President Joe Biden ordered a release of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Nov. 23, 2021, as a part of a coordinated effort with five other countries to tamp down rising fuel prices.

Retail and service sector workers have been laboring to keep shelves stocked and customers happy from the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Life on the front lines has been exceptionally stressful for these employees.

There are three reasons we see so many red American barns.

Breakfast

• November 29: Bagel sandwich, apple juice, milk, fruit
• November 30: Pancake, sausage, orange juice, milk, fruit
• December 1: Egg patty, toast, fruit, orange juice, milk
• December 2: Waffles, sausage links, apple juice, milk, fruit

Lunch

• November 29: Sloppy joes, tater tots, pears, milk
• November 30: Chicken nachos, lettuce, peaches, milk, cinnamon bread
• December 1: Chicken pot pie, biscuits, fruit, milk
• December 2: Tomato soup, grilled cheese, fruit, milk

Online shopping is already booming this holiday season. November and December online shopping is projected to top US$200 billion for the first time. And as online shopping increases, so do online scams.

Black Friday may not have the same allure as in years past, but there is still plenty of shoppers expected to be out this weekend.

Phyllis Ann Long

November 28, 1937 – November 18, 2021

Phyllis Ann Long passed away November 18, 2021, in Littleton.

Phyllis was born in Eads to George and Minnie Smith November 28, 1937. She had one older sister, two half-sisters and one half-brother. She was baptized at the first Christian Church when she was one year old.

(Wyoming News Service) Wildlife advocates are taking the U.S. Forest Service to court over a plan to eliminate prairie dogs from the Thunder Basin National Grassland.

Choosing the right Medicare plan can be confusing, and during the open-enrollment period, it is recommended that senior citizens take the time they need to find the plan best for them.

The western monarch butterfly appears to be pulling back from the edge of extinction - with more than 100,000 counted so far in the 25th annual Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count.