Gordon Evans

News Reporter/Producer

WMUK's Morning Edition anchor, Gordon Evans is also an accomplished reporter and interviewer. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he came to WMUK from WAAM in Ann Arbor.

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11:06 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema likely to open in September in downtown Kalamazoo

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Theater will be in spot which had been Rave in downtown Kalamazoo
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in downtown Kalamazoo likely won't open until September, instead of the initial targeted opening of summer. League and Kennedy said they had hoped to open the theater in June or July but it likely won't open until September, due to the amount of construction, hiring and other work that needs to be done.
10:01 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Groups call for Michigan to bring back mandatory helmet law

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Sponsor of bill to repeal mandatory motorcycle helmet law says numbers are "comprehensive"
Lansing - Insurers and medical groups urged Gov. Rick Snyder and the Legislature to reinstate Michigan's motorcycle helmet requirement Wednesday, citing a University of Michigan study showing it would have prevented 26 deaths and 49 injuries last year.
Nuclear safety
7:32 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Union of Concerned Scientists official says NRC allowing Palisades to limbo beneath safety bar

Credit WMUK
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant

The Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists Nuclear Safety Project is speaking Thursday in Southwest Michigan. David Lochbaum will speak at the Bernhard Center at Western Michigan University at noon. He will be at the Beach Haven Event Center in South Haven Thursday night beginning at 7:00. The group Beyond Nuclear is one the event's sponsors. WMUK's Gordon Evans spoke with Lochbaum Thursday morning. 

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6:29 am
Thu April 11, 2013

Workplace health care coverage drops in Michigan

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Decline comes from both large firms shedding jobs and smaller firms dropping coverage because of higher costs
Michiganders lost workplace health care coverage during the last decade at a greater rate than people in all but one other state, according to a report by one of the nation's largest health care research foundations.
6:24 am
Thu April 11, 2013

"Million mile challenge" issued to fight obesity in Berrien County

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Event kicks off in early May and runs through September 25th
BENTON HARBOR - How far would you be willing to go for a healthier lifestyle and a healthier community?

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