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Junior Sara Norton gets gas at the Kwik Trip in Oak Park Heights on March 23. Gas was $3.99/gallon at this location.

Gas prices skyrocket unlike ever before

Mikai Tasch, Social Media Editor-in-Chief and Copy Editor April 19, 2022

On Feb. 24 at approximately 10 p.m., Russian missiles and airstrikes were sent throughout Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv. As a result of the actions taken by Putin, various countries, including the...

Saudi Arabia and Venezuela in the last five years have provided the United States with the millions, even billions, of barrels of oil, which accounts for the large economy in the middle east and Venezuela because of their oil industries. However this oil is much more expensive to transport overseas, than it would be to have available oil within the United States. This is one of the reasons that some people believe that the pipeline should be built, so we could rely less on foreign nations for oil.

Dakota Access Pipeline proves more of issue than solution

Max Korth, SNO Sports and Social Media Editor November 12, 2016

Saudi Arabia and Venezuela in the last five years have provided the United States with the millions, even billions, of barrels of oil, which accounts for the large economy in the Middle East and Venezuela...

Falling gas prices benefit new drivers

Falling gas prices benefit new drivers

Jared Taylor, Layout Editor February 12, 2016

  Driving is the ultimate freedom a person can have.  When most people get their license around the age of 16,  an expense they have to worry about is paying for gasoline for their car.  Now...

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