Close of Deer Season an Opportunity to Chase Other Game

When North Dakota’s regular deer gun season closes – this year on Sunday, Nov. 20 – it’s kind of a bittersweet end to the traditional hunting calendar for a lot of folks. But for some avid upland bird hunters, the end of deer gun season is a new beginning of sorts, as most of the

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#NoDAPL: Protestors Block BNSF Tracks in Mandan

#NoDAPL protestors took their act to Mandan yesterday where they blocked the BNSF railroad tracks for approximately three hours. Rob Port with Say Anything Blog has pictures and comments from the Morton County Sheriff’s Department.

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Son of Democratic icon visits protest camp | | bismarcktribune.com

The son of 1960’s political icon Bobby Kennedy was at the Standing Rock Protest Camps Tuesday to stand in solidarity with protestors fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an environmental law attorney and heads the international Water Alliance.

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Ward County Jail Enclosed, Ready for Winter Construction

Construction on the Ward County Jail expansion is moving along. The contractor has the building enclosed and will be able to continue interior construction through the winter. The addition of more than 100 cells is expected to open in the spring of 2018. Joe Skurzewski with KMOT has more.

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#NoDAPL: Dakota Access Pipeline Delayed for Further Discussion

The Corp of Engineers issued a news release yesterday outlining their most recent decision on the Dakota Access pipeline. The full news release follows below, but the gist of it says they’re going to invite the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe back to the table one more time to see if the tribe has thoughts on

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Google will try to starve fake news sites of ad dollars

Few would question the significant impact the news and media had on our last election cycle; even fewer would say the impact was positive. In reaction, Google has set a policy that will attempt to starve disingenuous publishers of the thing they need most — ad revenue.

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21 of the best photos of the supermoon from around the world

The moon has been really super the last few days, and it’s brought out scores of photographers looking for that one remarkable shot. Here’s a collection of the better ones as collected by Business Insider writer Dave Mosher via Science Alert.

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Minot Businesses to Weigh in on Tech Education Center

Jill Schramm with the Minot Daily continues her coverage of the proposed technical education center that will be — in part — financed with the City’s disaster resilience dollars. The next step, surveying local businesses to gather their input on needs.

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Four Years in a Row! Minot High School Cheerleaders are State Champions

For the fourth year in a row, Minot High Cheerleaders are the top squad in the state. KMOT News has the rest of the story.

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Years of litigation will determine meaning of Marsy’s Law

Last Tuesday, voters passed Marsy’s law, a set victim’s rights clauses that will be added to the North Dakota Consitution. It wasn’t popular with professionals in the criminal justice field. Here’s the quote from Jack Lofgren, president of the ND Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: “We’re going to start uncovering those scenarios where the rights

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Dickinson City Commission revisits alcohol ordinance and license caps

The Dickinson City Commission is taking a ground up look at the City’s liquor licensing structure and regulations. Specifically, they’re holding a series of public meetings to see if they should restructure penalties for infractions that more properly incentivize license holders and consider adjusting or removing the license cap structure. We’re having the same discussion

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North Dakota Wrestles With Brine Spills Amid Oil Shale

We love the economic impacts of oil development, but we’re still getting a handle on some of the environmental impacts, saltwater spills being one of the most significant. A USGS report on the full environmental impacts of oil development in the Bakken is coming later this year. Until then, this article is a great primer

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The Fact and Fiction of the NASA EmDrive Paper Leak

A NASA paper that leaked over the weekend is forcing scientists to question a fundamental bedrock theory in physics — that every action comes with an equal and opposite reaction. Right now, there’s no explanation for the data, but if proven viable, it could be the key to long distance space travel.

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Governor-Elect Burgum Appoints Forum Reporter as Communications Director

Long time Forum Communications Reporter Mike Nowatzki has been appointed to the administration of Governor-elect Doug Burgum as Communications Director. The full news release follows below. — Official News Release, Governor-elect Burgum — BISMARCK, November 14, 2016 – Today, Gov.-elect Doug Burgum announced Mike Nowatzki will join the administration as communications director. Nowatzki has worked

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Group looks for northeast North Dakota’s best tourist attractions

A group in the NE Region of the state has organized to figure out how to better attract tourists to the region. The example they’re using — Medora. The hope is they might be able to repeat that model, and they’re starting by gathering feedback and data.

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Corp releases draft EIS on Souris flood protection plan

The Corp has two different activities going on with respect to our local flood protection. First, they are conducting their feasibility study; they were in town last month to hear public comment. But they’re also doing an environmental review on the entire Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project. And they want you to comment on

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