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Federal turbulence impacts local communities in 2025

During 2025, the Minot area rallied behind SNAP recipients and federal workers furloughed or working without pay during a 43-day government shutdown that began Oct. 1. In addition to donations to local food pantries, various work places and individuals set up food donation stations. North ...

Minot has busy year in infrastructure construction

More than $196 million in infrastructure construction took place in Minot during 2025, according to information from the City of Minot. The flood protection project accounted for more than $142 million of the total. Overall, residents and visitors had more than the usual construction activity ...

First graduates make history at Minot North

Members of the Class of 2025 made history at Minot North High School this past spring when they walked across the stage as the new school’s first graduates. Graduation was held Sunday, May 25. The class of 183 seniors established the tradition and identity of the Minot North Sentinels as ...

Animal births, new building, flood work highlight zoo’s year

The birth of four Amur tiger cubs and a giraffe calf, along with the opening of the African Plains Building and flood work being done were among the 2025 highlights at Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot. The four critically endangered tiger cubs born May 19 are the second litter born at the zoo to ...

Minot charity tournament concludes after 21-year run

The 2025 North Dakota Texas Hold’em Championship concluded over the weekend in Minot, marking the final year of a long-running charity poker tournament that was created to boost trade, tourism and traffic to the Minot area. The top 10 finishers in the final championship were: – Josh ...

Governor sets special session to appropriate rural health funds

BISMARCK – Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued an executive order Monday, Dec. 29, officially convening the Legislature Jan. 21 in a special session to consider spending federal rural health funds. Armstrong announced North Dakota has been awarded $199 million from the Centers for Medicare and ...