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NewsCedar Rapids: Mayor continuing to push political leaders for flood funding

The City of Cedar Rapids Iowa flooded in 2008, three years before Minot, and they too are lobbying politicians to secure Federal funding. The efforts include telling their story to any and everyone who will listen, including Republican House Whip, Steve Scalise from Louisiana. [...]

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NewsHess eyeing more rigs for the Bakken in 2017

Hess Corporation is bullish on the prospects in the Bakken, and the company is taking early steps to increase drilling in 2017. Though the slowdown has been hard on earnings, the company has positioned themselves well for the future by working towards lowering costs and increasing productivity out of completions. Both efforts have delivered notable [...]

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NewsNDSU receives record $13.5 million gift for STEM scholarships

NDSU got a generous gift from a former alumnus. Harry D. McGovern gifted the University $13.5 million that will be matched with $1.2 million from the state’s challenge grant program. The dollars are earmarked towards scholarships for science and math students. [...]

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NewsGet Out and Go! Magic City Discovery Center opens for 3rd season

Minot’s Magic City Discovery Center is opening for its third season. Sometimes described as a children’s museum,  the MCDC is open Wednesday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. [...]

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NewsRivalry Renewed: No UND Hockey players have ever played against Minnesota

A formerly long-standing and often bitter rivalry will be renewed this weekend when the UND men’s hockey team travels to Minnesota to take on the gophers. The teams were previously conference rivals, but they’ve not a regular season series since a conference reorganization a few years back. [...]

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NewsNorth Dakota job openings decline sharply over the past year

Data on the number of job openings available in North Dakota is catching up to what we’ve all been feeling intuitively — the economy is slowing and there are fewer jobs available. This article from the Dickinson press has a few more details. [...]

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NewsPolitics played no role in MN deputies sent to North Dakota pipeline protest

Sheriff’s deputies from three Minneapolis area counties spent time assisting in the Dakota Access law enforcement last month, but the decision to provide that help generated protests itself. Sheriffs from the three counties maintain politics played no role in answering the call for help. [...]

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NewsWard County Green Light’s Spending Flood Protection Dollars in Minot

Six million dollars in unused flood recovery money intended for buyouts and allocated from the State Water Commission to Ward County will likely be spent within the City of Minot. The County Commission voted Tuesday to allow spending of those dollars within the City with the provision that they remain in the loop and provide [...]

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NewsWatch: Down Goes the Old Minot Airport Terminal

The work has been underway for weeks, but it became plainly obvious this morning. Minot’s old airport terminal is being demolished. Of the material, the steel and bricks will be recycled and much of the building was already salvaged. A brief video of the action is below and the full news release from the City [...]

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NewsA New Take on Anonymous Speech and When it’s Appropriate

TED is teaming up with Audible to deliver a series on ideas that need an audience — even if the presenter wishes to remain anonymous. This idea might be particularly valuable in a small town like Minot where we as individuals often self-censor our opinions out of fear of social, business, or professional reprisal. [...]

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NewsTheodore Roosevelt National Park to cull elk herd

Managing the size of TRNP’s elk herd is a nearly annual process. This year, park officials expect to take approximately thirty animals —  mostly females — as they contribute most to reproduction in the park. [...]

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NewsThis bizarre world map is actually crazily accurate

The map of the world you grew up looking at on the wall of your elementary school classroom is known as the Mercator Projection. And it’s wrong, really wrong. But the problem of how to present a 3-dimensional globe onto a flat piece of paper and keep it accurate is a difficult one. But we are [...]

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NewsHow to build smart cities that benefit everyone

We were introduced to the concept of a smart house 20 years ago. Today, many of us are living in them. That same revolution is taking place in the way we design and build our bigger living spaces — the towns and cities we go to work in. And the trick to making them really [...]

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CommentaryIt’s Time to Think About Living in Parking Garages

The next twenty years are going bring forth dramatic changes to the way we live our lives. Of most note is the likely diminished role private vehicle ownership will have. This commentary from Wired challenges us to start thinking about the way we design our communities as a result of these inevitable transitions. [...]

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NewsBarcelona is Pushing Cars Out and Reclaiming Roads as Public Space

The third in a series of articles today on the designing for the future is not intended to editorialize our direction in Minot. Rather, it’s only intended to demonstrate that in many parts of the world, the future is already here. [...]

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NewsMcKenzie Co. Sheriff’s Lieutenant says county officials changed policies to fit narrative

There’s a controversy brewing in McKenzie County between the County Commission and members of the Sheriff’s Department, and the latest allegation is against the County Commission and other employees for conspiring to change a human resources policy in private. [...]

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