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Flying home for the holidays will cost you more this year

People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock. Airline executives say that based on bookings, they expect huge demand for flights over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.

Agrodolce squash hits sweet, sour notes as Thanksgiving side

Sweet and sour in Italian cooking, or agrodolce, has roots that predate the Romans, but credit Sicily and the North African influence on their cuisine with keeping it alive. Sicilians slather a basic mixture of vinegar and honey on grilled meat and fish.

Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words

NEW YORK (AP)-Here's the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and variations added to the game's official dictionary: stan, sitch, convo, zedonk, dox and fauxhawk among them.

Christmas tree cutting permits on sale

Chadron and Halsey, NE, Nov. 21, 2022 – Christmas tree cutting permits are on sale beginning November 21 and are conveniently on line at Recreation.gov and at two of the Nebraska National Forests & Grasslands (NNFG) District Offices: the Pine Ridge and Bessey Ranger Districts in Chadron and Halsey,respectively.The$10permit entitles the purchaser to harvest one ponderosa pine or Eastern red cedar, measuring up to 20 feet tall. Maps are available on-line or attached to the permits purchased in the offices to identify selected areas for tree harvest for both of the Ranger Districts and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest.

Brighten the holidays with colorful plants

Garden centers, florists and grocery stores are filling their shelves with a variety of holiday plants; a sure sign the holidays are approaching. This is the time of year to give, receive or fill your home with colorful poinsettias, Christmas cactus, cyclamen, and other holiday plants. Extend their beauty and longevity with proper care.

Lunch Menus

M Monday, Nov. 28 - Breakfast: Cody- Tornado, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk.

Rising food costs take a bite out of Thanksgiving dinner

In early November, Hays Culbreth’s mother sent a poll to a few family members. She said she could only afford to make two sides for their group of 15 this Thanksgiving and asked them each to vote for their favorites.

Campaign helps military members get home for holidays

Lynchburg, TN (AP) _ The Tennessee- based Jack Daniel Distillery is continuing a more than decadelong tradition of helping military service members and their families get home for the holidays. The distillery producing Jack Daniel’s whiskey is again teaming with the military support group Armed Services YMCA for the project.

Shredding services offered Monday, November 28

North Central RC&D is bringing paper shredding to town Monday, November 28, 2022. Bring all your confidential documents and safely dispose of them at 303 E.