Housing supply is catching up with housing demand and as a result prices are dropping. Watford City Mayor Brent Sanford says 300 new apartments have put downward pressure on rents, in some cases by as much as $1,000 a month.
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Williston doesn’t just need a new airport terminal, they need a new airport location, and the $250 million project is pushing ahead in spite drop in oil prices.
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ meeting on Friday was a mix of tradition and modern chaos, as the cartel decided to stick to production levels. Here’s video from the Wall Street Journal.
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The news around North Dakota yesterday was that the EPA’s fracking analysis declared fracking safe for drinking water. But for those who oppose fracking, they found what they wanted in the report too. Here’s the analytical coverage of the media coverage.
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‘The Overnighters’ is a feature length documentary about a Williston pastor’s work housing homeless men during the height of the Bakken oil boom. One of the men featured in the film has become a glaring example of recidivism.
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The landscape of Western North Dakota is changing with the growth of the oil industry, and for one Minnesota painter that transformation is an opportunity to paint. Get the story on the work of artist Joe Burns from the Wahpeton Daily News.
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Former North Dakota U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon spoke back on April on the issue of human trafficking and the challenges it creates for law enforcement. It’s a uniquely informed perspective on a problem that we shouldn’t be ignoring. The presentation took place in April, and the video was published by the North Dakota State Historical
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Like it or not, derelict oil wells are going to be a part of our future burden, so this opinion by the Attorney General is an important one. His finding clarifies some cases for when the state can step in and act on behalf of a surface owner.
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With the boom of people and money, we’ve also added crime. But law enforcement officials are aware of the problem and are organizing forces and tactics to better address one of the bigger problems — organized crime.
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Mckenzie County is spending $100,000 a month to house prisoners in jails around the region because they do not have the capacity. That will soon change with the groundbreaking of a new law enforcement center.
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Highway 2 between Minot and Williston was converted to four lanes in 2008; the road was expected to last 20 years. But heavy use by the growing oil-industry has required rewriting that schedule.
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With all the wells being drilled, naming them has started to require creativity. And the systems for naming them are turning to the locally inspired to the themes more commonly found in Hollywood. It’s a lighthearted Bakken story.
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Here’s a concept: oil-free gasoline. German automaker Audi has been working on it, and now they have a working recipe too.
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— Official News Release, ND Tax Commissioner — Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger provided a detailed summary of the current status of the North Dakota oil tax and oil tax incentives, better known as triggers, at a news conference today. “Our office has been watching the price of oil very closely,” said Rauschenberger. “It needed to
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— Official News Release, Senator Heitkamp — Continuing the work through her Strong & Safe Communities Initiative, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today joined local community leaders to discuss the importance of building and expanding roads and bridges across the state to improve safety and keep up with the increase of traffic on the roads. Joined
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A Wisconson family that owns land in the path of Enbridge’s proposed Sandpiper pipeline has made a commitment to stand on their principles and deny access across their land. The issue is likely headed to court and will test North Dakota’s eminent domain laws.
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