News Archive
Nov 4, 2011:
Flint to get ShotSpotter gunshot tracking system
Nov 1, 2011:
Devil's Night arsons dwindle in Flint
Nov 1, 2011:
Mayoral endorsements pile up for Nov. 8 elections
Oct 28, 2011:
Campaign finance reports due in local races; Flint Mayor Dayne Walling has reported spending $34,836
Oct 27, 2011:
WKUF to broadcast live Flint mayoral candidates forum
Oct 25, 2011:
City of Flint demolishes 775 houses in one year, according to report; Mayor calls it a record
Oct 20, 2011:
Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Flint Booming
Oct 12, 2011:
Vice President Biden Visits Flint
Oct 10, 2011:
Sen. Stabenow to unveil new trade plan in Flint
Oct 5, 2011:
Black Caucus mayoral candidates forum
Sep 26, 2011:
Massive project under way at deaf school campus
Sep 23, 2011:
Bikes on the Bricks hits downtown Flint this weekend, revs up business for restaurants
Sep 20, 2011:
First ever Horror Convention held in Flint this year
Sep 6, 2011:
U.S. Attorney's Office zero tolerance gun initiative with felon in possession charges off to quick start
Sep 5, 2011:
UAW pays homage to sit-down strikers in Flint
Aug 29, 2011:
City Hall joining Flint's urban agriculture movement
Aug 26, 2011:
Flint targets metal scrappers; Crackdown includes special police detail, new rules to allow auctions of thieves’ vehicles
Aug 24, 2011:
Efforts move forward to lease 4 Flint golf courseses
Aug 19, 2011:
Plan in works to reopen Flint city golf courses
Aug 19, 2011:
Back to the Bricks brings crowds of customers to the Mad Hatter and other Downtown Flint businesses
Aug 17, 2011:
Back to the Bricks 2011: The complete guide
Aug 17, 2011:
Car culture, manufacturing parts of Flint's past and future, officials say at Back to the Bricks kickoff
Aug 15, 2011:
Online crime reporting coming to Flint
Aug 15, 2011:
New fuel-economy standards could spur growth in Flint; automakers to turn to hybrid, electric vehicle technology
Aug 11, 2011:
Dominican Republic deal in works: Officials looking to Flint company for fuel cell plant
Aug 9, 2011:
Flint residents train to help police, hope to free up time for officers to work streets
Aug 8, 2011:
Third shift begins at Flint Truck Assembly
Aug 7, 2011:
Flint scores first CANUSA road victory since 1959
Aug 7, 2011:
Flint teen lands prestigious Gates Scholarship
Jul 28, 2011:
Flint enjoys ‘Diplomat’-ic initiative
Jul 25, 2011:
Back to the Bricks organizers and Diplomat Pharmacy announce effort for Flint auto pioneer statues
Jul 22, 2011:
Authorities hold interventions with nonviolent criminal suspects in Flint's first Ceasefire 'call-in' meeting
Jul 22, 2011:
$5.3 million project to transform 32,000 square feet of Riverfront building to University of Michigan-Flint business school
Jul 22, 2011:
Campaign finance reports due in local races; Flint Mayor Dayne Walling has spent $85,511, records show
Jul 20, 2011:
Flint students to lead anti-violence march
Jul 20, 2011:
Flint plan for spending $5.3 million in federal community block grants under consideration
Jul 19, 2011:
GM to build next generation trucks in Flint
Jul 18, 2011:
GM announces $328 million investment at Flint Assembly
Jul 18, 2011:
Flint ready to launch Ceasefire: First meeting to give suspects chance to turn lives around or face justice system
Jul 15, 2011:
Flint toughens firearms policy
Jul 15, 2011:
Under new initiative in Flint, felons in possession of guns will be prosecuted federally
Jul 14, 2011:
U.S. Attorney's office to have press conference Thursday on 'new initiative targeting gun crimes'
Jul 14, 2011:
Mayor Walling on ABC 12
Jul 11, 2011:
Michigan State Police: Gov. Rick Snyder committed to help find funding for Flint City Jail
Jul 11, 2011:
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling: Reopening of city jail on the table after talks with state officials
Jul 8, 2011:
U.S. Sen. Stabenow to unveil 'major initiative' in Flint to boost advanced battery industry
Jul 6, 2011:
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis makes a pit stop at Flint's Blackstones, another 'highlight of Flint's success'
Jul 6, 2011:
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis tours Diplomat Pharmacy in Flint, says the city 'is on the map again'
Jul 5, 2011:
Flint resident crowned Miss Black Michigan USA
Jun 30, 2011:
Attorney General Schuette, Michigan State Police to announce 'public safety effort' in Flint
Jun 29, 2011:
Local business leaders meet with White House representative to discuss trade, industry
Jun 29, 2011:
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood tours Flint Assembly, calls Volt 'model for American car manufacturers'
Jun 29, 2011:
The Flint branch of the NAACP is holding a mayoral candidates forum in advance of the Aug. 2 primary election.
