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On the right, a white sign with black letters reads Holtec International - Palisades Power Plant, while a road on the left leads up the hill past trees with no leaves. The entrance to the now shuttered nuclear plant in Covert Township, Michigan.

Economy

Palisades “work family” reunites for shot at reopening a Michigan nuclear plant

Dustin Dwyer

The Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township could be the first shuttered nuclear facility to reopen in the U.S.

Environment & Climate Change

Palisades Power Plant will not close early after all

Lindsey Smith

The Palisades nuclear power plant will stay open until 2022 after all.Late last year Entergy, the company that owns the plant, announced that Palisades…

Politics & Government

Pressure mounting on few remaining counties using gas chamber to euthanize animals

Lindsey Smith

The debate over county animal shelters using gas chambers to euthanize sick or unwanted animals is heating up in southwest Michigan.In the beginning of…