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Tips to take the sting out of 50% higher car rental prices

(AP) — When making your travel budget, don’t assume that lodging and airfare will be your biggest expense. Now, more than ever, rental cars are shaping up to be one of the biggest — and stubbornly high — aspects of people’s vacation budgets. While airfare and lodging prices are certainly near all-time highs, rental cars are among the biggest price increases of all travel expenses. When comparing prices for July 2022 versus July 2019 (the last normal summer pre-pandemic), hotel prices are up 7% , according to the latest set of Consumer Price Index data released in August 2022. ...

August Eagle Award winners

August recipients of the Minot Area Chamber EDC Eagle Award Program are: Tammy Smith, AFLAC Regional Office; Lynn Wright, Border States Electric; Sabrina Schroeder, Ryan GMC/Buick/Cadillac; Wesley Elkins, SRT; Jessi Erdmann, First International Bank & Trust; Nathan Stremick, Signal Realty; Jennifer Ramsey, REM-ND; Dr. Casmiar Nwaigwe, Trinity Health; Vanessa Clark, UPS Store; Dr. Jessie Fauntleroy, Trinity Health; Chad Thuner, Huber Sprinkler; Beth VanDelinder, North Hill Pharmacy; Aaron Albers, DPM, Trinity Health Medical Arts.

Kraus-Anderson celebrates completion of new Scheels

The new SCHEELS store at Dakota Square Mall opened to the public in July, after months of building and renovating by Minneapolis contractor Kraus-Anderson. The new 110,000 square-foot sporting goods store was designed by R.L. Engebretson Architecture, and it cost $20.66 million to ...

Eagle Award recipients announced

July recipients of the Minot Area Chamber EDC Eagle Award Program are: Mark Zeltinger, United States Postal Service; Lindsey Olson, BeMobile; Martin Saldana, Verizon – BeMobile; Nikki Greening, Northern Sentry; Shanette Miller, Home Depot; Jessica Almaraz, US Bank; Terri Beck, Trinity Town & Country – Imaging; Chelsey Theusch, Whiskey Nine; Dr. Michael Holland, Trinity Health; Marissa McCallum, Dakota Dental Health Center; Sheila Moffatt, Dakota Dental Health Center; and Darrell Sundsbak, Sundsbak Auctions.

The Purple Door settling into new location

Local witch Selena Drake moved her metaphysical shop, The Purple Door, into the Allure Studio building on Broadway in February, maintaining the only storefront for Wiccan and pagan practitioners in the Magic City to purchase the wares and resources for their craft. Drake first began ...

First Western promotes staff

First Western Bank & Trust has announced three recent promotions. Kris Lien has been promoted to assistant vice president-information technology manager. Lien joined the First Western team at the Main Bank in Minot as the bank’s IT manager 5 1/2 years ago. Joy Springer has been promoted to computer tech I. She joined the First Western team in June of 2018 as a customer service representative. Most recently she was a universal banker I at the Main Bank in Minot. Springer graduated from Minot State University this spring with a bachelor’s degree in management information ...