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NewsMeet Tigirlily: North Dakota’s Homegrown Pop Country Act

Krista and Kendra Slaubaugh are recording artists and rising pop stars hailing from the unlikely town of Hazen. Here’s your video introduction from KMOT News. [...]

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CurioPost Modern Jukebox: Burn

This band will get featured regularly in this section. Not only are they extremely talented both instrumentally and vocally, but they provide us with that all-to-rare perspective shift taking a song straight out of pop music and rearranging it to make it fit from another era. Here they are offering up their own version of Ellie [...]

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NewsREVOLUTION: 30 Blood Tests With a Single Drop of Blood

The days of multiple vials and anxiety-inducing blood draws may soon be nothing more than a distant memory. Theranos and founder Elizabeth Holmes developed a new test that isn’t as much a technological achievement as it is staggering leap forward in health care. [...]

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NewsCannabis Used to Shrink Aggressive Brain Cancer

Anecdotal evidence has long been used in defending medicinal uses of marijuana, but increasingly, strong, peer reviewed scientific evidence showing the value of the drug. This study showed that cannabis combined with radiotherapy was effective at stopping growth of an aggressive brain cancer. [...]

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CurioWill We Rise to Meet The Expectations of Our Science Fiction?

If we can imagine ourselves in a different, better world, will we go about creating it? The article doesn’t reach quite that far (unless you read between the lines), but it does suggest science fiction is playing a vital role in creating the world anew. [...]

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NewsCable TV Chord Cutting On the Rise

Minot Voice Editorial: The news you’ll read on Quartz informs the recently surging net neutrality debate. It’s easy to imagine a protectionist agenda from our big-corporation cable and media providers in light of a rapidly changing market place that favors choice. [...]

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NewsRead Governor Dalrymple’s Official Comments on ‘Waters of the U.S.’ on Behalf of North Dakota

Governor Dalrymple issued his official comments to the E.P.A. on behalf of the State of North Dakota and its acting agencies on the proposed ‘Waters of the U.S.’ rule. Read the full comments below. [...]

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NewsND University System Seeks Outside Help to Raise Data Management Standards

Data management and security is a big deal, and the North Dakota University System won’t be content with anything less than top-notch performance. N.D.U.S. is looking for a technology partner to help improve the new Grand Forks facility. [...]

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NewsRequire Bars to Keep a Log of Who is Removed Due to Being Too Drunk?

A Good Samaritan in Fargo is proposing the idea after helping a woman who was ejected from a bar after drinking too much. And it’s yet another sign that the alcohol culture in North Dakota might be in need of some modest reform. [...]

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NewsSenator Hoeven Working to Remove Teeth from ‘Waters of the US’ Regulations

North Dakota leadership has come out strongly against the EPA’s proposed Waters of the U.S. regulations. On Saturday, Senator Hoeven spoke to the North Dakota Farm Bureau on his work to marginalize the regulations including the following specifics: Defund the the implementation of the regulation through legislation. Prevent the implementation of the regulation in the first place. [...]

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NewsSecretary Hagel’s Comments From MAFB

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in Minot Friday and spoke with members of the base’s nuclear missions. Check out this short clip from KX News. [...]

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NewsOil Production Thoughts and Commentary

While production is still going up, the rig count is decreasing, but the ongoing story is the price of crude and speculation on when we reach the bottom.  Lynn Helms discusses these and other issues facing the industry in this short clip from KMOT News. [...]

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NewsFBI to Add Permanent Field Office in Williston

— Official News Release, Office of Senator Hoeven — WILLISTON, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven was in Williston today to announce that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will establish a permanent field office in the city. Hoeven has been pushing for the new office to help local law enforcement better address increased crime rates [...]

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NewsThe Slow Food Revolution is Just Across the Border

Think of it as the opposite of fast food… a more considered approach to diet and eating. But be careful, a taste of the diet has the potential to infect your entire world view and lifestyle. [...]

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NewsAssiniboine Water Conference in Regina

The floods of 2011 and 2014 have created a new urgency in developing a comprehensive plan for managing the Assiniboine river and it’s tributaries (the Souris river is a tributary). Jim Olson of KX News provides coverage from the conference in Regina. [...]

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NewsSecretary of Defense Hagel Announces Nuclear Force Reforms

— Official News Release, U.S. Dept of Defense — WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced today a comprehensive action plan to reform to the nuclear enterprise and called for additional critical investments in sustainment as well as measures to address longstanding cultural issues that have hurt the morale of the nuclear force. In February of [...]

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