Category: Curio

Billings enters the design phase for a downtown street conversion project

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Designs for a downtown Billings makeover are underway. A big part of the project includes a traffic conversion from 1-way streets to 2-way streets that are safer for pedestrians and better for commerce. What’s especially interesting is how Billings plans to pay for the improvements; it’s with a Tax Increment Financing District (TIF). Why does

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Downtown Fargo Developments Expand to Riverfront and Former Parking Lots

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The renaissance of downtown Fargo shows no signs of slowing down. Two projects were recently approved by the City Commission. Kilbourn Group will be delivering a $28 million 114-apartment unit development along the riverfront, the goal is to bring that area to life. And another project will deliver a mixed-use commercial and residential development onto

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Earth’s Core Has Stopped and May Be Reversing Direction, Study Says

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Did you feel that? Three thousand miles beneath our feet, the earth’s spinning molton core stopped spinning. And if does what it has done in the past, it’s going to start spinning the other direction. Why does it matter in Minot? Other than being inhabitants of the planet, this story is just plain cool. Get

Read & Share   sourced from: Vice

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Went Up Again in 2022

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

In spite of widespread efforts to curb them, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow. The Federal government has set a reduction goal to 50% of the 2005 levels by 2030. To achieve that goal, the U.S. will need to average a 5% annual reduction between now and then. Why does it matter in Minot?

Read & Share   sourced from: Scientific American

Firm seeks to build solar panel plant in Manitoba

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The first phase of a possible solar industry cluster is in the works in southeast Manitoba. Companies of the same industry often cluster together because they benefit from proximity to each other. Sio Silica makes the first ingredient — pure quartz silica — that goes into the production of a host of other end products

Read & Share   sourced from: Brandon Sun

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What Keeps Public Employees In Their Jobs? It’s Not Just Pay

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

High turnover in our local governments is expensive. It lowers the performance of the city and forces expensive recruitment and training of new employees. So what makes our employees want to leave their jobs? When it’s time to work on the budget, we hear a lot about wages and beneifits, but are there other factors

Read & Share   sourced from: Government Executive

North Dakota rancher creates leatherwork ranging from functional to fashionable for clients across U.S.

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

A SW North Dakota rancher has turned a passion for working leather into a successful side business. It’s a story of quality workmanship, the use of new technology to reach an audience wider than the one in Bowman County and embracing product ideas outside the norms. Get the full story on a small business making

Read & Share   sourced from: Dickinson Press

Yep, Fresh Local Produce Is Possible In Climates Like Ours

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

North Dakota’s growing season doesn’t usually include winter, but with south-facing wall and a little solar engineering, greenhouses can grow just about anything. Want proof? Check out the quick feature from Ag Week TV below. The story comes from Lake City, Minnesota, and if they can do it, surely it can be done here too.

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Stark County’s Pretrial Recovery Program Aids Sobriety in North Dakota

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

A new criminal justice program in Stark County is proving useful at keeping people out of jail and off drugs and alcohol. It’s called a pretrial recovery program, and for non violent offenders, they can stay out of jail if they agree to drug and alcohol monitoring. The program started early in 2022, and the

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Minneapolis artists getting attention with their immersive art in Detroit Lakes

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

If you saw a caveman in a block of ice sitting on the corner of the road, it would probably get your attention right? And what if it was sitting little ways down a trail, would it get you to go for a walk to see it? If you’re going through Detroit Lakes anytime soon,

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Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge preservationists, railroad officials square off at state permit hearing

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The fight to save a historic Bismarck rail bridge spilled into a permit hearing on Friday held by the Department of Water Resources. BNSF is seeking a permit to build a new bridge, and a citizens group fighting to save the existing structure is hoping the state agency will provide relief by denying the permit.

Read & Share   sourced from: Bismarck Tribune

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Vikings in North America? Here’s what we really know

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Now that the purple and gold Vikings have been eliminated from the NFL playoffs, it’s safe to share a story about the other vikings without causing confusion. Did you know it’s widely believed Icelandic explorer Leif Erickson was the actual first European to set foot on North America? He did it at least a couple

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Do you know the difference between a street, a road, and a stroad? Hint: it’s the reason your taxes are high

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Do you know the difference between a street and a road? A street is a part of an ecosystem for building community wealth and prosperity. A road connection between places. A stroad is a mash-up of the two ideas that fails in both areas. This idea — the differences between streets and roads, comes from

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How This Engineer Is Bringing Biodiversity Back Into Our Cities Through Living Walls

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The Japanese term shinrin-yoku translates closely as ‘forest bathing’; it was born from the idea that emersion in a natural setting is good for us — mind and body. Unfortunately, the reality of urban environments and busy schedules can make it difficult to practice. But what if we could bring the natural setting closer to

Read & Share   sourced from: Forbes

Why Are People in the US Becoming Radicalized?

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

What makes a person slip from being passionate, but reasonable, to radicalized and unreasonable? It’s a question many across the country are asking because, in the U.S., the rate of radicalization is on the increase, more so than in other developed countries. The answers are still evolving, and they’re coming mostly by looking back and

Read & Share   sourced from: WIRED

City of Bismarck leverages opioid money with private dollars to combat homelessness

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The City of Bismarck is taking its opioid manufacturer lawsuit money and using it to leverage donations from citizens. The goal, deliver some dollars to get at the root causes of homelessness in the Bismarck area. Get the full story on some creative government thinking from David Velaquez with the Bismarck Tribune.

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