Jun 29, 2011:
Flint to add 4 police officers to patrol staff after city's district court moves back to McCree
Jun 26, 2011:
Safe Summer Campaign now underway
Jun 23, 2011:
Big Three Return to Michigan Roots
Jun 22, 2011:
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling stresses importance of redevelopment at Clio Road construction site
Jun 21, 2011:
Flint tries Japanese-model project to share ideas, motivate others and change the city
Jun 15, 2011:
Pieces in place for new GM paint shop in Flint but company waiting to make it official
Jun 4, 2011:
City of Flint marks homeownership month
Jun 3, 2011:
Flint officials announce three federal grant applications to fund police, public safety efforts
Jun 2, 2011:
Pastor: Federal grant applications help give hope to residents fed up with Flint violence
Jun 1, 2011:
State ranks Flint 3rd in efficiency for Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant spending
May 28, 2011:
MobiuSoft could bring on almost 150 employees in 18 months if digital medical record program takes off
May 28, 2011:
Music video to be filmed in downtown Flint as local musicians join forces to express hope, determination
May 28, 2011:
Kettering at the center of innovation in Flint
May 25, 2011:
Potential home buyers line up as developers release information on Flint's Smith Village development
May 23, 2011:
Two Flint Regional Science Fair Winners Take Top Honors
May 17, 2011:
Feds deliver Flint mentoring program $1 million grant
May 17, 2011:
General Motors planning $417 million investment in new paint facility on site where Volt plant was to have been built
May 9, 2011:
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy could hire more than 200 people this year, on track to break $1 billion mark in 2012
May 9, 2011:
$2 Million Grant from Mott Foundation to Boost Kettering University’s Strategic Initiatives
May 9, 2011:
Mott Community College top contender for $1 million in prize money and national title of best community college
May 8, 2011:
GM hosts first ever Ride and Drive event
May 4, 2011:
Mayor Dayne Walling on the greening of Flint
Apr 21, 2011:
Mayor Dayne Walling To Highlight Growth Sectors Contributing To Flint's Economic Revitalization
Apr 17, 2011:
Kiplinger: Flint one of 11 'comeback cities' for 2011
Apr 17, 2011:
Another View: Reopen Flint City Jail with 2-mill tax to ensure there are consequences for all crimes
Apr 15, 2011:
Local farmers win prestigious award from USDA
Apr 13, 2011:
Flint Firefighters Union Agree To Concessions
Apr 7, 2011:
Mayor: Funding cuts, concessions will fix budget
Apr 3, 2011:
Flint on Full
Mar 29, 2011:
Flint Mayor and City Council Take Voluntary Pay Cut
Mar 21, 2011:
UM-Flint graduate wins Flint logo design competition
Mar 18, 2011:
New Flint film festival aims to bring people together
Mar 16, 2011:
Flint secures multi-million-dollar stabilization bond
Mar 11, 2011:
Residents walk away from conference with crime prevention plan to start in one Flint neighborhood
Mar 9, 2011:
Michigan Mayors Carol Shafto, Dayne Walling, George Heartwell and Others Talk about Effective Leadership
Mar 9, 2011:
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling says city's mail facility 'needs to stay open to keep jobs in our community'
Feb 7, 2011:
