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Search for missing hiker continues

BISMARCK — Civil Air Patrol North Dakota Wing and North Dakota National Guard are supporting the mission to find Artoun Gostantian in the North Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES) Watch Center is coordinating requests for state aviation support to help locate the hiker missing since Sunday, July 19. According to NDDES information, the Civil Air Patrol launched one crew out of Dickinson Wednesday, July 22, concentrating on the area of the last known position based on information provided by the Civil Air Patrol ...

Parks’ budget increases maintenance, cuts property taxes

Minot property owners will see a larger decrease in the park district’s share of their property taxes than originally forecast when voters approved a half percent sales tax for parks in June. The sales tax measure capped the property tax at 26 mills, down from 38 mills, for the general ...

City studies new mosquito strategies

The City of Minot won’t get a second aerial spraying for mosquitoes this year, prompting the city to look at alternatives to controlling the biting population both this summer and into the future. Minot Mayor Mark Jantzer said the city typically asks Minot Air Force Base and the Ohio Air National Guard to conduct a second spraying later in the summer, depending on the cost and the degree of mosquitoes issues. The first spraying has been occurring before the North Dakota State Fair in Minot, which happened this year as well. Jantzer told the Minot City Council on Monday, July 20, that ...

Making memories at ND State Fair

ND grapples with gap in housing help

Organizers working to end homelessness in North Dakota say they're trying to fill gaps left by program closures that helped to make housing more affordable for residents. It’s been almost a year since the local pandemic Emergency Rental Assistance Program sunsetted. Andrea Olson, executive ...

Tioga man dies in one-vehicle crash

RAY – A 31-year-old Tioga man died in a one-vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 2, five miles east of Ray, Tuesday, July 21. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, at 3:53 p.m., a 2024 Hyundai Kona was traveling west at a high rate of speed on Highway 2. The Hyundai failed to maintain its lane, drifted into the ditch and struck an intersecting road. The Hyundai rolled several times before coming to rest in a field. The driver died at the scene. He was wearing a seat belt. The crash remains under investigation.