While the Minot Public School Board is reviewing possible names for the city’s new school and team name or mascot, we thought we would offer our suggestions to help them in this endeavor. When naming a new school, a partner to Minot High School-Magic City Campus, it seems selecting a name ...

On Arbor Day, we celebrate all of the wonderful benefits that trees provide by taking some time to plant, care, or maintain a tree. Just being around trees improves our mood, reduces stress, and lowers blood pressure. They perform environmental services like providing shade, windbreaks, ...

Between the Russia-Ukraine conflict, rising inflation coming out of the pandemic and the Biden administration’s push towards renewable energy, retail gasoline prices have reached record highs. Earlier this month, oil surged above $100 dollars per barrel for the first time since 2014. When ...

We don’t really think about what it means not to have electricity until we don’t have it. When the power goes off, we wait for line workers to go out in all kinds of weather and conditions to restore what we have become accustomed to having for many years thanks to electrification. ...

When a blizzard is coming, forcing schools and businesses to close, many people head to the warmth of their homes. Others stay on the job in case of any emergencies arising during such storms or to take care of those in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities and other ...

Minot is a military community. With that comes a longtime support from this community for the men and women and their families of all military branches who live and work here, including active duty, military retirees and veterans. Recently the Minot Area Chamber EDC was selected as the ...