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CurioMinnesota prisons confront national trend of ‘drug-soaked’ mail filtering behind bars

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

What’s the newest way to get drugs into prison? Put a stamp on them and send it. Of course, you’ll have to soak the paper and envelope in liquid narcotics, first. Stephen Montemayor with the Star Tribune has the full story on innovation in evasion that’s got Minnesota corrections officers on their toes. Why does [...]

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CurioTo Get Off Fossil Fuels, America Is Going to Need a Lot More Electricians

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

This story may get eyebrow furrows in a place like North Dakota where we’re less in a hurry to get off fossil fuels. After all, we produce a lot of reliable energy with them. But this isn’t a story about climate change, it’s about hedging bets and acknowledging the wave that’s on the horizon. America [...]

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NewsSwedish govt moves to get rid of permits needed for dancing

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Our friends in Sweden are two-stepping into 2023, and if the law changes as it’s expected to, they won’t have to get a permit to do it. Swedish law has long required bar and restaurant owners to get a permit if they wanted to let patrons dance, but it looks like that’s going to change. [...]

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NewsCerilon gas-to-liquids project moving forward in Williams County

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Williams County is set to benefit from a multibillion-dollar investment by Canadian company Cerilon. The production is for gas-to-liquids which is a process that converts natural gas to liquid fuels like gasoline and diesel. The project got considerable financial support from Williams County and the State of North Dakota and is progressing toward a 2025 [...]

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NewsUkrainian family arrives in West Fargo

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

There are a lot of folks with Ukrainian heritage in North Dakota, and while there are many miles between the two places, the weather doesn’t feel all that different. Those are just a couple of factors that make our place an ideal relocation option for Ukrainian families looking for a reprieve from war. Check out [...]

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NewsRare earth minerals deposit found in Sweden

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Our Scandinavian friends in Sweden have made a big discovery — a significant deposit of neodymium and praseodymium. They’re rare earth elements that go into making magnets. Why does it matter in Minot? Because like it or not, we are members of a global community, and in the geopolitics of rare earth elements, China has [...]

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NewsWestern North Dakota area is officially Homesteader’s Gap

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

If you saw it on a map before Thursday, it would have been called Squaw Gap. Today, it’s called Homesteader’s Gap. It’s a small, unincorporated place South of Williston, and it’s at the forefront of reconsidered thinking when it comes to what we call our places. It’s a simple idea: words matter. While we don’t [...]

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CurioBuild Montana program receives national recognition as it continues to grow

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

What do you do if you’ve got a demand for a particular skill but not enough people to do it? If you’re the Montana Equipment Dealer’s Association, you partner with private companies and a public school district and start training kids. In this case, the pilot project was for heavy equipment operators, and the success [...]

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NewsHydrogen Projects Making Gains in North Dakota and South Texas

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North Dakota’s role as an energy hub continues to evolve, and three big players are betting a big part of the energy future will be hydrogen. The MHA Nation has partnered with Bakken Energy and now BNSF to deliver produce and deliver more than 380,000 metric tons of hydrogen annually. Get the full story on [...]

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NewsNo More Horses in Teddy Roosevelt National Park?

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Removal of at least some of the horses and other non-natural livestock in Teddy Roosevelt National Park is a likely outcome of a pending action from the National Park Service. Jackie Jahfetson with the Bismarck Tribune has the full story linked below, but it boils down to this: The Park Service sees its mission as [...]

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NewsCities, businesses are targets of maverick Minnesota lawyers looking for wastewater polluters

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

It’s a litigious world out there. Even more so in Minnesota lately with regard to water discharged into rivers and streams by cities, small towns, and businesses. In question are the requirements of the federal Clean Water Act, and when water discharged is out of compliance, the penalties can add up fast. And one lawyer [...]

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Curio‘The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly,’ by Margareta Magnusson

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

With Minot home of the Norsk Høstfest, we feel an obligation to bring you all the stories with a touch of Scandinavia. It’s in that spirit that you need to know about this book review from The Star Tribune on the book The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly. One lesson that immediately jumps out, eat chocolate [...]

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CurioCity of Helena absorbs curbside recycling rate hikes for Helena residents, Rates on the Increase

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Resident recyclers of Helena, Montana receive city-subsidized recycling rates, and both the rate and the subsidy are increasing in 2023. The cost for the City for the remainder of 2023 will be $16 per month, the cost to the resident will be ~$8 per month with the City of Helena subsidizing the difference. Both the [...]

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NewsMinot State Invites Two Football Coaching Candidates to Campus  

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MINOT, N.D. – Minot State’s search for its next head football coach has moved into its final stages and Beaver Athletics is pleased to announce that two candidates have been scheduled for on-campus interview next week. On Tuesday, January 17, the Beavers welcome Chris Stutzriem to town to meet with members of the Minot State [...]

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NewsA Swiss company says it has pulled CO2 out of the atmosphere and stored it underground

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by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The thing about North Dakota’s energy production — it’s carbon intensive. We pull it from the earth, burn it, and release it into the atmosphere. That’s why environmentalists are down on coal and oil. But what if we had a method for capturing that carbon from the atmosphere and putting it back underground? Well, the [...]

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NewsNorwalk Connecticut developing plans to combat 20-inch sea level rise by 2050

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Norwalk Connecticut is a coastal town, and they’re in the process of completing their long-term planning. They’re looking out as far as 2050. And what is it they’re planning for? The answer is sea level rise, 20 inches of it. Why does it matter in Minot? Well, we’re in the process of building a billion-dollar [...]

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