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The city of Benton Harbor is exploring a new plan to improve downtown businesses.Cornerstone Alliance is proposing what's ...
Work to improve Benton Harbor’s water system is moving forward. That said, there is an amendment needed to shuffle grant ...
Benton Harbor, Michigan, lead pipe removal is finally underway. Elevated levels of lead have been detected in the city for at least three years. By Catherine Thorbecke. November 10, 2021, 1:22 PM.
Benton Harbor's average lead contamination level of 22 ppb translates to 90 percent of households being below that level, and more than 10 percent are at least 22 ppb or higher.
More than 4,500 cases of bottled water have been delivered to Benton Harbor to date, with another 15,500 cases expected to be delivered within coming days, according to the Michigan health department.
BENTON HARBOR, MI — All Benton Harbor lead service lines would be dug up and replaced by April 2023 under a goal announced by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer amid an escalating response to toxic ...
Benton Harbor, Mich., residents will be urged to use free bottled water for drinking and cooking until a federal study confirms that filters can work effectively with the city's tap water.
What’s happening in Benton Harbor, they say, too strongly echoes the neglect and official indifference that met the deadly water crisis in Flint, Mich., another city that is majority African ...
Officials in Benton Harbor, Michigan, announced a state of emergency this week in a bid to ensure that lead pipes contaminating the city’s water supply are replaced more quickly.
BENTON HARBOR, MI — More than $150,000 in past-due water and sewer bills have been forgiven for low-income residents of Benton Harbor though a federal grant. About 237 eligible accounts were ...
Benton Harbor is a reminder that the impacts of Michigan’s crumbling infrastructure continue to poison residents’ water supply today. Oct. 12, 2021, 7:31 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 13, 2021, 5:26 ...