All Stories from February 2, 2024 (Change date)
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Prohibit the cruelty of rodeosFeb 02, 2024 4:09 pm - With recent headlines such as, ‘Bull Rider Tragically Dies at Stoney Nakoda Nation Rodeo’ (Oct. 2023), ‘Oklahoma teen killed in bull riding accident’ (Aug. 2023), ‘Young ...
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Keeping perspective on Biden’s ageFeb 02, 2024 4:08 pm - As a proud member of the Spencer High class of '64, it bugs me when I can't remember the name of the movie I saw last week, or need to pause a couple beats to search for ...
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‘Blood sport’ is killing immigration compromiseFeb 02, 2024 4:07 pm - President Biden took the political gamble and included funding for the border crisis in the current budget proposal. Senate Republicans seized on it as an opportunity to ...
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The property assessment games continueFeb 02, 2024 4:07 pm - Well, the assessment merry-go-round has started again. I received a notice from the Board of Review that they were reducing my real estate assessment for 2023 taxes by 11...
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Woodstock Willie declares an early spring as huge crowd celebrates Groundhog DayFeb 02, 2024 4:04 pm - A massive crowd is gathered on the Woodstock Square Friday morning to witness an unseasonably warm Groundhog Day prognostication: an early spring. With the big day landin...
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U.S. begins strikes on militias in Iraq, Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack, officials tell APFeb 02, 2024 3:55 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation fo...
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Celebrating community: Marriott Theatre’s exuberant ‘In the Heights’ soarsFeb 02, 2024 3:29 pm - “In the Heights” — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s salute to New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood — gets an exuberant revival courtesy of Marriott Theatre.
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Football fiascoFeb 02, 2024 3:18 pm - Is it just me? Watching the Baltimore Ravens vs Kansas City Chiefs game, seems to me it’s not about the game anymore. Social media has infected everything. It’s a sad sta...
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Don’t overlook importance of down-ticket racesFeb 02, 2024 3:18 pm - I fully agree with the Daily Herald’s recent commentary regarding the uselessness of this year’s presidential primaries. The whole system needs some sort of shake-up in t...
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Metropolitan Youth Symphony announces 2024 Student Composition Competition winnerFeb 02, 2024 3:16 pm - The Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra recently named Yeeun Sim as the 2024 Student Composition Competition winner. Her winning composition, titled “A Song of the Win...