Sixty years ago today, North Dakotans and all of the nation heard President John F. Kennedy inform the country in a televised address of the presence of missile sites in Cuba. For 35 days the Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the ...

You might say surveys are “a dime a dozen.” Every week a group seems to be doing a survey on some topic. These surveys cover a range of topics from what state in the United States has the most employed people, what state is the happiest and unhappiest to what state has the healthiest ...

Last week, Saudi Arabia announced, in conjunction with OPEC+, that it would be cutting oil production in the face of dropping prices. That decision came in spite of the Biden White House’s lobbying in favor of increased production, which included a sycophantic visit by President Joe Biden to ...

We all have stories of readers desperately seeking reliable information about COVID-19 during the pandemic and turning to us (newspapers) to deliver accurate national and state health departments’ evolving assessments as well as local reporting on treatment options in our communities. We at ...

In The Minot Daily News’ Best of the Best contest, readers have the final say. For years, Minot residents have looked forward to voting in the Best of the Best contest to support their favorite local businesses, organizations, people and attractions. It’s the biggest contest of its kind ...

New polling data from Gallup show Americans are not having an easy time through this period of rising prices. According to Gallup, 56% of Americans say now that rising prices are causing severe or moderate hardship. Drilling down, we see that the hardship is not shared equally. Among ...