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ND airports post highest boardings since COVID

North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted 81,499 airline passenger boardings during the month of June, according to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission. The numbers reflect the highest level of passenger traffic the state has seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began and continues the positive trend of growing airline passenger demand. June passenger levels remain only 19% below the pre-pandemic passenger level in June of 2019. Passenger boardings at the Minot airport in June totaled 12,033, compared to 3,912 in June 2020 and 13,632 in June 2019. The June 2021 ...

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Water wars brewing As of Friday, the intensity and number of extreme wildfires are breaking records in our Northwest and British Columbia. Much of our country is the driest it has ever been. Water wars are likely to become more common as shortages become acute. California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington are all under emergency conditions, with Idaho also threatened. Nearly a million acres have burned, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Floods engulf europe As our western states suffered from drought this week, devastating floods wiped out entire villages in Europe. ...

NERDWALLET: How COVID-fueled crowdfunding can revive small businesses

A pandemic-fueled boom in crowdfunding has small businesses flocking to capital-raising platforms that experts say could help many companies get back to normal — as long as small-business owners are able to launch effective campaigns. Regulation crowdfunding, in which companies raise capital from investors via government-monitored online platforms, has mushroomed in the last two years, going from approximately $100 million in 2019 to over $200 million in 2020, according to Chris Lustrino, founder and CEO of crowdfunding analytics and ratings firm KingsCrowd. It's already exceeded the ...

New sports memorabilia shop opens in Minot

This summer, a new sports collectible store has opened its doors in Minot. The Sports Shaq, located at 924 37th Avenue SW, has products for sale that include sports trading cards, autographed helmets and photos. Business owner Rachael Nadeau, a Rugby native who has lived in Minot for the ...

Minot Junior Golf hires executive director

Minot Junior Golf Association has hired Dusty Zimmerman as its first executive director. With its newly designed golf course, the organization announced that it is expanding efforts to facilitate golf programming and experiences for Minot’s youth. The new position will allow the non-profit to focus resources on the growth and development of the Jack Hoeven Wee Links and golf opportunities for children throughout the area. “Dusty is the perfect fit at the perfect time to move our organization forward and really expand what we do for junior golf in the Minot area” said MJGA ...

Steele hired as new Farm Business Manager instructor

Morgan Steele is the new Farm Business Manager instructor at Dakota College at Bottineau’s Rugby location, according to DCB. Steele grew up on a small-scale farm and ranch in Kansas. She graduated from Kansas State University in 2017 with a bachelor of science in Feed Science and Management with a minor in Animal Science. Currently, Morgan is working toward a masters in Agribusiness from Kansas State University. Moving to Fargo in 2017, she spent four years working in the pet food industry. She currently lives in Barton.