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Black Hills Corporation [BKH] has acquired NorthWestern Energy Group [NWE] in an all-stock transaction in which shareholders of NWE receive 0.98 shares of BKH for every share of NWE they own. With completion of the acquisition, the ticker symbols BKH and NWE are hereby retired, and the combined company is renamed Bright Horizon Energy Corporation [HZN]. Our 51 shares of BKH therefore are now 51 shares of HZN. Conversely, anyone who held 100 shares of NWE would now have 98 shares of HZN.

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The market is finally settling down after the mid-term election cycle. Wednesday was a massive thrust up, Thursday was an extraordinary reversal and today was directionless. Thursday was a surprise to me, and it should not have been.

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In a brief correspondence with Sure Dividend about the departure of KVUE from the list of Dividend Kings, I was informed that the CEO of a company thought to have a 26-year dividend increase streak announced a remarkable 63-year streak in the firm’s 2025 annual report. This can happen in the world of over-the-counter (OTC) stocks, where dividend histories are often less transparent and corporate achievements can remain hidden in plain sight.

Hidden in plain sight may be the perfect way to describe this Pennsylvania financial institution. Founded in 1889, it has accomplished something increasingly rare in modern banking: remaining independent while passing through six generations of the same founding family. From a small-town bank with humble beginnings, it evolved into a successful regional franchise, blending steady growth with a commitment to the communities and traditions that have defined it for well over a century.

All hail Somerset Trust Holding Co!

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On 2023-12-06, I announced the coronation of Kenvue Inc. [KVUE], a business spun off from Dividend King Johnson & Johnson [JNJ]. KVUE inherited JNJ’s dividend streak and was crowned accordingly. Yet less than three years later, and without committing the usual crime of breaking its dividend growth record (abdication), the young monarch has fallen. Kimberly-Clark Corp. [KMB], a Dividend King in its own right, has absorbed the kingdom, ending KVUE’s brief reign as a standalone sovereign.