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Senator Peters hosts Census Director Robert Santos in Dearborn, Detroit

September 30th, 20220 DEARBORN — U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan) brought Robert Santos, the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, to Dearborn this week to meet with members of the local Arab American community and local officials. The two visited Dearborn and Detroit on Monday for two roundtable meetings to discuss how to improve the process of...

Health

12th annual Men’s Health Event returns to Ford Field October 8

September 27th, 20221 DETROIT — The MIU (Michigan Institute of Urology) Men’s Health Foundation is hosting the 12th annual Men’s Health Event on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Ford Field in Detroit. Metro Detroit-area men 18 years and older, with or without health insurance, are encouraged to take advantage of this free event focused on...

Local

Detroit Metropolitan Airport seeking concession workers at job fair

September 24th, 20220 ROMULUS - The Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), which operates Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), is hosting a job fair on behalf of its concessionaires. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at the Nomads Building – 10100 Middlebelt Road in Romulus. The airport authority says...

Local

State, local officials and hundreds of guests attend grand opening of Huntington Bank’s commercial headquarters in Detroit

September 23rd, 20220 DETROIT - Officials from Huntington Bank joined Detroit, Wayne County and state officials on Wednesday for the grand opening of Huntington Tower, the first large new downtown Detroit building to be completed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tower was originally envisioned to be the headquarters for Chemical Bank,...

Health

Henry Ford Health first in the state to offer new cancer-detecting blood test

September 22nd, 20220 A Michigan hospital network is the first in Michigan to receive a blood test technology that detects cancer early, when it can be cured. Henry Ford Health, which has several hospitals in the Metro Detroit area, is among an early group of healthcare providers that will offer Galleri, a "Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) blood test"...

Community

38 years of being the loudest, clearest and the bravest voice for our community

September 11th, 20220 As we quietly marked the 38th anniversary of our establishment on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, we can’t help but reflect on the challenges we’ve faced, the advancement we’ve achieved and the issues we’ve reported on and overcome together as a community. Running a media publication has always been difficult, challenging and...

Crime

Man sought by police for information about non-fatal shooting contacts Dearborn Police

August 25th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department said on Thursday that with the cooperation of local media and the public who provided tips, the individual they earlier sought in connection with a non-fatal shooting had contacted the department. Detectives were able to determine that the incident occurred in the city of Detroit and the...

Local

Khalil Rahal appointed director of economic development at DTE

August 23rd, 20220 DETROIT — On Tuesday, DTE Energy announced the appointment of Khalil Rahal as director of economic development. The energy company said in a press release that Rahal will be responsible for leading DTE’s efforts to drive economic development in communities across Michigan. “I am thrilled to be joining DTE,” Rahal said....

Local

Assad Turfe named deputy Wayne County executive

August 23rd, 20220 DETROIT — Assad Turfe has been named deputy Wayne County executive, the county announced this week. Turfe previously served as chief of staff to Wayne County Executive Warren Evans, a position he’s held since 2018. His new position and relevant duties become effective upon approval by the Wayne County Commission, the county said...

Crime

17-year-old charged with first-degree murder in stabbing of 56-year-old Hamtramck man on Belle Isle

August 18th, 20220 HAMTRAMCK — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 17-year-old Hamtramck resident in connection with last week's fatal stabbing of Ali Mahyoub-Ali Mohammed, 56, also of Hamtramck, on Belle Isle in Detroit. The Prosecutor's Office said in a press release that last Friday, Aug. 12, at approximately 4:20 p.m., the juvenile...

Health

Dearborn nonprofit honors lives lost to overdoses in flower planting memorial

August 18th, 20220 DEARBORN — Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC), a long-running, Dearborn-based and Arab-founded nonprofit, will be hosting an International Overdose Awareness Day event on Aug. 24, in honor of those lost to substance overdoses. The international day to commemorate and raise awareness around overdoses occurs on Aug....

Health

Here’s another quick, easy way to get free COVID tests delivered to your doorstep

August 11th, 20220 LANSING — Besides the U.S. Postal Service, which is still delivering free COVID-19 tests right to people's doorsteps, there's another quick and secure way to get those tests. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the state's health authority, announced a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation through Project...

Elections

Raphael Washington retains Wayne County sheriff position

August 3rd, 20220 DETROIT — Sheriff Raphael Washington successfully retained his seat as Wayne County Sheriff for a partial term ending Dec. 31, 2024 after Tuesday’s primary election. Unofficial results from Wayne County show Washington secured about 47 percent of the votes, surpassing Joan Merriewether (28 percent) and Walter Epps (24...

Elections

Rashida Tlaib wins big in primary for district covering new communities

August 3rd, 20220 DETROIT — Residents in Dearborn, Southfield, Livonia, Detroit and more are now closer to being represented by a storied member of the so-called "Squad" in the U.S House. With the results of Tuesday’s primary election trickling in slowly throughout the night, District 12 candidate Rashida Tlaib, the incumbent in the race, cemented...

