The winners of Washington County’s first “Name a Snowplow” contest were announced on Jan. 25, 2024: Plowabunga (433 votes) and Taylor Drift (405 votes). (Courtesy of the Washington County Department of Public Works) Washington County’s first “Name a Snowplow” contest … Continued
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, JOSH FUNK and MARK VANCLEAVE Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season. But prices are still far from the recent peak … Continued
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from a dairy in Fresno, California, state health officials said. The sample obtained at a store tested positive Nov. 21 during routine screening … Continued
One night last month, near the end of the Chicago International Film Festival, a particularly long line of moviegoers snaked down Southport Avenue by the Music Box Theatre. The hot ticket? This fall’s hottest ticket, in fact, all over the … Continued
Every day, the world over, we feel these things because we’re human: Longing. Peace, where we can find it. Belonging. Loneliness, sometimes. Unsteadiness in an ever-expiring present tense. If we’re city dwellers in a great urban center that feeds millions … Continued