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Exercise prepares airmen for expeditionary operations

FARGO — More than 120 airmen from Minot Air Force Base recently spent four days honing expeditionary skills and strengthening mission readiness during a bivouac exercise at the 119th Air National Guard Regional Training Site in Fargo. A bivouac is a field training exercise that places ...

MSU receives federal health grant

BISMARCK — Minot State University will receive $110,631 to improve the timely documentation, reporting and analysis of diagnostic data through the Center for Disease Control’s DD20-2006 program. The program supports Early Hearing Detection and Intervention programs in tracking infants with permanent hearing loss. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the recipients of more than $11 million grants for public health, early childhood education and workforce enhancement in North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services will receive ...

ND launches Dakota BOT

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Commerce and North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) have partnered to launch Dakota BOT, a new AI-powered chatbot designed to improve how citizens, businesses and visitors access information across ND.gov and affiliated state agency websites. According to N.D. Department of Commerce information, Dakota BOT serves as a digital front door to state government, offering 24/7 support, multilingual assistance and consistent, conversational responses. Built with input from agencies across state government, the chatbot uses structured workflows ...

Church members launch farmers market at former school

As Open Gate Church was preparing to hold its first service in the former Bell School this past May, members of the congregation already were thinking about what else they could do with the property. The church purchased the shuttered elementary school building, southeast of Minot, in ...

Walking for men's mental health awareness

WHITE SHIELD – Codie Bird-Esquibel commemorated her son's passing on March 2, 2025, with a walk for resilience held at the Ralph Wells Community Center track in White Shield on Friday, June 26. "Men's mental health needs to be brought into the social light of communities," Bird-Esquibel ...