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North Dakota Outdoors: Managing coyotes is about understanding them

Every few years the question of whether North Dakota should offer a bounty on coyotes surfaces again. It usually follows a tough fall deer season, a hard, cold, snowy start to winter, or a combination of it all. It’s been asked for years. But from a wildlife management standpoint, a bounty ...

Air Force increases B-21 Raider production capacity

AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corp. have reached an agreement to expand production capacity for the B-21 Raider, accelerating delivery of the Air Force’s next-generation stealth bomber fleet. The agreement applies $4.5 billion in funding already authorized and appropriated under the fiscal year 2025 reconciliation legislation, commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” This agreement accelerates the approved acquisition profile by increasing annual production capacity by 25%, compressing delivery timelines while ...

Longtime credit union leader to retire

Aspire Credit Union has announced the retirement of Diane Smith, who has led the Member Service Representative team at Aspire, after 31 years. To honor Smith and the impact she has made over three decades, Aspire Credit Union will host a retirement open house on Friday, March 20, from 3-5 ...

Local art installation embraces discomfort

Artist Arvin Davis, a self described military brat, first moved to Minot from Germany when he was 15. He moved away after graduation, and Davis said while it is surprising he later returned and remains in Minot, he believes location should never inhibit any creative person’s production. ...

Tioga Medical Center adds to clinic team

TIOGA – Tioga Medical Center has announced the addition of Teri Andersen, a mental health and addiction counselor, to its clinic care team as a full-time provider. “We know access to mental health services is a huge issue across the country, so to be able to bring Teri into our ...

Fund is important way for people to help ND wildlife

Almost 40 years ago, legislators heard from folks who wanted to do a little more for the critters most of us don’t see every day. While game species often get the headlines, it’s the nongame wildlife – the bulk of North Dakota’s fish and wildlife – that quietly fills the prairies, coulees and river bottoms. What came out of that push was the Nongame Wildlife Fund, a simple but important way for people to lend a hand. It allowed conservation-minded citizens to support nongame species, and it gave the Game and Fish Department the footing it needed to build a program focused on ...