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NewsPublic Notice: City of Minot’s Disaster Resilience Application Available for Review

Public Notice for Comment Draft National Disaster Resilience Competition Phase I Application NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Minot will hold a PUBLIC REVIEW and COMMENT PERIOD for the purpose of soliciting citizens’ review and comment on the submission of a PHASE I Application for the National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) to the [...]

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CommentaryThe MARC: What do You Want to Know?

We’re a little over six weeks away from casting a deciding vote on the future of indoor recreation in Minot and our goal over that period will be to transform you into the most informed voter on a single topic that has ever existed. The Minot Voice has a game plan in place, but we’d [...]

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NewsThis Guy Is Creating an All-New Cell Network Built by You

Do we really need all these huge cell towers? A silicon valley inventor isn’t sure we have to accept them and has developed an alternative method of staying constantly connected. [...]

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CurioIterations – A Musical Journey Through Self Change

The artwork, the poetry, the music, and the message all combine to create something worth watching and sharing. Enjoy! [...]

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CommentaryWhy Students Shouldn’t Limit Themselves in Their Summer Job Search

Nice commentary from a student who came to North Dakota for a summer of less-than-glamorous work in the oil field and got more out of than he thought. It’s worth a read, especially for kids who need some perspective on the real world. [...]

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NewsHow do you Move a 436,000-pound House? Slowly.

A really big house was moved down the interest in Fargo recently. The move, which was necessitated by upcoming flood diversion project, was about 14 miles and took a lot of permits and coordination. See the video from Valley News Live. [...]

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NewsDowntown Shuttle Helps Parking Crunch

The Minot Parking Authority will be providing a downtown shuttle service to help ease the parking strain. The shuttle will run from the Municipal Auditorium parking lot to downtown locations. A schedule is available at www.downtownminot.com. [...]

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NewsFBI to Open Permanent Office in Williston Badlands Complex

From the article, “Agents have cycled into the oil patch from the agency’s North Dakota locations, but long drives have limited their impact in fighting an increase in crime in the region.” [...]

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NewsRice Lake Funding Faltering in Legislature

$15 million in funding for rising-water mitigation at Rice Lake is has been stripped down to $2 million in the Senate.   [...]

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NewsZebra Mussels: Estevan Goes on High Alert

Environment Canada released a risk assessment for the Upper Souris Watershed that characterized the basin as ‘high risk’. And if Estevan is high risk, Minot is high risk. Commentary: Everyone that draws water from the river should be aware of this likely-unavoidable threat. [...]

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NewsMinot High School’s Central Campus Puts on “Pinocchio”

Minot High’s Central Campus will be presenting Pinocchio starting today. Details and show times are available from KMOT News. [...]

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NewsNorth Dakota is America’s Hardest-Working State — Again

This article has a bit of editorial concerning the future of oil-field jobs, but it also acknowledges the statistical reality that here in North Dakota we’re better at putting people to work than anywhere else in the country. [...]

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NewsSD Legislature Passes Raw Milk Bill

The bill is a the result of nearly two years of work and is a compromise between a small minority of consumers and producers and the dairy industry. Commentary: it seems like South Dakota has figured out this niche industry is not a threat to anyone. [...]

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NewsMinnesota: Lawmakers Take First Look at Liquor Reform

Lawmakers in Minnesota appear to have a growing appetite for getting alcohol policy right. It’s a subject The Minot Voice will be getting into in the future; articles like this are here to provide your future self with some topical context. [...]

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NewsHomer Simpson Predicted the Mass of the Higgs Boson 14 years Before CERN

This article is full of great tidbits about one of our most beloved and longest-running television programs. And clearly, Homer’s genius has been apparent in many more ways than we’ve yet realized. [...]

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NewsThe Most Significant Technological Advances in Education for 2015

Get up to speed on some the big-picture technology trends and how they’ll likely be affecting classrooms both today and in the future. [...]

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