Have you heard of The Giving Machines? There are only ten of them in the world, and this year there is one in Kansas City. It is a vending machine where you can buy specific items for charities, and they are at Crown Center, just below the Ice Terrace this month. When our family went, we had a
The first snow of the 2021 holiday season landed in Portland Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Mark Graves/The Oregonian
While snow might fall in spurts Christmas Day, it likely won’t start sticking to the ground until Saturday evening, forecasters said.
Christmas Day will bring mostly of
If you’ve been working from home for going on two years, and your spouse bought you some new pants because your company was planning to reopen its offices in January or February — well, you’ll probably have to stand up to show them off on Zoom.
The fast-spreading, highly contagious
The Ninja Foodi Blender and Soup Maker is a 2-in-1 blender that can do all the usual cold blending, plus it has an integrated heating element which means it can be used to make soups from scratch too. While the best soup maker and blender combination appliances are fairly common, not all of th
“We couldn’t serve the world’s smoothest vodka with anything less than perfect ice!” Jason Barber, Co-Founder of Black Cow Vodka charismatically explains. Located in the rural chalk downs of West Dorset, Black Cow, the brainchild of Jason and his Co-Founder, Paul ‘Archie’ Archard,
As December's end approaches, I love looking back at the weather and climate events that transpired throughout the year. It's cathartic — appreciating the enormous variety of weather that affects our tiny state. It's educational — learning more about meteorology
Christmas is a-comin’, and the geese are gettin’ fat. Or, at least the wild turkeys are. A flock of about two dozen shows up in my yard most days. I toss out dried corn for them, along with peanuts. So, of course, they keep returning. Once they even walked up to my back door, squawking to
The Natchitoches Parish School Board took steps at its Thursday meeting to address truancy. Director of Child Welfare and Attendance Anita Dubois told the board about the need to have a dedicated truancy officer to locate students who are chronically truant and hard to locate. At present, ther
For one of the Season quests this week, Fortnite players need to locate some ice machines and coolers to earn 25K XP.
For Fortnite players looking to earn extra XP over the holiday season, not only are there Winterfest quests to complete daily but there are new Season quests this week, t
ASHBURN, VA — Several restaurants around Ashburn and eastern Loudoun County were cited with violations during recent inspections by the Loudoun County Health Department. The most recent round of inspections took place from Dec. 7 to Dec. 14.
As coronavirus restrictions continue to fluc