by WVBI | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
Work supported by the Rural Readiness Grant awarded to your BIA continues this week with a team from Advanced Communications & Data (ACD), a Lansing-based ISP, working to finalize a plan for an Island-wide fiber to the home and business. “The grant funds...
by WVBI | Sep 15, 2025 | Featured Post, News
Island birding expert Pam Grassmick reports that the fall migration of birds is now underway, with thousands of species making their way south along the Great Lakes flyway. Most of this remarkable journey happens at night, when cooler air helps birds conserve energy...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 20, 2025 | Featured Post, News
Yesterday, those on the island relying on TDS for phone and internet service were cut off from the world once again—no phone, no internet, and no 9‑1‑1 access—from approximately 8:00 a.m. until 9:15 p.m. The 18-hour blackout left the community incommunicado. There was...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 19, 2025 | Dark Sky Project, Featured Post, Island Currents, News
The Beaver Island Dark Sky Project is hosting two exciting programs this week that bring the wonders of the night sky — and the importance of preserving it — into focus. 🌠 Skygawking! Night Sky Viewing From August 20–23, head out to the Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 19, 2025 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
A Michigan circuit court judge has ruled that the state’s long-running lawsuit against Enbridge over the Line 5 pipeline can move forward, despite a related case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, Judge James Jamo denied the Canadian pipeline operator’s...
by WVBI | Aug 6, 2025 | Featured Post, News
Scientists are racing to save Lake Michigan’s whitefish from collapse — but funding is falling far short of the threat. Quagga mussels, brought in on ship ballast decades ago, now carpet nearly every inch of the lake bottom, starving fish by filtering out plankton....
