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Area educator named History Teacher of Year

BISMARCK — Caryssa Silentman, a history teacher at Williston Middle School, has been named the 2026 Gilder Lehrman North Dakota History Teacher of the Year. The awarded is presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and coordinated in North Dakota by the State ...

L&C military convoy reaches half way mark

Since leaving Bismarck on Sunday, July 26, the Lewis & Clark 2026 Military Convoy, organized by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA), is about at the halfway point of a nearly 2,000-mile trek that roughly follows the route of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery in 1805. ...

Vision Zero event offers hands-on learning

Although Camden Ahmann of Minot signed up for Vision Zero’s Driving Skills for Success event because his mom made him, he was glad he came after experiencing what the teen-focused safety event had to offer. “It’s kind of fun,” Ahmann said of the event held Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the ...

Council moves on police station remodel

The debate was not whether to move forward but how to do it when the Minot City Council took up a revised plan for renovating the Minot Police Station on Monday, Aug. 3. The council elected to proceed with bidding the first phase of construction, which would address structural concerns and remodel the second floor at a cost of about $5 million with money the city already has set aside. The sticking point is where the next $5 million would come from to continue through the next of the four phases of the project. Council member Rob Fuller floated the idea to access Minot’s economic ...