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By Paula Wethington
And now the forecasts for southeast Michigan have changed to winter storm warning for tonight and Friday.
National Weather Service in Detroit.
By the way, if you want some budget-friendly tips on how to deal with snow and ice, read some of the recent posts at Monroe on a Budget. I’ve talked about how to deal with school kids snow days, work commutes and what to do with your vehicles.
By Paula Wethington
The National Weather Service in Detroit has posted a winter storm watch for Thursday night and Friday. “Significant icing” is possible between Detroit and the Ohio border as a result of this storm.
By Paula Wethington
The National Weather Service in Detroit has issued a winter weather advisory for tonight Dec. 16.
By Paula Wethington
I’ve been hearing and reading rumors about this situation at the nearby metro papers for the past few days. Now that the announcement is official, I still find it to be quite a shock.
The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News will “redirect staff, resources to digital delivery of news,” according to headline posted at Freep after the company meetings and press conference took place.
Translation: single-copy and news stand sales will continue seven days a week. But home delivery will be available only three days a week: Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.
The recurring question has been how people without computer access can keep up with the newspaper during the off days.
The answer is: picking up a newspaper at a single-copy sales point or participate in a mail subscription service.
It’s obvious to me, as a reader of those papers and as someone who works in the newspaper business, that the Detroit Media Partnership had to make a difficult decision one way or another.
If you are familiar with the print version of those publications, you know how much automotive advertising went into those products. Well, consider what’s happening in the automotive industry right now.
And if you haven’t been familiar with the headlines about the newspaper industry, here’s a roundup that names several Michigan papers.
By Paula Wethington
The are accidents on I-75 and US-23 near the Ohio-Michigan state line being reported to Monroe County Central Dispatch.
1 to 2 inches of snow is possible today, according to the National Weather Service.
By Charles Slat
As U.S. automakers continue to look for financial help from lawmakers due to the current economy, there’s fresh evidence that rebuts critics who contend the industry is in its present fix because it hasn’t responded to market demand for smaller and more fuel-efficient “green” cars.
Guess what the best-selling vehicle in America was in November? Ford’s F-Series pickup trucks.
No. 2? The Chevy Silverado.
No. 3? Honda Civic.
And here’s the latest news from Ford:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says a second shift will start making F-150 pickups at the automaker’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo.
That shift of about 1,000 workers had been switched to production of the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner small SUVs this summer.
Wednesday’s announcement comes after Ford announced in October that it planned to restore a third shift at its other F-150 plant in Dearborn, Mich. Those workers had been laid off earlier this year as the automaker cut production.
But gas prices are now less than half what they were this summer, and the redesigned 2009 version of the truck is improving demand.
Ford said Tuesday that F-series truck sales dropped 19 percent in November, which was significantly less than most of the company’s models.
Seems like a lot of buyers figure it’s no fun being green.
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