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Editorials

Minot Police Department staff difficulties a vexing situation

ust yesterday, a task force of police staff and Minot’s city manager met to begin discussing how to address turnover and recruitment at the Minot Police Department. On Wednesday, a Minot Daily News article outlined the challenges the department faces and examined some of the possible ...

NDSF competitions belong on any visitor’s itinerary

For some people, the appeal of the North Dakota State Fair is the carnival games and rides. For others, it’s the food, the commercial buildings, concerts and entertainment. For still others, it is special events, presentations and resource booths, which benefits from this year’s addition of ...

Group’s efforts to aid inmates demonstrates best in human nature

It’s easy to forget people once they are incarcerated for a long period of time. Former friends, former colleagues, ex-classmates, associates and even in some cases relatives – not to mention those people we only “know” from following their particular court cases in the media; they ...

Local businesses are part of economic uptick

Some in Minot might have a hard time putting two and two together when it comes to the local and regional economy. On one hand the news is good. Taxable sales and purchases were up just over 6% in both Minot and Ward County during the first quarter of 2019, according to the North Dakota Tax ...

Public has responsibility to engage with government

The current Minot City Council and city administration have often cited desire for more and better communication with residents. The idea is both to exhibit transparency and ostensibly to seek more public input. Depending upon whom is asked, they are either doing a good job or a less than ...

Better sanctioning perhaps needed for government violators

The Belcourt School District was recently found by Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem of having violated the state’s open records law by failing to provide copies of records within a reasonable period of time. In his ruling, “Stenehjem wrote that the Belcourt School District is to use ...