Kathryn Depauw

1 week ago | record-eagle.com | Kathryn Depauw |Jordan Travis

TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City will begin enforcing the city's no-camping ordinance on May 6, effectively banning people without homes from staying in the encampment known as the Pines. This policy change would come in response to the adoption of a special land-use permit allowing Safe Harbor to become a year-round emergency shelter, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Traverse City Police Department.

2 weeks ago | record-eagle.com | Kathryn Depauw |Sierra Clark

TRAVERSE CITY — Native American women in the United States are more likely to die from childbirth or problems related to pregnancy than other women in developed countries. Year after year, statistics from the U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion document this disparity — not just among mothers, but also with infants.