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Lumber prices have increased more than 180 percent since the spring of 2020, which has caused the price of an average new single-family home to increase by $24,386 since April 2020. This is according National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) standard estimates of lumber used to build the average...

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Bainville High School in northeastern Montana has a school newspaper called Blues News (its team colors are blue and white). Not only do the students and faculty get to read it but it is also distributed to community members. — mike *T*I*P* We heard a fellow the other day say it was a lot e...

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Primary energy consumption by source in the world in 2018 as measured by terawatt hours, a terawatt equaling one trillion watts, includes: oil, 55,000 terawatt hours; coal 45,000 terawatt hours; natural gas 39,000 terawatt hours; hydropower and nuclear both 3 terawatt hours; wind, solar and other r...

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We see that incentives to get the COVID-19 vaccine is wide and varied, offered from employers and good Samaritans. One large company we see is offering up to four hours pay, two hours for each shot, and up to $15 in ride-share fare to get the vaccines. In several locations where pot is legal, grow...

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It’s a 2-hour documentary titled “Absolute Proof" covering the recent U.S. election. It's definitely an eye opener with many solid witnesses. One can watch it on computer or phone by logging onto http://michaeljlindel.com, if you dare. — mike *T*I*P* Recent headlines on Feb...

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The “new” treated water from Dry Prairie Water system, now serving the larger portion of population in Daniels County, is pretty nice. It’s more drinkable and certainly clearer than what most of us were use to in the area. We’ve noticed much clearer bath water, almost looking blue, and ...