Richard Reuer, Minot Just last weekend a friend and co-worker was involved in a serious accident that caused his pickup truck to be totaled and damages to both legs that prevent him from walking due to another driver going through a red light while he was making a left turn on Broadway and ...

Jo Ann Miller, Fargo October 1st-7th is Banned Books Week. When I was growing up, reading was a meaningful part of my life, and I read everything I could get my hands on, sometimes reading texts far beyond my reading level. Why do we today focus on banning reading materials? Who makes the ...

Kerrianne Boetcher, President, N.D. Library Association, Minot Jackson Harper, Chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee of the N.D. Library Association, Grand Forks For as long as there have been libraries, there have been people who disagree about what belongs on library shelves. Presently, ...

Val Stadick, Owner, Main Street Books, Minot On behalf of Independent Book Stores in North Dakota I would like to inform the community that Oct. 1-7 is National Banned Books Week. This is a week that celebrates our Freedom to choose what we want to read. It is also a celebration that brings ...

While skeptical North Dakotans scratch their heads over Governor Douglas Burgum’s race for president, we need to be reminded that he is not the first aspirant for the big chair in Washington. While a congressman, North Dakota’s William Lemke threw his hat in the ring as the presidential ...

Ty Hegland - CEO, Prairie St. John’s, Fargo With September being Suicide Prevention Month, I wanted to take a minute to highlight transformative legislation to serve one of our most important patient populations, veterans. In January, The COMPACT Act went into effect across the U.S. and ...