23 episodes
News Channel 3’s Community Conversations WWMT Newschannel 3
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Community leaders and news makers discuss what's happening in West Michigan, with anchors, reporters and staff from News Channel 3 WWMT.
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Marshall Kilgore discusses LGBTQ problems during COVID pandemic
News Channel 3 anchor Lora Painter spoke with Marshall Kilgore, the director of advocacy for OutFront Kalamazoo, about the unique challenges people in the LGBTQ community experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hearing from those on the front-lines of the COVID-19 battle
News Channel 3 morning anchor Kirk Mason spoke with a doctor working in the ICU at a local hospital treating COVID-19 patients, a funeral home director who has held more than 40 funerals for people who have died from COVID-19, and a Three Rivers woman who lost her husband to the virus and almost lost her own live.
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Hike West Michigan: Avid hikers share their favorite trails and hidden gems
As temperatures began warming up in Michigan, people began taking advantage of getting outside by hiking the trails that snake through West Michigan. News Channel 3's anchor and reporter Callie Rainey speaks with Sue Burkhard and Danielle Buhrfiend, admins of a popular West Michigan hiking Facebook group, on their favorite hiking trails and hidden gems across the western mitten.
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Kalamazoo mayor recaps first year in office
David Anderson's first year as the mayor of Kalamazoo was nothing like he expected. Racial unrest, a global pandemic and an economic tsunami combined to form the perfect storm. Mayor Anderson had a frank conversation with News Channel 3 anchor Andy Dominianni on the challenges faced in 2020 and opportunities on the horizon for 2021.
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Recapping winter and spring 2021 outlook with News Channel 3's meteorologists
The News Channel 3 weather team sits down to talk about the abnormally mild winter season and implications for the 2021 spring season. Chief meteorologist Keith Thompson, meteorologist Jeff Porter, meteorologist Christina Anthony and meteorologist Will Haenni met virtually to discuss.
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Experts weigh in on the return of the NCAA Tournament
News Channel 3's sports director Andy Pepper chatted about this years 68-team field with three men who absolutely love the game of basketball: Former WMU Head Coach and current ESPN analyst Steve Hawkins, who led the Broncos to the 2004 and 2014 NCAA Tournaments; Ed Kengerski of Michigan Sports TV, who covers the Wolverines on a daily basis; and former News Channel 3 sports reporter Mike McCann who is — to put it bluntly — a bit of a college basketball junkie.
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