Flint mayor to join conference call with First Lady Michelle Obama on fitness initiative
Feb 7, 2011:
Flint Mayor To Speak On Campus
Feb 4, 2011:
Flint one of top 10 metropolitan areas to record highest unemployment decrease in country
Feb 4, 2011:
City exceeds 2010 goal of retaining, creating jobs
Feb 4, 2011:
Jobless rate falling in Flint
Feb 4, 2011:
Flint's unemployment rate drops 4.2 percent
Jan 26, 2011:
Bishop International Airport expansion
Jan 25, 2011:
GM makes a bet on Flint
Jan 24, 2011:
750 jobs coming to Flint Assembly
Jan 21, 2011:
New Mott Community College lab designed by MIT to give inventors and businesses an 'electronic playground'
Jan 18, 2011:
A sit-down with Mayor Walling
Dec 10, 2010:
Flint Mayor Backs Middle Class Tax Cut Framework
Dec 7, 2010:
Android Industries to expand, call back workers
Dec 6, 2010:
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling calls Michigan School for the Deaf, Powers deal 'very positive project'
Nov 12, 2010:
Flint's own Mark Ingram Doak Walker Award semifinalist
Nov 4, 2010:
Flint Farmer’s Market Thriving
Oct 27, 2010:
Record number of college students in Genesee County
Oct 25, 2010:
Second Swedish bio-gas facility planned for Michigan
Oct 20, 2010:
City of Flint receives $1.57 million grant for planning
Oct 19, 2010:
Flint mayor proposes budget plan to erase $5M deficit
Oct 14, 2010:
New wine bar, Cork on Saginaw, to open in downtown Flint
Oct 7, 2010:
Flint trick-or-treating moved to Saturday before Halloween; City readies Devil's Night strategy
Oct 6, 2010:
New biodiesel processor being manufactured in Flint
Oct 5, 2010:
New technology helps Flint Police fight crime
Oct 4, 2010:
GM to become major Back to the Bricks sponsor
Sep 22, 2010:
UM-Flint Enrollment Sets New Record
Sep 22, 2010:
Flint Readies For Annual 'Bikes On The Bricks'
Sep 20, 2010:
Committee to Recall Dayne Walling loses ballot battle
Sep 16, 2010:
Back to School Celebration
Sep 16, 2010:
Kettering University to host robotics competition
Sep 16, 2010:
Flint mayoral recall effort in hands of Detroit judge
Sep 14, 2010:
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy Honored By Inc. Magazine As One Of The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Companies
Sep 10, 2010:
New UM-Flint students now part of our college town
Sep 10, 2010:
Public Safety and City Budget
Sep 8, 2010:
Proposal in the works for Powers Catholic to share renovated Michigan School for the Deaf campus
Sep 3, 2010:
New students at the University of Michigan-Flint welcomed to campus by a "flash mob" dance to Black-Eyed-Peas song
Sep 2, 2010:
Flint Farmers' Market wins national contest
Aug 31, 2010:
Kettering University to celebrate grand opening of new Innovation Center that will house Swedish Biogas International
Aug 30, 2010:
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling applauds blow to recall effort after more signatures disqualified
Aug 30, 2010:
Not enough signatures in recall effort
Aug 25, 2010:
Flint River restoration project picks up speed
Aug 23, 2010:
Pasta party planned for Crim
Aug 19, 2010:
Kettering University to debut biofuel pickup truck tied to Swedish biogas plant in Flint
Aug 19, 2010:
UM-Flint is Michigan's Fastest Growing University
Aug 5, 2010:
Flint Journal Editors Oppose Recall