Elections

Alabas Farhat wins Democratic primary for newly-drawn State House District Three

August 3rd, 20220 The result of the Democratic primary election for the newly-drawn State House District Three, held on Tuesday, Aug. 2, will be decisive for the upcoming general election. The district is generally left-leaning and the Democratic primary winner will no doubt take the legislative seat. Alabas Farhat won on Tuesday in an election that...

Elections

Primary election off to a slow, but steady, start in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Hamtramck

August 2nd, 20220 Arab American neighborhoods in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck have some important choice to make about representations in the federal, state and county governments today. The primary election was off to a predictably slow start, with the city clerk in Hamtramck reporting only some 800 of the 1,300 or so absentee ballots sent...

Elections

Our endorsements for the August 2 primaries

July 31st, 20220 As a rule, primary elections do not enjoy the same attention that voters give to general elections, but party qualifiers are — in some races — so decisive that the general elections seem to be a foregone conclusion, and this applies to the fullest extent to the primary elections on Tuesday, August 2. It is a fact that the...

Elections

Rashida Tlaib talks potential of representing Dearborn, pro-corporate attacks, needs of working class residents

July 30th, 20220 Incumbent U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) is running in a well-publicized primary election for the newly-drawn District 12, which includes Dearborn, most of Dearborn Heights, western Detroit neighborhoods and some new communities to the north. Though she faces competition from hopefuls from the local Democratic political world,...

Elections

Q&A: Portia Roberson is running for the newly-drawn U.S. House District 13 in a crowded primary

July 29th, 20220 DETROIT — Portia Roberson is a candidate in the August 2 primary election in the newly-drawn U.S. House District 13, covering much of Detroit and Hamtramck, as well as Downriver and western Wayne communities and eastern cities like Grosse Pointe. The district also includes the southern portion of Dearborn Heights. Besides...

Health

Suspected or confirmed monkey pox exposure? Call local health dept. about vaccination

July 28th, 20220 Health officials in Michigan are urging residents who have been exposed — or suspect they have been exposed — to the monkeypox virus to contact their local health department about vaccinations. If you know or suspect you have had contact with someone with monkeypox, please contact your local health department for more...

Elections

Abraham Aiyash looks to retain MI House seat, talks issues of importance to working families in redrawn district

July 22nd, 20220 HAMTRAMCK — Abraham Aiyash is running to retain his seat in the State House in the August 2 primary election, in a redrawn district that includes new neighborhoods in Detroit, as well as the area covering Hamtramck that he currently represents. The energetic community advocate has long been closely associated with local progressive...

Health

Governor Whitmer signs legislation for integrated behavioral health care facility

July 20th, 20220 DETROIT — As part of Governor Whitmer’s FY’22- ‘23 budget that was just signed, the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) was awarded $45 million to build a comprehensive regional transformative behavioral health campus in Detroit. The new 120,000 square foot care center facility will help address disparities in health...

Health

New state health website has up-to-date info on monkeypox symptoms, cases, more

July 20th, 20220 LANSING — A new website set up by the state’s health authority has the most up-to-date info on the monkeypox virus. The new website, Michigan.gov/mpv, is run by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The site provides information about the signs and symptoms of monkeypox and the number of cases in the...

Elections

AAPAC announces endorsements for the August 2 primary election

July 15th, 20220 DEARBORN — The long-running Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) has announced its endorsements for the state-wide August primary elections. AAPAC is the oldest Arab American political organization, established in 1998 and formed by a group of Arab American professionals who set out to organize and encourage the...

Elections

A look at August primary State House races in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights

July 8th, 20220 This August, voters in Arab American-concentrated precincts in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Detroit will have a chance at some fresh representation in Michigan’s legislature. Citizen-led independent redistricting efforts have created three new State House districts in the Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Detroit areas that have...

Elections

Sanders endorses Tlaib, Levin; criticizes pro-corporate, pro-Israeli funds targeting primaries

July 1st, 20220 With primary races for Congressional seats heating up in Metro Detroit, some candidates have seen now unprecedented amounts of outside campaign funds pumped into their coffers. Most notably, those funds, raised by pro-Israeli occupation and pro-big business entities, have been directed to mainstream, pro-Israel Democrats in order...

Crime

Two children hospitalized, later discharged, after hit-and-run in Dearborn; police seek help identifying suspect

June 30th, 20220 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the driver involved in a hit-and-run last Sunday, which hospitalized two children. Both children were expected to make a full recovery, police said on Wednesday. The city of Dearborn confirmed with The Arab American News that both children...

Local

Summer tips for travelers during heavy border traffic, loosened COVID restrictions

June 30th, 20220 DETROIT — With the summer in full swing, and borders experiencing high traffic due to loosened COVID-19 restrictions, customs officials are offering tips to make travel smoother. These tips come from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Detroit field office and are for people traveling by air, land or sea. Ensure travel...

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