Minot Symphony Goes Latin for Saturday Concert

The Minot Symphony Orchestra will be performing their second concert of the season tonight at MSU. The music featured will have a flavor inspired in Latin America.

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Assiniboine Initiative Scientist urges adaptions

The Souris River basin originates in Saskatchewan, dips into North Dakota and returns to Manitoba where it joins the Assiniboine River. And it’s all part of a larger global system that will be impacted by climate change. That was the message of Bob Sandford, EPCOR chairman for Water and Climate Security with the United Nations University

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ND Strong Works to Support Fledgling Film Industry

Minot has a small, but passionate group of film producers and artists, and they’re working to bring attention to the industry as an economic engine for the state. You can find them under the banner of ND Strong, a non-profit organized to advocate and educate for the film business.  

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Flood Protection: Fargo Takes Big Step Towards Funding Flood Protection

There was strong opposition in the rural reaches of Cass County but on the heels of city residents concerned with rising flood insurance costs, Fargo residents approved extending sales taxes well into the future. The measure required a 60% supermajority to pass, it got 66%, and it approved extending 1.5 cents of sales tax divided between

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Dickinson City commission ready to take up liquor license issues

The City of Dickinson has scheduled public meetings to bring out issues with the city’s liquor license laws that need to be fixed. City Administrator Shawn Kessel expects the process to require several meetings depending on how many issues need to be addressed.

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Cedar Rapids: Mayor continuing to push political leaders for flood funding

The City of Cedar Rapids Iowa flooded in 2008, three years before Minot, and they too are lobbying politicians to secure Federal funding. The efforts include telling their story to any and everyone who will listen, including Republican House Whip, Steve Scalise from Louisiana.

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Politics played no role in MN deputies sent to North Dakota pipeline protest

Sheriff’s deputies from three Minneapolis area counties spent time assisting in the Dakota Access law enforcement last month, but the decision to provide that help generated protests itself. Sheriffs from the three counties maintain politics played no role in answering the call for help.

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A New Take on Anonymous Speech and When it’s Appropriate

TED is teaming up with Audible to deliver a series on ideas that need an audience — even if the presenter wishes to remain anonymous. This idea might be particularly valuable in a small town like Minot where we as individuals often self-censor our opinions out of fear of social, business, or professional reprisal.

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How to build smart cities that benefit everyone

We were introduced to the concept of a smart house 20 years ago. Today, many of us are living in them. That same revolution is taking place in the way we design and build our bigger living spaces — the towns and cities we go to work in. And the trick to making them really

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Barcelona is Pushing Cars Out and Reclaiming Roads as Public Space

The third in a series of articles today on the designing for the future is not intended to editorialize our direction in Minot. Rather, it’s only intended to demonstrate that in many parts of the world, the future is already here.

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McKenzie Co. Sheriff’s Lieutenant says county officials changed policies to fit narrative

There’s a controversy brewing in McKenzie County between the County Commission and members of the Sheriff’s Department, and the latest allegation is against the County Commission and other employees for conspiring to change a human resources policy in private.

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Prairie Roots looks to spring opening of downtown Fargo grocery store

A newly opening food cooperative in Fargo has found a new home in downtown Fargo. Prairie Roots will be open to the public as well as members and will focus on locally sourced foods.

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Makoti’s “Flying Farmer” Rides Again 

North Dakota’s version of Evil Knieval was at it over the weekend. KX News has the story.

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Fargo Diversion Authority expects to avoid courts in conflict with DNR

The Fargo flood protection plan hit a big road block earlier this month when the Minnesota DNR refused to permit the project. In reaction, those hoping to advance the permit have chosen negotiation and informing as opposed to moving the issue into the courts. Here in Minot we should count ourselves lucky that there is

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Report: Dakota Access dog handlers weren’t licensed to work security

Private Security working for the Dakota Access pipeline during the early September confrontation with protestors was not licensed to provide security in North Dakota. The information is the result of a Morton County investigation into the September 3 incident.

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Burgum sets sights on downtowns in governor’s race

In the final weeks before the election, Republican candidate Doug Burgum is rolling out his vision for North Dakota’s main streets. Patrick Springer writing for the Forum on the Governor’s race including comments from Democratic candidate Marvin Nelson.

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