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HANNIBAL — Staff and faculty at Hannibal Middle School selected Students of the Month and Characters of the Month for January. The Character of the Month award winners demonstrated the

There were already a few Christmas trees at the curb in Olean on Monday. But were the trees put out because residents see the Christmas season as over or because the trees were beginning to copiously shed needles on the floor? Well, Christmas trees that hold their needles for weeks longer may be among the results of a globe-trotting, multi-university research project. Searching for trees that can fend off diseases threatening the most popular Christmas tree varieties — noble and Fraser firs — the 10-year Collaborative Fir Germplasm Evaluation Project eventually focused on fir trees ...

Back to basics: Winter Christmas tree webinar series announced December 22, 2020 Series will teach new growers how to build a solid understanding of management practices and give experienced growers a much-needed review, as well as give updates on research and emerging issues. Photo by Jill O’Donnell, MSU Extension Christmas tree operations run the gamut from small choose-and-cut farms to large-scale wholesale operations. Regardless of the size or type of farm, a good working knowledge of the overall production system is essential to help growers avoid problems before they start and give a ...

Print Carlsbad approved an “urgency ordinance” Tuesday effective immediately that requires the city’s largest hotels to keep jobs available when business returns for their employees who are furloughed or laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only the city’s largest hotels with 200 or more guest rooms are affected by the ordinance, including the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, and Legoland California. No criminal penalties are provided, but the ordinance gives employees the ability to file lawsuits and helps with their legal expenses if they are passed...

>> he is a typical, cynical chicago ward politician who runs for office and promises everything. and then comes to office and disappoints. and so their anger is rooted not in me or in mitt romney, their anger is rooted in the fact that they believed in this hope and change garbage that they were sold three years ago by this president. they believed in the fact that this president was going to be a post partisan leader. they believed this president when he said he was going to be a transformational figure in our country. >> top of the hour, 6:00 on the east coast. good morning, everyo...