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Focusing on city's future
December 19, 2012 The Minot City Council didn’t waste much time Tuesday in rejecting a proposal to create a new advisory flood plain for the city. more »»
Stopping violence in schools
December 18, 2012 Many school children and parents alike will need to be comforted after the horrific events at a Connecticut elementary school last week. more »»
Falling over the cliff
December 17, 2012 The nation may continue its ongoing plunge over a fiscal cliff even if President Barack Obama and conservatives in Congress agree on a budget deal this month. more »»
The week that was
December 16, 2012 HILL HONORED – Congratulations to five-time world champion boxer Virgil Hill, who last week was elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibilit. more »»
The tax bills are coming
December 15, 2012 Ward County taxpayers should expect to see a familiar envelope in the mail in the coming week or so. The dreaded property tax statements should be mailed out next week. more »»
Obamacare details are expensive
December 14, 2012 Remember when former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. more »»
Elk herd program successful
December 13, 2012 The National Park Service’s plan to thin the elk herd in Theodore Roosevelt National Park has been working well since being implemented in 201. more »»
City faces difficult choice
December 12, 2012 Members of the Minot City Council face a difficult decision soon that will have a major impact on the city’s future flood recovery efforts. At a special meeting Dec. more »»
Corps rejects pressure
December 11, 2012 Good for the U.S. more »»
Honoring fallen soldiers
December 10, 2012 The state of North Dakota and its residents mourned last week the deaths of two North Dakota National Guardsmen who were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanista. more »»
The week that was
December 9, 2012 ANOTHER PARK COMING – A $75,000 contribution from the Otto Bremer Foundation will go a long way toward completing the fundraising for the Community Outdoor Fitness Park planned at the Minot Family... more »»
Good use of city sales tax
December 8, 2012 We’re happy the Minot City Council has begun to award grants to community projects with funds collected from portions of the city sales tax. The council last week awarded about $3. more »»
Smoking ban hard to enforce
December 7, 2012 North Dakota’s new, tougher smoking ban took effect Thursday, but plenty of questions remain, most notably, how will the new law be enforced? The new law bans smoking in most public places, as well... more »»
Costas' gun rant ill-timed
December 6, 2012 In the wake of last weekend’s murder/suicide involving Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs, who shot and killed his girlfriend before committing suicide, sportscaster Bob Costas apparently felt... more »»
Taking threats seriously
December 5, 2012 Bomb threats aren’t funny. They aren’t cute. They aren’t cool. They’re a criminal act, and perpetrators deserve to be prosecuted and punished to the fullest extent of the la. more »»
Senseless strikes at ports
December 4, 2012 Strikes by clerical workers have brought most of the work at some of the nation’s busiest ports to a standdstil. more »»
Find an alternate bypass
December 3, 2012 The city of Williston and the North Dakota Transportation Department find themselves in quite the quandary after the discovery of Native American artifacts in an area being considered for a truck... more »»
The week that was
December 2, 2012 CALLING ALL COOKIE-MAKERS – The annual drive to gather 1,200 dozen home-baked cookies for Minot Air Force Base personnel is in progress. more »»
Federal fiscal folly
December 1, 2012 Solyndra may be the most well-known example of federal fiscal ineptitude, but another company’s trouble after receiving hundreds of millions of federal dollars is making its way into the public ey. more »»
Best-run state in the nation
November 30, 2012 Well, now everyone else knows what we’ve known for quite some time:?North Dakota is the best-run state in the nation. The annual 24/7 Wall St. more »» |
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