All looks well for the Minot Fireworks Association and its efforts to raise funds for Independence Day fireworks at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds. According to the organization, fundraising is just a few thousand dollars short, with donations still coming in from donors, including ...

A Minot man who has made his raised garden beds in Velva available to the Lord’s Cupboard is to be commended, highly. Last year Duane Brekke donated 1,000 pounds of vegetables from his garden to the pantry to help feed local people in need. As we learned in Sunday’s front-page story, a ...

Many, if not most, residents of Minot were outraged at the considerable property tax increase last year. That’s reasonable. No one likes to pay higher taxes, particularly when they aren’t associated with a notable increase in services. The City of Minot offered a rational – if not ...

News earlier this week that B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base were intercepted by Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea and Baltic Sea was disturbing. Not disturbing because near disaster was averted – it didn’t escalate to that level – but because we were reminded of the ...

So, in a hypothetical situation, if one is in possession of a property and the municipal government wants to acquire it for public purpose, and they set a deadline for acquiring said properties, how does one respond? How does it affect the situation if the municipality has a deadline to ...

News that the cost of repairing the pedestrian Anne Street Bridge would be in the range of $1.25 million to $1.65 million, not including the possibility of the potential for a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad track raise related to flood protection, which would require the bridge also be ...