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Emergency responders can’t take a snow day

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 places. Our blizzard this week was no exception. While many of us headed for our homes where we would spend the next 24 or 48 hours watching TV, eating, sleeping or, for some, working remotely until the storm would let up so we could venture outdoors again. Throughout these blizzards, ...

Community support important to success of military mission

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 winner of Air Force Global Strike Command’s 2022 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award. Minot Air Force Base’s 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing are units of Air Force Global Strike Command. The bomb wing has the B-52 bombers and the missile wing oversees, ...

Raising awareness about child abuse prevention

During the past fiscal year, 1,349 children in North Dakota were the victims of child abuse or neglect, reports the North Dakota Department of Human Services. It is known that early childhood experiences can have long-term impacts on children. Now to raise awareness in communities and with individuals so they can help support strong and stable families, Gov. Doug Burgum has proclaimed April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in North Dakota. During this month, N.D. Department of Human Services and Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota has joined up with organizations in Minot and ...

Stepping up oil production comes with concerns

Stepping up oil production in the U.S. is the hot topic since Russia invaded Ukraine. But stepping up production comes with concerns. Last week Lynn Helms, director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, during his monthly report on new oil and gas numbers, said leasing or permitting wells on public lands is not being done. “That’s consistent with the strategy or the attitude of the current administration,” Helms said. President Biden shut down oil and gas leasing on public lands during his first days in office. North Dakota produced 1.086 million barrels ...

Ukraine suggests dangers of the Eurasian heartland axis

"Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world.” So wrote the geography professor and occasional member of Parliament Halford Mackinder in his 1919 book “Democratic Ideals and Reality.” Mackinder’s Heartland was vaguely defined to include the Eurasian landmass from central Europe eastward across Siberia and the Himalayas to eastern China. And while it hasn’t dominated the world since -- it glaringly excludes the United States -- it still has great weight in what Mackinder called “the lands of outer or insular ...

Cold cases: Local police kept cases active

On Wednesday, Minot Police Department announced an arrest had been made in the 15-year-old murder of college student Anita Knutson. The announcement came as a surprise to most learning the news because the case had lingered unresolved for so long with no arrest being made. But with the recent help of “Cold Justice” and new detectives at the Minot Police Department, Carman Asham and Mikali Talbott, taking on the investigation, along with Capt. Dale Plessas providing some recent coordination help, everything fell into place to obtain an arrest warrant, Police Chief John Klug said ...