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Grants available for rural grocery projects

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Commerce has announced applications for the Rural Grocery Store Sustainability Grant will open Wednesday, July 9, at 3 p.m. With funding of up to $150,000 available per applicant, the program seeks to strengthen local food systems, support ...

Area July 4th events scheduled across region

The Minot region will offer a variety of July Fourth activities on Friday. Minot Minot will host a full slate of Independence Day festivities. The Shriners Fourth of July Parade will kick off the day at 10 a.m., beginning at the corner of 25th Street and Fourth Avenue Northwest. The Minot ...

Rain, thunderstorms forecast for holiday weekend

Mother Nature could bring some fireworks of its own during the Independence Day festivities on Friday, as the most current forecasts predict a chance of showers and thunderstorms through the holiday weekend. According to Joshua Adam, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in ...

County’s long efforts end with ordinance adoption

A zoning ordinance rewrite that has been in works for several years made it across the finish line Tuesday when the Ward County Commission approved it on second reading. Discussion by the Ward County Planning Commission on ordinance revisions began after the adoption of a new comprehensive ...

Mighty Eighth airmen in WWII memorialized in European sculpture

(Editor’s note: Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost was commander of the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base from July 2014-June 2016.) LA FIERE BRIDGE, NORMANDY, France – In recognition of the heroic actions of the Eighth Air Force during World War II, The Normandy Institute dedicated the Eighth ...