I wrote a column in 2011, as the presidential politics of the upcoming year were starting to unfold, with the headline “Why 2012 looks a lot like 1860.” The deep fracturing of the American electorate -- remember the Tea Party? -- leading up to the 2012 presidential election was starting ...

North Dakota is a rich state thanks to its lucrative oil and gas industry bringing extensive oil and gas tax revenues into the state’s coffers. All this makes it possible for a significant plan released earlier this week. Gov. Doug Burgum and legislative leaders announced at a news ...

Summer vacation is over for students in Minot and area schools, and they’re heading back to their classrooms. Many students rely on school buses to bring them to school or bring them home. If you are a driver, the U.S. Department of Transportation offers a few simple rules: Yellow ...

Scammers make the news quite often. But they should because they’re out there trying to catch people off guard and hoping they do so they can capture them for their fraudulent schemes. One of the most recent scams occurred earlier this week when a phone caller pretending to be from a ...

Former newsman Leonard Lund traveled northwest and north central North Dakota to bring back to The Minot Daily News stories and photos about people in the rural area. Every week, rain, snow or whatever weather condition, he set out in his car to make a trip to a farm, ranch or wherever he ...

National security should always be a concern in this country and especially in North Dakota, where we have two Air Force bases with critical missions. The situation in the Grand Forks area, where a Chinese food manufacturer purchased land not far from the air base there, definitely raises ...