Dan Tyler, Stanley As an oilfield truck driver in the North Central region of North Dakota, I have witnessed recurring and concerning security issues involving airmen assigned to guard nuclear missile silos near Minot. These observations include airmen distracted by personal electronic ...

Vicki Voldal Rosenau, Valley City The scheming in Bismarck to spend public money for private-school tuition should have ground to a halt on Jan. 6. That’s when the release of a new statewide poll confirmed what many folks already knew: By an overwhelming majority, the people of North ...

M L Berg, Minot In the middle of 2024, Senator Hoeven spoke out against ‘radical environmentalism.’ Earlier that year, former Governor Burgum, in a televised interview in connection with a conference, referred to the topic of climate change, as, in effect, a fad. We know climate ...

Bob McNamara, Upham To be honest I don’t believe our senators, nor most of the others, really care about the defense department. They care far more about the money the DoD brings into ND via two significant air bases and other units than they do the military itself. I’d also say senators ...

Cherie (Lyson) Mergel, Minot I would like to thank everyone who has put pictures of the Christmas house (from years ago) with comments on Facebook. I do not have Facebook but a lot of my friends do and they show me. I have many fond memories of that place as I grew up in it and I am presently ...

Duane Brekke, Minot I am frequently asked how Minot got the name “The Magic City.” I feel a big part of that came from our service clubs. Many of these service clubs had couples and singles who gave many hours of volunteer time to the club of their choice. Just recently we lost a wife ...