biking

Every November, about 5,000 riders gather near Traverse City for a 30-mile, end-of-season bike race through the forests of Northern Michigan.

Today, what’s next for the Democratic Party and its relationship between its most consistent base of support - African American voters. Also, we check in with a Gen Z gun violence prevention advocate about how her work pushes on through a Trump presidency. And we hear from one biologist in the Upper Peninsula who made a massive, yet teensy discovery.

Today, how community resources have improved for rural Michiganders dealing with opioid addiction. Then, we meet a West Michigan sculpture and portraiture artist, whose work was recently in the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Plus, how an Ability Garden in Traverse City is offering kids with disabilities services they miss during summer break. Additionally, we revisit a conversation with BMX freestyle Olympian Hannah Roberts.

Today, we discuss new changes to the policy that allows student athletes to be paid directly for their name, image and likeness. Then, we listened to more of Interlochen Public Radio's Points North, a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes. Later, we talk to an anthropology professor at Wayne State University about how Black Americans were the fore-runners to the modern lottery system.

The Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail stretches about 20 miles through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. A new segment of the trail would add about five miles, but require the removal of over 7,200 trees, according to one independent analysis.

Retiring teacher union head on the state of education in Michigan, the Detroit Tigers’ first Spanish broadcasts, and the best biking around Detroit.

A closer look at Governor Whitmer’s plan to boost Michigan's population numbers, and an explainer on new safety rules at Great Lakes beaches.

Electric-assisted bicycles will no longer be classified as mopeds that require licensing and insurance. Instead, they will be treated as regular…

A group in northern Michigan has been working for more than a decade to connect a bike trail between Suttons Bay and Harbor Springs.But now, one…

Bicycle paths are expanding every year in Michigan. In the northern part of the Mitten, there are a bunch of great bike paths and there’s a book to help…