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Crosby, North Dakota, 102 miles east of Scobey via Highway 5 and having about the same population as Scobey, is shutting down its nursing home. In early June 2021 St. Luke’s Hospital of Crosby announced it would close it permanently effective the middle of September of this year. The Journal weekl...

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Fortunately, in the United States it’s not illegal to search for Jesus. However it may be illegal to do it from the Daniels County Court House roof. A stranger passing though recently was seen doing so. When someone from the court house asked what he was doing, he said, “Looking for Jesus.” ...

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The 2021 numbers for the month of May were down slightly at the Wibaux Vistitor Center, located east of Wibaux, Montana along Intersate 94. In June 2020 there were 924 visitors signed in (the opening of the center was delayed from May to June due to health concerns). In May 2021 there were 809 signe...

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Discussing the other day the differences between a weather watch and warning we couldn’t remember so we looked it up so you maybe won’t have to. It was of particular interest last Thursday as we were under a tornado watch. (Later that evening, the definitions became much more clear as our area ...

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As of right now in the United States, there are 231,000 jobs in the solar-energy sector, 120,000 jobs in the wind-energy sector, and 9.8 million jobs in the oil and natural gas sector. The sources are American Clean Power and American Petroleum Institute. — mike *T*I*P* How much is a billion? ...

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This headline was spotted online at 10:58 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2021: To Promote Equality, California Proposes a Ban on Advanced Math Classes. — mike *T*I*P* We all may wonder how these self-driving cars are going to work out, and how can they even think about such things. NVIDA is now mak...