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Oliver! — A Musical by Lionel Bart

DateApril 11th — April 12th

LocationWestern Plains Opera Company

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Record Store Day 2025 Announcement!

DateApril 12th — April 12th

LocationBudget Music & Video

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Record Store Day 2025

DateSaturday, April 12th

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CurioLand Transfers Offer Hope, Stewardship to Beginning Farmers

It’s hard to tell what prices may be going up faster than food, but it’s possible farm land is one of them. It’s a circumstance — the high cost of land — that makes entering farming business difficult. But there are solutions that emerge if the right parties can get connected. And in Ohio, where [...]

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NewsNorth Dakota lawmakers weigh future of public employees’ pension plan, nearly $2B shortfall

One of the issues of substance before the North Dakota Legislature this session is what to do about the elephant in the room — the fact that that NDPERs (the acronym for North Dakota’s public employee retirement program) doesn’t have enough money to pay its liabilities. It’s short by $2 billion, and the big question [...]

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NewsCoal Creek Station Out of Compliance With EPA Coal Ash Storage and Ground Water Protections

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest action to protect communities and hold facilities accountable for controlling and cleaning up the contamination created by coal ash disposal. The Agency issued six proposed determinations to deny facilities’ requests to continue disposing of coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash) into unlined surface [...]

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CommentaryWhy do Wyoming legislators import other states’ worst laws?

From gender and LBGTQ+ issues to banning library books, one long-time Wyoming reporter and columnist is wondering why his state legislators insist on importing bad ideas from other places. It’s a question especially relevant as state legislatures around the country seem to be tackling all the same culture issues at the same moment. Read the [...]

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NewsLegislative hearings on CO2 pipeline bills draw big crowds; eminent domain the main issue

A slate of bills aimed squarely at a single pipeline project through southern North Dakota saw lots of citizen engagement at hearings last week. At question is whether a proposed pipeline developer should have ability to use eminent domain, the authority to take land and easements with compensation, to advance the project. Get the full [...]

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CurioBus service will connect Fargo flyers to Minneapolis airport

How do you get travelers t consider flying out of your airport? Give them a ride, and make it a luxury one. It’s part of a plan to sell airline tickets, and the service picks travelers up at Hector Airport in Fargo, and delivers them to the Minneapolis Airport where they can catch their flight. [...]

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CurioBill would keep ESG considerations out of MT’s investing decisions

ESG stands for ‘environment’, ‘social’, and ‘governance’.  It’s an acronym to describe the emerging pressure corporations and businesses are under to be transparent regarding practices related to the environment, social, and governance issues. As an example, banks that reduce or stop lending to carbon-based energy projects would be an example of an ESG policy. It’s [...]

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NewsCigar Lounges for the comeback?

They would be required to be enclosed on all four sides and have ventilation systems, and if the Senate says yes, a bill allowing cigar lounges will go to Governor Burgum. The house passed the bill by a vote of 59-32 last Wednesday. Representative Dan Ruby of Minot is the sponsor of the bill; he [...]

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CommentaryTheir Personal Lives Were None of My Business and Other Legislative Musings From a Long-time Democrat

It is very gracious of the Minot Voice to give me a voice. Like the Federalists and the Whigs of early American history, the North Dakota Democratic party may be on the road to being a mere memory. Why and how that has happened, I will leave to historians. There is plenty of blame to [...]

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NewsMinot native, NDSU graduate earns US Army general rank

For recently promoted Brig. Gen. Rebecca B. McElwain, a Minot-area native, it’s her North Dakota roots and sensibilities that helped her reach high places in the U.S. Army. General McElwain one of just 30 female general officers in the Army; she was promoted on January 9th at a ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base in [...]

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CurioVisit Minot continues to tell Minot’s story

Dear Minot: We’re all familiar with Minot hosting two of the largest events in North Dakota in the North Dakota State Fair and the Norsk Hostfest. But there are countless community partners who work to help Minot expand its reach beyond our city limits and beyond the borders of our state to attract visitors to [...]

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CurioConstruction of natural playground to start this spring in Moorhead

If you were a kid again, what would look like more fun, a red plastic slide, or a real-life set of an Indian Jones movie? It’s a question intended to trigger your imagination, with the final goal of asking is there a better way to build playgrounds? The Fargo Moorhead Rotary Club has answered the [...]

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CurioWild horses tied to Theodore Roosevelt’s past ‘integral to honoring ranching experiences’

Horses or no horses? That’s the question the National Park Service is currently asking with regards to the wild livestock the runs the badlands of Teddy Roosevelt National Park. The reason the Park Service is asking: they’re not sure their mandate to preserve and conserve native ecosystems aligns with having horses in the park. But [...]

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CommentaryIndigenous knowledge is key to sustainable food systems

Have you noticed the price of food increasing? Have you noticed shelves empty? They’re two questions that invite a third: have you noticed how vulnerable we are to the industrialized and corporate shareholder driven food systems? They’re three questions that invite a fourth: are there other methods or ways to hedge against our dependence current [...]

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NewsNorth Dakota lawmakers looking to roll back regulations against carrying guns in North Dakota

Here’s the list: House Bill 1483, House Bill 1404, House Bill 1194, House Bill 1341, House Bill 1339, and House Bill 1401. They’re all bills to expand gun rights and where gun owners can legally carry their guns in North Dakota. The bills where in committee hearing last week; the NRA and a others showed [...]

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NewsHarvey lays claim to ND’s shortest highway

Would you pull over and take a picture next to a sign designating North Dakota’s shortest highway? The citizens of Harvey are betting at least a few would, and any little thing that gets people into and through town for a few extra minutes is a good thing. And imagine the T-shirt fun they’ll have. [...]

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