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The pitfalls of daylight savings time

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Be extra cautious when you “fall back” on Nov. 7, 2021.

High school football can bring people together

There are enough negative things going on in society these days with everything we’ve all been through the past two years.

Ruston: Home of medical marijuana?

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There’s a new medical marijuana production plant opening in Ruston. But somewhat surprisingly, Good Day Farm of Louisiana hasn’t gotten much, if any, pushback — at least not publicly.

School systems split on quarantine rules

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State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley’s decision to contradict the COVID-19 quarantine guidance of public health officials is creating sharp divides in Louisiana’s school districts, which already were a hotbed of disputes over how to handle coronavirus infections.

Archery range – vision made real

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Everyone who’s ever been involved in or paid attention to local politics knows that the gears of progress often grind slowly.

Rise and fall of the shopping mall

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My buddies Ayres and Klinger and I walked its crowded corridors for hours on Friday nights, hoping to meet girls.

Towns, businesses, ports suffering from various supply chain issues

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America is working its way out of a man-made economic shutdown that was believed to be a necessity due to a China-originated virus that spread throughout the world. It is unimaginable that anyone saw the long-term effects of this shutdown and the consequences of the shutdown.

Don your purple this month to team with DART

It’s time to hunt for something purple in your closet, folks.

Lone-gone Ida still holds power over parish

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Public officials don’t like to be powerless. But that’s exactly where Lincoln Parish Sheriff Stephen Williams, Assessor Billy McBride and Parish Administrator Doug Postel find themselves as they wait for the Nov. 13 election to be over.

State braces for flood insurance sticker shock

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Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana homeowners, many of them still digging out of Hurricane Ida’s destruction, will soon see rising flood insurance bills. But the federal government is providing few details about how much its recalculation of rates will boost premiums beyond the first year.