On September 27, 2024, the Minot City Council allotted $50,000 to Clark Hill (a multinational law firm), to conduct an external investigation into the...
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Little known fact: the first mosque in America was built in Ross, ND — 80 miles west of Minot. A few decedents of those early Muslim settlers are still in the area, and the Fargo Forum’s Archie Ingersoll tracked them for an interview. [...]
Read & Share sourced from: InForumSam Harris is an author, neuroscientist, and philosopher. His worldview is well-informed and he communicates it clearly. As the rhetoric in presidential debate escalates, grab a cup of coffee or tea and read this interview he gave to Salon.com for a more considered point of view. [...]
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Want to get up to speed on the events surrounding the City Council reform discussion? Check out this interactive timeline that will introduce you to the key events in the process. [...]
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News broke last month that the pipe responsible for the largest oil and saltwater spill in North Dakota history likely leaked for more than three months. It forces us to ask: is our regulatory policy incentivizing spill prevention? Rob Port takes on the issue in this story. [...]
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Getting kids excited about technical fields like science, math, and engineering is no easy task. Here’s how one high school did it. [...]
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Few towns in the heart of the oil boom have felt the pressure of growth as much as Watford City. And now, more than a year into the downward trend, the city is starting to evaluate the success of some of it’s post-boom policy planning. [...]
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The Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Planning Organization is taking a progressive approach to building a bike-friendly community and they’re in the final stages of an application that would see them designated a ‘bicycle friendly community’. The Bismarck-Mandan area has more than 100 miles of trails and paths. [...]
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A joint private-public project in Fargo has people lacing up skates in the downtown business district. It’s a trial rink for the next few years, but if successful the city and parks plan to make permanent. [...]
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Prairie-dwelling tribes had their own version of bigfoot; it was known as Miniwashitu. And if the legend is true, not a lot of people lived to tell the tale. Get a fun piece prairie history from Troy Larson writing at the Ghosts of North Dakota. [...]
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Direct quote: “I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, ‘Gentrify.’ I looked, and behold, a green horse, and he who sat on it had a mason jar; and a fedora was his crown, and he went out pickling and to pickle.” [...]
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Scientists in Turkey are working on what is best described as a salt-infused road surface that has proven effective in reducing the formation of ice on the surface. [...]
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The active rig count dropped to 58 on Monday, and there are three more rigs that will shut down after completing their current well. It’s the lowest rig count since 2009. More from Amy Dalrymple writing at Oil Patch Dispatch, a Forum Communications blog. [...]
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In the U.S., the lines have been drawn in the debate over climate science. But there are economic and security consequences in failing to prepare for what science tells us will be opportunities for shipping lanes and resources. It’s a little-considered perspective in the bigger debate. [...]
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From our ‘On the Internet’ category a very impressive performance. There’s not much to say about this other than you’ll witness talented piano player cover a classic pop song and you won’t regret watching it. [...]
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2015 was an up and down year for The Minot Voice, but an important idea is getting across to many of our readers — media has a vital role in healthy communities. And healthy communities are not places where everyone always agrees with everything that’s happening. That makes 2015 a success. But it was also [...]
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Take a few minutes to share your thoughts on the issues that are most important in Minot at the start of 2016. [...]
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