While much of the North Dakota economy is in the doldrums brought forth by low commodity prices, business and housing in Fargo is still trending up. Commentary: It would seem that Fargo has solved the resilient economy problem, and the rest of us in the state should probably be looking at them as an example.
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The lovable green ogre will be on stage this weekend at Magic City Campus. Joe Skurzewski with KMOT News has the details.
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The Minot Area Chamber of Commerce hosted it’s annual Showcase of Business last night. Area businesses use the event to show some pride in themselves and the Minot community and have a little fun at the same time. This year’s event had a fairytale theme which is evident in KX’s news coverage.
Read & Share sourced from: KX NewsThe Assiniboine River Basin Initiative held their annual meeting in Minot last week. The following article comes from a Canadian media source about the efforts on both sides of the border to make the basin more resilient to flooding.
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The NDSU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers will be hosting an event focused bringing women and girls into the science, technology, engineering, and math professions.
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When you shop in small, local businesses, the dollars you spend stay in your community; they get circulated again. That’s the message of Glen Muske writing for the NDSU Extension Service about a shop local event on Saturday, November 26. To participate, just visit a local business. Mr. Muske’s article follows below. What event will
Read & ShareMinnesota Public Radio picked up the Associated Press coverage of news that it will won’t be before early 2017 that a federal judge rules on the easement to drill under the Missouri River. It’s an opportunity to see outside coverage of the fracas and judge for yourself how the issue is being covered outside of
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Whether you believe it’s responsible for climate change or not, there’s a strong data record that points to the fact that there’s a lot more carbon in the atmosphere than at any point in our verifiable history (millions of years). That means that at some point in the future, maybe even today, we might
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This is weird and totally fascinating. It’s called calendar synaesthesia, it affects about 1% of the population, and researchers have discovered that those who have it may literally be seeing time in their minds eye.
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Some pomp and fanfare that typically accompanies the opening of the legislative session has been moved into private session in 2017 in part due to security concerns. Though not mandated, it has been tradition that one Native American tribe be given the opportunity to address a joint session of the legislature. That address has been
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A bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senator Heitkamp focused on protecting and strengthening security along our Northern border passed unanimously in the Senate. Senator Heitkamp’s full news release follows below. — Official News Release, Senator Heitkamp — WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), members of the U.S. Senate Committee on
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If there’s an upside to the slowdown in the oil business, it’s that it forced operators to look for ways to get more efficient. The result, the industry continues to make significant strides in lowering production costs to the point where, in some regions of the Bakken, operators can produce oil at rates competitive with
Read & Share sourced from: Williston HeraldFormer NHL skater Marc Savard had his playing career cut short by a series of debilitating concussions. Six years later, he’s still struggling with the effects of those injuries. This article is a stark reminder of what’s at stake and the impacts of this still largely misunderstood injury.
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North Dakota oil production is down below a million barrels a day, and the State’s Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms suspects uncertainty over the Dakota Access pipeline may be a factor. Getting North Dakota oil to market costs approximately $12-25 per barrel currently. When the pipeline comes online, that rate is expected to fall to
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NDSU President Dean Bresciani has earned the trust of the State Board of Higher Education. In not making the decision extend his contract earlier this summer, the board had put Mr. Bresciani on kind of a de facto probation — the hope was they would see progress towards him becoming more of a team player within
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The shale-energy revolution we’ve been a first-hand witness to in the Bakken formation has opened the door to the concept of true energy independence, and new study released by the U.S. Geological Survey may have just kicked that door all the way open. The full news release is below, but the gist is this: the
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