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Twilight hike set at Fort Mandan

WASHBURN. – A Twilight Hike will be held at Fort Mandan State Historic Site in Washburn on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 7:30-8:30 p.m., according to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The free tour will be hosted by nationally certified interpreters who will guide participants from the Fort Mandan Visitor Center along the trail beside the Missouri River. Visitors will have the opportunity to light the path using candles and lanterns provided by staff who will relate stories about the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the men’s journey up the Missouri River, their interactions with ...

Arts council awards cultural grants

Area artists have received grants through the North Dakota Council on the Arts’ Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program for fiscal year 2006, ending June 30. Mentors and their apprentices include: – Deborah Gourneau, Belcourt, and Cameron Allery, Dunseith, Ojibwe storytelling, dance and regalia, $4,074. – Cheryl Poitra, Dunseith, and Maria Cree, Minot, Ojibwe/Cree basket weaving, $3,818. – Shawn Kamer, Towner, and Zachary Bonine, Newburg, saddle construction, $4,500. – Melissa Kramer, Towner, and Kristina Bonine and Lillianne Bonine, Newburg, cinch weaving, ...

What are you trying to pull?

WILLISTON – Six 20-person teams tested their strength in the inaugural Make-A-Wish North Dakota Plane Pull held at XWA Williston Basin International Airport in Williston Saturday, Aug. 16. The six teams – CrossFit Vokse, Liberty Energy/Wolla Trucking, Overland Aviation, GO Wireline LLC, ...

Retirement’s Comic Relief: Do nice guys really finish last?

Before leaving for school in Kansas City, I agreed to share a small third-floor apartment in an older, repurposed home with someone who I did not know well. The $30 per month for half of the rent would be manageable and it was close to campus. Arriving several days before classes began, I unloaded possessions, tucking some under the single bed wedged into a dormer alcove where I would sleep. A sign taped above the bathroom door read “NICE GUYS FINISH LAST.” I didn’t like it. In the March 2025 edition of The Elks Magazine, I discovered an extensive story about a genuine nice guy ...

Little Shell final celebration of season

NEW TOWN – The Little Shell Celebration held Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 7-10, west of New Town, brings to an end the MHA Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes)-sponsored outdoor celebrations of the season. Weather had an impact on the event, with rain, winds and hail forecasted Thursday, stormy but ...

Double-D Haw, billed as Minot’s biggest breast cancer fundraiser, will be back for the fourth year on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 5-11 p.m. at The Blue Rider in downtown Minot. Double-D Haw was co-founded by ShaunAnne Tangney, a retired English professor who taught at Minot State University for ...