Backers say Digital Driver’s Licenses Worth a Look

Most of us now carry a phone with us everywhere we go, and the technology to turn that device into digital personal identification is becoming a reality… so much so that lawmakers are pushing for a study to examine the idea for North Dakota.

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Great Gap Year Programs for Outdoor-Loving Students

Got a kid who isn’t quite ready for a serious education or maybe just finished but isn’t sure what to do? Taking a year off isn’t always the worst idea in the world, and these are programs provide a structured way to do something constructive.

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News Release: City’s NDRC Application is Online

The City of Minot’s National Disaster Resilience Competition is now online and open for public comment. You can read the full news release below. If you want to view the application in PDF format, check it out here. — News Release, City of Minot — The City of Minot will hold a PUBLIC REVIEW and

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Public Notice: City of Minot’s Disaster Resilience Application Available for Review

Public Notice for Comment Draft National Disaster Resilience Competition Phase I Application NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Minot will hold a PUBLIC REVIEW and COMMENT PERIOD for the purpose of soliciting citizens’ review and comment on the submission of a PHASE I Application for the National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) to the

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This Guy Is Creating an All-New Cell Network Built by You

Do we really need all these huge cell towers? A silicon valley inventor isn’t sure we have to accept them and has developed an alternative method of staying constantly connected.

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How do you Move a 436,000-pound House? Slowly.

A really big house was moved down the interest in Fargo recently. The move, which was necessitated by upcoming flood diversion project, was about 14 miles and took a lot of permits and coordination. See the video from Valley News Live.

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Downtown Shuttle Helps Parking Crunch

The Minot Parking Authority will be providing a downtown shuttle service to help ease the parking strain. The shuttle will run from the Municipal Auditorium parking lot to downtown locations. A schedule is available at www.downtownminot.com.

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FBI to Open Permanent Office in Williston Badlands Complex

From the article, “Agents have cycled into the oil patch from the agency’s North Dakota locations, but long drives have limited their impact in fighting an increase in crime in the region.”

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Rice Lake Funding Faltering in Legislature

$15 million in funding for rising-water mitigation at Rice Lake is has been stripped down to $2 million in the Senate.  

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Zebra Mussels: Estevan Goes on High Alert

Environment Canada released a risk assessment for the Upper Souris Watershed that characterized the basin as ‘high risk’. And if Estevan is high risk, Minot is high risk. Commentary: Everyone that draws water from the river should be aware of this likely-unavoidable threat.

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Minot High School’s Central Campus Puts on “Pinocchio”

Minot High’s Central Campus will be presenting Pinocchio starting today. Details and show times are available from KMOT News.

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North Dakota is America’s Hardest-Working State — Again

This article has a bit of editorial concerning the future of oil-field jobs, but it also acknowledges the statistical reality that here in North Dakota we’re better at putting people to work than anywhere else in the country.

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SD Legislature Passes Raw Milk Bill

The bill is a the result of nearly two years of work and is a compromise between a small minority of consumers and producers and the dairy industry. Commentary: it seems like South Dakota has figured out this niche industry is not a threat to anyone.

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Minnesota: Lawmakers Take First Look at Liquor Reform

Lawmakers in Minnesota appear to have a growing appetite for getting alcohol policy right. It’s a subject The Minot Voice will be getting into in the future; articles like this are here to provide your future self with some topical context.

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Homer Simpson Predicted the Mass of the Higgs Boson 14 years Before CERN

This article is full of great tidbits about one of our most beloved and longest-running television programs. And clearly, Homer’s genius has been apparent in many more ways than we’ve yet realized.

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The Most Significant Technological Advances in Education for 2015

Get up to speed on some the big-picture technology trends and how they’ll likely be affecting classrooms both today and in the future.

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