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Benzie Conservation District Fracking Forum (Video)

On February 27, the Benzie Conservation District hosted a forum on the process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a natural gas extraction practice that, in part because of fairly recent technological and chemical innovations, is creating a natural gas boom across the nation. Jonathan Maue took this great video of the forum and graciously let us post it here.

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Bomb Cyclone Power Outage

The power went out in the Village just after 7 pm March 16

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A report on the March 4, 2026, planning commission meeting

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Bomb Cyclone Power Outage

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