May 28, 2025 Justin A.

  • Bridge Lunch Break to discuss media in Michigan

    1 month ago | bridgemi.com | Justin A. Hinkley

    Bridge Regional Editor Justin Hinkley will lead a discussion on the state of the media with Ben Slocum, chair of the board for the Petoskey Chamber, Jonathan Seyferth, city manager of Muskegon, and Allison Donahue, program manager at Grand Rapids nonprofit news source the Rapidian. (Bridge Michigan) May 16, 2025 Justin A.

  • As news deserts spread in Michigan, Lenawee County an unexpected oasis

    1 month ago | bridgemi.com | Justin A. Hinkley

    Michigan has lost 42% of its newspapers in 20 years, while so-called news deserts spreadThe trend is reversing in Lenawee County, where papers are being saved or launchedThe situation is ‘exceedingly rare’ across the nation, one expert saysAfter a year of meetings about the sad state of local media in Lenawee County, Deborah Comstock decided she wanted to start a newspaper. So she sought advice from Dave Green, who retired in 2020 and shuttered his Morenci weekly newspaper in the county.

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Justin A. Hinkley
Justin A. Hinkley @JustinHinkley
5 Jun 25

Hello, friends -- I'm doing a little poll for my northern Michigan newsletter, and I'd love to hear your thoughts: Where does "Up North" actually begin in Michigan? Take the poll here: https://t.co/ppJVHR71CS

Justin A. Hinkley
Justin A. Hinkley @JustinHinkley
30 May 25

The latest student-led homebuilding project launches in the Upper Peninsula https://t.co/LBbe7SBIYP

Justin A. Hinkley
Justin A. Hinkley @JustinHinkley
5 Mar 25

Are Mackinac Island ferries a monopoly? Lawsuit claims island got it wrong https://t.co/zKWEHSDIFC