HHS raises lead safety awareness
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is raising awareness about lead exposure and ways North Dakotans can protect children from lead poisoning during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 25-31. Lead exposure is preventable, but it can occur in places families may not expect. Young children are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of lead exposure, which can affect learning, behavior and development, according to HHS. Children younger than 6 are at greatest risk because they are growing rapidly and frequently put their hands and other objects in their ...
Getting to Know: Local author gets her fantasy
K.M. Evans has not always been from North Dakota, but she has always had a love for writing. Evans is a Christian fiction author, who focuses on the genre of fantasy. She says she did not originate in Minot. Rather, she grew up in a small town in Stockton, California. Her family soon realized ...
ND achieves all-time high in producing wells
BISMARCK – North Dakota reached an all-time high record in oil producing wells in August, according to the N.D. Department of Mineral Resources. The state had 20,177 producing wells in August, according to the report released Tuesday, Oct. 20, by Richard Suggs of DMR. The numbers are normally about two months behind. In August, the state produced 1.161 million barrels of oil per day, an increase from July. On Tuesday, the price of West Texas Intermediate was $97.88 a barrel. In August, the state produced 112.6 billion cubic feet (BCF) of natural gas with a daily average of 3.633 ...
Influenza increases slightly in ND
BISMARCK – The activity level for influenza slightly increased while COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) slightly decreased from the prior week, according to the most current respiratory disease surveillance data for North Dakota. The recent report is a summary of the week ending Saturday, Oct. 17. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services provides the weekly summary of respiratory disease activity, including influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). All data is preliminary and subject to revision. During the week ending Oct. 17, North ...