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Oxnard Junior High School on alert after reported shooting threat


Oxnard Junior High School on alert after reported shooting threat

Superintendent: Threat not credible, apparently intended to “create panic” How local schools are working to improve safety School safety has become a major issue in recent years. Here’s an overview of what schools in Ventura County are doing. JUAN CARLO, VC Star The Oxnard Police Department is stationing additional officers at EO Green Junior High […]

Port Huron Fire Department hosts open house for new station


Port Huron Fire Department hosts open house for new station

At an open house Thursday afternoon, hundreds of people got their first look at the Port Huron Fire Department’s new station on 10th Street. City officials held a “hose cutting” to celebrate the opening of the 18,915-square-foot station, construction of which had been underway since December 2022. “We’ll be dead and gone before they have […]

Council overturns Planning Committee’s denial of building permit for marijuana store on 10th Street


Council overturns Planning Committee’s denial of building permit for marijuana store on 10th Street

PORT HURON – A sixth marijuana retail store may finally open on Port Huron’s south side. Less than a week after the city’s Planning Commission rejected plans for a cannabis bar at the corner of 10th and Division Streets, City Council members have reversed their decision. City Manager James Freed cited potential legal challenges the […]

Divine Designs moves retail store from downtown to Birchwood Mall


Divine Designs moves retail store from downtown to Birchwood Mall

FORT GRATIOT – After a brief stay in downtown Port Huron, a retail store has moved to Birchwood Mall. Michele Seib, who also owns Shear Karma Hair Gallery at 3528 Pine Grove Avenue, opened Divine Designs — a clothing and merchandise store — in March on Huron Avenue, where former men’s clothing store Patrick and […]

Open day at the new fire station on August 15


Open day at the new fire station on August 15

The new Port Huron Fire Department central station is fully operational after a year and a half of construction. The fire department invited the Times Herald to tour the building ahead of an open house when the public can tour the building. Construction of the 18,915-square-foot fire station on 10th Street began in December 2022 […]

Flood warning for the Myakka River south of Myakka State Park


Flood warning for the Myakka River south of Myakka State Park

North Port officials are optimistic that city residents will not experience a repeat of flooding like Tropical Storm Elsa i in 2021 or Hurricane Ian in 2022 because the sewer system is better prepared Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Debby forces residents to evacuate Multiple rescue and law enforcement agencies evacuate residents of the Pinecraft […]