As the Budweiser Clydesdales trot through the North Dakota State Fair this week, they’re doing more than drawing crowds. They’re helping mark 15 years of partnership between Anheuser-Busch and the nonprofit Folds of Honor. Folds of Honor provides educational scholarships to the families ...
BISMARCK – The Brass Band of Minot received $3,350 to assist with its performances in the first round of grants awarded recently by the North Dakota Council on the Arts. Grants were awarded through the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Arts Access program. The program provides up to $4,000 in arts activity support to both arts and non-arts organizations, as well as unincorporated groups, to help make the arts more accessible to communities across the state. Fifteen organizations received funding in the first round to support projects taking place between July 1, 2025, and June 30, ...
Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot is inviting the public to celebrate International Tiger Day on Tuesday, with a full day of tiger-themed activities, learning opportunities and family fun. From crafts to keeper chats and a special name reveal, the event is designed to engage guests of all ages while raising awareness for tiger conservation. Guests can take part in a variety of interactive activities throughout the zoo, including a scavenger hunt, educational enrichment tables and a bounce house near the aviary. Children who complete the scavenger hunt will take home a tiger-themed ...
A seldom mentioned event in US history that should never be forgotten occurred 55 years ago. The occasion was notable inasmuch as it assured eternal notoriety for a beach near Eugene, Oregon — alongside other famous beaches of the world, like Waikiki and the one where she wore an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini. It was the day the Oregon Highway Department blew up the 80 foot carcass of a dead, beached sperm whale with no less than a half-ton of dynamite. A YouTube video of the event is probably now used as an instruction guide for Oregon highway department ...
