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NewsPark Board: Radio City Renovation Approved, Lots of Other Business

It was a full agenda at last Wednesday’s Park Board meeting. Get the full rundown below. Radio City Park & Splash Pad Gets the Go Ahead Park Board members voted unanimously to move ahead with the ~$1.8 million renovation of Radio City Park in Southeast Minot. The plans include a splash pad similar to what’s [...]

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NewsNew Perceptions Engage Young Professionals in Bismarck-Mandan

Bismarck has been working to develop those intangible ‘quality of life’ community assets, and it looks like the area is starting to bear the fruit of that labor. More and more, young professionals seem willing to call Bismarck home. [...]

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NewsBoom & Bust Mindset is Transitioning in Williston

There’s a new song on the wind in Western North Dakota, and more and more investors are seeing opportunity beyond the short-term boom. This is a great article from the Williston Herald about the change in thinking that’s starting to shape how Williston develops. [...]

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NewsDickinson: Local Developer’s Firm Positioned to Ride Out the Low Oil Prices

One of the differences with North Dakota’s oil growth now versus the boom in the 1980s — experience. There are enough people around who remember the fall that they’ve positioned their investments conservatively and were prepared for a downturn. Here’s one such story from Dickinson. [...]

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NewsOil-Price Slow Down has Cost Jobs, Jobs Still Available

In Dickinson, there’s no doubt the dropping rig count has had an impact on jobs in the community, but there are still jobs to be had. Get the full story in this well-written piece by Dustin Monke covering the oil slowdown and its impact on Dickinson. [...]

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NewsFargo Woman Receives 125-year-old Letter from Grandfather

A 97-year old Fargo women got a peek back in time when a letter from her grandfather that was sent to her grandmother 125 years ago was delivered back to her family. Consider this some put smile-on-your-face Sunday reading. [...]

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News25-Year Old Man Falls from Broadway Bridge

Minot police responded to the incident early Saturday morning. Here’s the official report summary as provided by Minot Police Department. Emergency units responded to the 200 block of 1st Ave SW at 12:51 A.M. today for a male subject who had apparently fallen from the Broadway Viaduct. Police officers located the subject on the roadway in the 200 block [...]

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NewsND Voters: Should Lawmakers Live in the District They Represent?

The 2015 legislature has decided to put the question to you the voter. Should lawmakers be required to live in the district they represent? You’ll decide next year at the ballot box. [...]

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NewsThe Homer Simpson Effect: Forgetting to Remember

Homerism: “Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain.” And now new scientific research closer to proving Homer to be one of the less traditionally so, yet totally brilliant characters on television. [...]

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NewsFive Questions About the Clintons and a Uranium Company

It’s not very often you’ll find The Minot Voice passing along national political pieces, but when a traditionally left-leaning publication like The New Yorker calls to question the actions of a traditionally left-leaning candidate, it will make the cut. [...]

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NewsWard County Commissioners Tour New Administration Building

County Commissioners got a first-hand progress update on Friday as they toured the county’s under-construction administration building. See the brief video tour from KMOT News. [...]

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NewsND Joins in Legal Action Against BLM over Fracking

The State of North Dakota has been admitted into a legal action against the Bureau of Land Management over new rules regulating fracking on federal lands. Details from KMOT News. [...]

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NewsOhio Man Charged in with Posting Nude Photos of Minor Girlfriend from ND online | Grand Forks Herald

A 20-year old Ohio man has been arrested in his home state and is awaiting extradition to North Dakota. His crime, posting nude pictures of an underage girl he was romantically connected to. Commentary: This seems like a story you should share with your teenage kids. [...]

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NewsCity of Minot: Construction Updates, April 24, 2014

— Official News Release, City of Minot — Please note that in order to provide one source of information as we head in to the busy construction season, the regular Friday advisory will cover all projects involving the City of Minot. This report may or may not include certain projects within the city that are [...]

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NewsYou’re No Longer Required to Register With IRS to Take Firearms on International Hunts

— Official News Release, Senator Hoeven — U.S. Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will no longer require U.S hunters traveling internationally to obtain an IRS identification number in order to bring personal weapons on hunting trips outside the [...]

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NewsScientists Get Clearest Picture Yet of Yellowstone Magma Plumbing

Scientist have been applying new technology to finding out what’s underneath Yellowstone National Park. The result, the clearest picture yet of the inner workings of the geothermal hotspot.     [...]

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