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Craig R. McKinley, Extension Forestry Specialist - Oklahoma State University Assuming a relatively fresh Christmas tree was purchased, there are certain procedures that will assist in maintaining this freshness.

Kevin and Heidi Cheng will be performing a Christmas concert Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the Valentine High School auditorium. This event is free to the public. A free-will donation will be taken at the door.

The 8th annual Valentine’s Heart of Christmas Celebration was held November 25, 2023 on Small Business Saturday. Main Street was busy for the downtown merchants during shopping hours, and at 6:00 p.m., was festive as the parade began.

Leo Brinda Post 90 and the Sons of the American Legion in Valentine will sponsor their annual Fill an Empty Stocking project. Parents and/or legal guardians with physical custody who wish to sign up their children for gifts need to fill out the forms at Union Bank & Trust on Highway 20 in Valentine on or before Friday, December 8.

Today's scammers want gift cards as payment, leaving those unaware of this tactic vulnerable to schemes designed to commit fraud. Better Business Bureau (BBB) research shows fraud reports to BBB Scam Tracker involving gift cards as a form of payment spiked in the first three quarters of 2023, up 50 percent from the same period the year prior. Scammers have doubled down on gift cards as a method to steal money from consumers – especially online shoppers – leading retailers to implement new fraud prevention solutions in response.

Incidents/Arrests On 11/13/2023 at approximately 9:02 am, the Valentine Police Department received a complaint of someone actively stalking a woman. The suspect vehicle was located and stopped near the intersection of B and Main Street.

Social Security’s Kansas City Regional Public Affairs Office is hosting free pre-retirement webinars that can be viewed from the comfort of your own home. We encourage you to take advantage of our upcoming sessions and register today!

Plans for 15-20 families would make Kilgore settlement one of the largest communities in Cherry County Kilgore — Turn south onto the blacktop out of this Cherry County ranch town, and the Sandhills seem to roll on for an eternity. “Wide-open spaces” aptly describes the endless prairie, where cowboys still work cattle on horseback and stargazers come to get away from city lights.

by Congressman Mike Flood Fox News Opinion November 22, 2023 Earlier this year, Congress appeared to be on the cusp of passing a TikTok ban. For those who have experienced the bitter partisanship in contemporary American politics, it might have seemed surprising.

The American Lung Association notes that respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is a common respiratory virus that produces cold-like symptoms in adults and children. Though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that most cases of RSV go away within two weeks without intervention, the virus can be unpredictable. In fact, the ALA reports that RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization in all infants. In addition, most children have been infected with the virus by the time they are two years old. Such high infection rates understandably leads to questions about transmission of the virus, which the CDC reports can spread in the following ways.