Fox 17 Welcomes A New Face To Its Nightly Newscast

If it seems like a lot of local news people are coming and going in West Michigan you're not crazy.

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In the past year there have been changes at WOOD TV 8, WZZM 13 and FOX 17.

• WOOD TV News Anchor Donovan Long Says Goodbye To West Michigan
• Fox 17 Meteorologist Candace Monacelli Announces She Is Leaving
• Here's Why Meteorologist Haleigh Vaughn Is Leaving Fox 17
• Another News Anchor Has Said Goodbye To West Michigan
• Wood TV 8 Says Goodbye To Terri DeBoer After Almost 30 Years

With people leaving Grand Rapids that means new people are arriving.

WZZM 13 Welcomed A New Member To Morning News Team a few weeks back and now Fox 17 has a new face viewers will see during their nightly news.

FOX 17 News announced the addition of Samantha Mesa to its newsroom team on Monday.

Samantha will be co-anchoring the evening news segments at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m., and 11 p.m. alongside Josh Berry.

Samantha is originally from Colorado and has worked in several TV markets before arriving in Grand Rapids including New York, Texas and Iowa.

Samantha shared the exciting news on her social media.

Samantha on behalf of West Michigan let me say welcome!

You're going to love it here.