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Online finance website WalletHub ranked the best small towns across America to start a business; Minot came in at #13. The list includes more than 1200 towns and ranked them based on metrics like access to capital, labor, cost of doing business, etc. Check out more on the good news for Minot story here on [...]
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Small towns across the region are tapping local artists to add atmosphere and vibrancy to their communities. Here’s a confirmation story from North of the border. Art is among the keys to making our place in Minot unique, but clearly, we’re not the only place striving to create a unique identity. But the real question [...]
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Want to live forever? Have we got a club for you! Behind this Quartz paywall, you can dig into the topic of staying out of the ground. The story follows a small thread that’s been recurring on TheMinotVoice over the past weeks that will culminate with tomorrow’s #GoodTalkMinot episode on the evolution of funerals. Tune [...]
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If you’re among the high percentage of people who use ‘password’ for your password, don’t worry — your days of the annoying security prompts are numbered. It turns out passwords aren’t the best or even the expected security solution for the future; check out the article linked below from Fast Company to see where we’re [...]
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For decades cities across our region tried to crack the job creation nut. How do we create more jobs? But perhaps we’ve been looking at the problem the wrong way, perhaps we shouldn’t be looking to attract jobs, but rather, the specific individuals — entrepreneurs — that create them. If this article from Next City [...]
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The legislature set aside the dollars for running the library. That was the first step, the second is getting private donors to step forward with dollars to build it. Blake Nicholson with the Associated Press has the story on the next steps to making the Teddy Roosevelt Library a reality. Spoiler: they’ve already got pledges [...]
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Deep in the bowels of a landfill, microorganisms go to work on decomposing our trash. One byproduct of their effort is methane gas. In Fargo, the City invested in capturing that methane almost 18 years ago. Today, that investment is starting to pay dividends. Check out this article by Barry Amundson for more outside perspectives [...]
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Have you noticed the global economy reorganizing in relation to all these trade conversations? Ask a soybean farmer if trade and tariff posturing and global politics matter in North Dakota; if they’re paying attention, they’ll tell you international politics matter on small North Dakota farms. And we’re not alone; our neighbors to the North are [...]
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With stories of environmental ruin in the news feed, perhaps you’re wondering what can be done? Here’s one perspective on — if not a solution — a step in a better direction: plant more trees. Heather Alberro writing for Fast Company makes the argument for planting more trees. And she’s not alone in her thinking; [...]
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We all hate them, but what happens if we get rid of property tax? Jeremy Jackson, an Associate Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at NDSU shares his thoughts in the letter linked below. A quick review of his position: property tax carries fewer negative impacts into the larger economy than another popular tax — [...]
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Did you catch the report last week that unemployment in the U.S. is at the lowest level in a half century? It’s one sign that the larger American economy is showing strong signs, but what if we want to distill this information into something meaningful for Minot? We might ask who is creating those jobs? [...]
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Between NotStock in the fall and the Flat Tail Press year round, MSU Art students can find hands-on experience to their heart’s content. Check out this story from KX News on Print Day in May. [...]
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Have you observed a movie in the making? For the big Hollywood films, it’s quite a production. Imagine moving a small town’s amount of people to a new location for a couple months. They need food, housing, occasional entertainment. In other words, if your town can land a movie production, it’s quite the economic boon. [...]
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One report is back, and the findings are bleak. Human activity is making life on Earth tough for those species that cohabit our planet. Why does this matter for Minot? One, we live on Earth. Two, agriculture is playing a large role in this species extinction trend. As the global impacts of these transformations become [...]
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Where do we get our doctors? Most medical providers are faced with the question, and the problem isn’t unique to Minot or North Dakota. In Fargo, Sanford is finding that adding residency programs gives them an inside track to hiring directly after training is completed. Up the road in Grand Forks, UND Medical School has [...]
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It’s taken two years to complete the separation, but North Dakota’s Department of Environmental Quality is officially up and running. These services and mission were previously captured under the Department of Health, but in 2017, the legislature passed a bill to establish the stand-alone environmental agency. [...]
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