Western Region

Special Report: How does energy get to your smartphone?

You plug in your smartphone and voila -- it's charged up and ready to whisk you off to cyberspace. But how exactly do those electrons get into your phone? Read on to find out.

MTEC SmartZone adds dozens of jobs in 2014

Source: MTEC SmartZone

Ski magazine visits Chatham hill

Source: Bombsnow.com

Top five things to do in the U.P. in winter

Houghton County makes bid for $5 million energy prize

UPHS hires two in management

Northern schools turn rural status into an advantage for education

Source: Mlive.com

U.P. comic artist example of health care crowdfunding

Source: The New York Times

What does the craft beer boom mean for home brewers?

The craft beer boom hasn't shaken the foundations of the U.P's rich homebrewing tradition. If anything, the region's amateur brewing community is more tight-knit, creative and ambitious than ever before.