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Vietnam veterans celebration set for Friday

John Van Grinsven, a Vietnam veteran and former Ward County state’s attorney, will be the speaker at the 2 p.m. program of the Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Celebration on Friday, March 29, at the Minot Armed Forces Reserve Center, 3420 2nd St. NE. The event will be from 2-4 p.m. Doors open ...

Music program offers instrument trials for students

Band instructor Reese Hamilton with Minot Public Schools is working with Eckroth Music to put on the first annual Band-O-Rama at Magic City Campus on Monday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the event starts with performances from the Minot High School Band and Jim Hill ...

ND, tribe sign historic tax agreement

BISMARCK – State and MHA Nation officials signed a historic alcohol tax revenue-sharing agreement Friday, the first such agreement to be executed under a new law enacted last year. Gov. Doug Burgum, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation Chairman Mark Fox and State Tax Commissioner Brian ...

Armstrong statement on spending bill

Congressman Kelly Armstrong, R-ND, released the following statement after voting against The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: “My office did everything possible to read and understand the $1.2 trillion, 1,000-page legislation in just over a day from when it was released. The ...

Human trafficking summit to address pornography

The prevalence and dangers of pornography will be a focus of the 4th Annual Bakken Human Trafficking Summit to be held May 21-22 in Minot State University’s Ann Nicole Nelson Hall. Mandy Sanchez, program coordinator for Culture Reframed, will deliver the keynote address, “Growing up in a ...

Water Education Foundation offers scholarships

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Water Education Foundation’s deadline for applications for the Dushinske & Jamison Water Resources Scholarship is April 1. Four $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to qualified students attending or planning to attend a North Dakota college or ...