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Invest In Minot, invest local 

Todd Berning, President, EPIC Companies, Minot/West Fargo Over the past few years, EPIC Companies has raised capital all over the State of North Dakota for projects mainly being developed on the eastern side of the state, primarily the Fargo metro area.  A significant amount of that capital has been derived from the Minot area.  As we develop new projects such as the Big M Building renovation and the Tracks development (mixed-use and community space), out by the new Trinity Hospital, our goal is to keep Minot area capital in the Minot community and frankly, bring eastern North ...

Dance production was wonderful

Michael and Rachel Axness, Des Lacs We are Rachel & Michael Axness from Des Lacs, ND; we attended Rinat Mouzafarov’s Institute of Dance & Ballet “A very Merry Christmas” production last weekend in Central Campus. What a wonderful experience that was had by all!!! Rinat did a marvelous job with all of the young entertainers in tune with the Christmas season in song and dance!!! All of the young entertainers obviously loved their Gifts of dance and choreography, and wore full warm smiles for all of us to see! The Minot Community is so privileged to have Rinat Mouzafarov here ...

Highway 52 safety is priority

Walter Piehl, Minot I was surprised by all the comments, personally, on line and by telephone, endorsing my letter to the Editor, Minot Daily News, 12/10/22 regarding the bandaid solution to Highway 52’s dangerous traffic. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised, as the dangers on 52 is a common subject for friends and neighbors who have to travel that congested commuter highway. It is no small coincidence that just this past week another head-on multiple vehicle crash occurred near Anamoose when a car tried to pass a semi and trailer. One fatality there, and a similar scenario to ...

Freedom should support ideals

Thomas A. Starks, Lisbon Often one must ponder the ideals we collectively believe in. Freedom. Liberty. Our rights as people collectively. Our right to speak, our right to believe, our right to collectively organize a militia, our right to deny people of violence into our homes, our right to deny unreasonable arbitrary laws that would seek petty offenses to justify arrest or imprisonment, that we have a right to be tried by our peers and our property cannot be seized without compensation, that our rights dictate we should not be subjugated to cruel or unusual punishment, that it is ...

We condemn Senators vote

Landis Larson, ND AFL-CIO President , Bismarck Rail workers are the backbone of our supply chain and they deserve good wages, fair treatment and important health protections like paid sick leave. We need them to be healthy and confident they can do their jobs to the best of their ability to keep our economy moving. Rail companies have made record profits at the expense of these workers and their families through chronic understaffing and unfair scheduling practices. The North Dakota AFL-CIO condemns Senator Hoeven’s and Senator Cramer’s vote against seven days sick leave for ...

State needs to four-lane Highway 52

Walter Piehl, Minot A big shout out to Bucky Anderson for bringing forth the inadequacy of the N.D. Highway Department’s solution to the outrageous traffic issues on Highway 52 at a recent Ward County Commission meeting. A second shout out to the Minot Daily News and Jill Schramm for choosing it as the front page headline article. The Ward County Highway Department has shocking statistics of how much traffic, accidents and inadequacies there are on the stretch of road between Minot and Velva. And, those statistics are years old. They show the total short-sightedness of the ...