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Editorials

Boy Scouts organization a victim of sexual predators

Millions of American boys, along with millions of others worldwide, became better men because of the Boy Scouts. For them, the more than century-old organization helped build character and taught valuable skills. But more than 12,000 boys in the scouts became victims of the adults they and ...

MADC, Chamber merger may be down the road

A merger is being contemplated between the Minot Area Development Corp. and the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce. MADC is the nonprofit organization with the responsibility to attract new businesses, aid in business expansion and retention, and advocate for the local business economy to make ...

Jesse White on the way to more milestones

White Shield junior Jesse White reached a milestone on Friday night when he scored his 2,000th point in the Class B boys basketball game played against Solen. Congratulations, Jesse. The Minot Daily News Sports Department reported it was a big night for Jesse, his team, family and friends, ...

Esper’s visit testament to Minot AFB

By Sen. John Hoeven Last week, we joined U.S Secretary of Defense Mark Esper as he visited Minot Air Force Base to review its missions and address our servicemembers stationed there. Minot Air Force Base, which is the only U.S. base to house two legs of our nuclear triad, plays a central ...

Consider the unthinkable

China’s experience with the deadly new coronavirus labeled COVID-19 has “bought the world time” to plan our own strategies against the disease, the head of the World Health Organization commented a few days ago. Well, yes. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is correct ...

Much at stake with country’s first digital census

The once-a-decade collection of information about Americans may well go down in history as the first digital Census. Let us hope it also is not recorded as an electronic fiasco. Officials at the U.S. Census Bureau will be utilizing tons of state-of-the-art technology in gathering information ...