Country artist Bailey Zimmerman has been announced as the opening act of the 2025 North Dakota State Fair on Friday, July 18, 2025. The show will be part of the Country Showpass which provides access to seven events for one price. With a raspy,...
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Creative entrepreneurs in the eastern part of the state are starting to catch on to the opportunity in adding value to our homegrown agricultural products and converting them to spirits and beer. Here’s one of their stories. [...]
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Community leaders in Fargo and Bismarck are hopeful that a pair of big development projects will further incentivize the renaissance taking place in their respective downtown business districts. [...]
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Work continues on a $600 million urea fertilizer plant near Beulah. If construction continues on schedule, the plant will be ready to soak up byproducts of the coal-into-natural-gas process and have fertilizer ready for the 2017 planting season. [...]
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In North Dakota, most of our oil development is on the rural prairie where it mostly out of sight and mind. But in Colorado and Wyoming, a new problem is surfacing. Urban sprawl is stretching into former oil territory and long forgotten wells are creating problems. [...]
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The electric car revolution seems somewhat inevitable at this point. Environmental concerns as well as the need for energy efficiency will guide us there. And that cultural shift will have implications for the prairie’s still relevant AM radio business. [...]
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The economic impact Minot Air Force Base delivers to Minot can be calculated, but it’s importance to the community can’t be overstated. And one of the annual tasks the Air Force takes on is estimating their annual contribution to the local economy. It’s a significant number, close to $600 million. The news release on the [...]
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Federal requirements that force the coal industry to reduce their emissions by 45% by the year 2030 caught state officials and the industry off guard. Nevertheless, the state is developing a plan to meet burdens of a future that will require less carbon pollution. [...]
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There’s a lot of rhetoric being thrown around by environmentalists and coal lobbyists these days. So much so, it’s difficult to sort fact from fiction. But there’s no doubt the coal industry is in a period of transition; what’s not as clear is the idea that environmental regulations are the sole cause. The video [...]
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Winnipeg city council members heard the details on a program to implement curbside organic waste pickup in the City. But the cost of the program has leaders concerned that it would hike already high water and sewer bills. [...]
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If you had to choose, should you be heading to the gym or eating a plate full of broccoli? And what’s the really the causing the United State’s obesity epidemic? The guys from Asap Science have the answers in the two-minute video below. [...]
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For the Minnesota Highway Department, the amount of salt and brine they use on winter roads is not casually determined. More and more, science and research are guiding the amount of material used and application rates that use resources efficiently and create safe driving conditions. [...]
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It wasn’t that many years ago that the future of the Grand Forks Air Force Base was in question, but with the rise of the unmanned aerial system industry (UAS, UAV), the base is now positioned better than ever. And the industry is driving new education opportunities as well private sector investment in the community. [...]
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There’s no questioning we as a culture and a species have a lot of problems to solve. But one of the reason’s our problems occasionally seem so overwhelming is because we haven’t yet imagined the right solution. One of those problems is the vast amount of plastic now floating in the ocean. The first [...]
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The Northwest Landowners Association recently held an information expo with the intention of finding solutions for the friction between landowners and pipeline operators and contractors. Amy Dalrymple has the story. [...]
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A plan to drill down to the oldest rock on the planet has been blocked by Pierce County Commissioners. The plan was billed as scientific research, but local officials believe it was a thinly veiled effort to test for the viability of nuclear waste disposal. [...]
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A Fargo athlete has hopes of representing the U.S. at this summer’s Rio Olympics. Laura Roesler is a former Fargo South track standout and will be running hard for a spot on the women’s track team while competing in the 800-meter race. [...]
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