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A combination of strong supplies, shipping logjams and persistent drought may be coalescing to produce peak almond.

The Arts Council of Northeast Louisiana presents BLEND, from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 1 at the River Market in downtown Monroe.

Downtown West Monroe will begin its 2022 Ouachita Live concert series on Friday, March 25.

WANDERERS twice came from behind to secure a stunning 3-2 win against Oxford at the Kassam Stadium.

Lawmakers are advancing legislation that would allow medical dispensaries to sell directly to all adults for a year or so before allowing other businesses into the market. But critics ranging from the Minority Cannabis Business Association to the libertarian-leaning Americans for Prosperity warn that Virginia is giving big operators a blank check.

As February starts, we still havent seen any measurable precipitation at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport since the start of the year.

Oklahoma farmland prices in the third quarter of last year were up 10% overall on average, compared with 2020.

It may come as a surprise to city dwellers excited by their home values that countless farmers are actually experiencing a real estate boom that makes residential prices pale in comparison.

Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesnt feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value of his land in northwest Iowa, its an apt way to describe him, even if he laughs at the idea.

Nationally, farmland was up an average of 7% but that doesn’t include the last half of 2021, when prices really took off in many areas.