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News: Self Defense Business in Bismarck Growing Quickly

Interested in self-defense? A Bismarck woman turned a scary experience into inspiration for a fast growing business built around training people how to defend themselves. Pretty Loaded is expanding to new markets, e-commerce and beyond, and it’s only been open a year. [...]

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News: New Fee May Force Medora to Abandon Recycling Program

A newly imposed fee for transporting recyclables will likely put Medora’s recycling program in jeopardy. Commentary: Meanwhile in Minot, we have yet to figure out a way to save a little space in the landfill. [...]

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News: Crosby Adds Housing With Completion of Town Homes & Apartment Complex

Four new town homes and an 18 unit apartment complex will be completed soon adding to the available housing in the oil pressed community. Get more details from the Crosby Journal. [...]

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News: Watford City Building Boomed in 2014

2014 was a banner year for building projects in Watford City. For the year recently passed, Watford City issued building permits valued at $242 million, more than three times amount issued in 2013. Get more details on the building boom in Watford City from the McKenzie County Farmer. [...]

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News: 3D Printing: Are You Ready for the New Decentralized Industrial Revolution?

In case you didn’t know, home printers  are doing a lot more than adding ink to paper these days. This article talks of printing human organs and entire cars. Clearly, the world is changing at pace that seems to be quickening. [...]

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News: Four Miles of Skating Trail Opens on Red River Near Winnipeg

We’ve been featuring a few of these stories because it seems like in Canada park districts are getting more creative with their winter recreation activities. Here’s another story about a river based skating trail for those looking for some exercise and a dose of nature. [...]

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News: MAFB Woman Cashing In Golden Ticket on American Idol

A Minot Air Force Base women is moving on to the Hollywood round of American Idol. Vanessa Andrea earned her golden ticket and will be one of 200 final contestants. Full story including sound and singing from KX News. [...]

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Curio: Great Performance: Kanye’s Only One in the Style of Roy Orbison

Not only are they great musically, but their performances force us to look and listen through a different filter. Post Modern Jukebox will be featured in Great Performances regularly. Hear their latest, a cover of Kanye’s Only One, featuring Emily West. If you’re looking for some perspective, you can catch the original below as well. [...]

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Quote: A Foretelling of a Coming Conflict

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with... Learn More  

News: Commentary: Oil Prices from a Canadian Perspective

BNN is a Canadian Business News television network. In this short video piece, you get some intelligent commentary on the state of oil prices and what can be expected over the next few months. [...]

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News: Experts, education community debate anti-Common Core bill

The House Education Committee heard testimony yesterday on the Common Core debate and the bill that’s moving through the legislature. Amy Sisk has details on the passionate discussion and the details on the bill. [...]

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News: A Gorgeous Geology App That Explores New UX Territory

I’ve written before how the ‘this will revolutionize education’ trope has a poor track record of delivering, but when you see the direction this new app is taking on learning and interaction, you may start to wonder if sometime soon the statement may actually come true. [...]

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Commentary: As Oil Flood Ebbs, N.D. Again Faces Austerity

In his weekly column for the Grand Forks Herald, Minot’s Rob Port of Say Anything Blog comments on the newly unfamiliar requirement of being a North Dakota legislator — having to make hard decisions and occasionally say no. [...]

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News: Former Captain at MAFB Ran “Violent Street Gang”

A former Minot Air Force Base Captain has been convicted in military of court of leading a violent street gang that dealt in prostitution and drugs. Full story from KX News. [...]

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News: Introducing ‘A Day Away’: It Starts with a Journey to Journey

A Day Away is set to be a semi-regular column (more often if you choose to contribute) telling you about activities, events, and quick-trip getaways. The standard to which we’ll hold to on our suggested activities — can you get there reasonably in a day? Or can you get there and back again in a day [...]

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News: Wastewater Spills In North Dakota: What The Data Tell Us

There’s a new player in the energy reporting game, and some of their early work is centering on the oil and brine spills that are taking place in North Dakota. There are several stories that have been published in past few days, all are linked below as well as some brief details about the news [...]

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