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An enduring legacy impacting others will live on

Raymond Cross had a long and distinguished career as an attorney and law professor, advocating for American Indian rights. He died Tuesday at his home in Tucson, Arizona. An enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, Cross’s life took him from a youth growing up on the Fort Berthold ...

Visit Minot continues to tell Minot’s story

Dear Minot: We’re all familiar with Minot hosting two of the largest events in North Dakota in the North Dakota State Fair and the Norsk Hostfest. But there are countless community partners who work to help Minot expand its reach beyond our city limits and beyond the borders of our state to ...

NDFU president responds to Farm Freedom legislation

Gov. Doug Burgum has touted his plan to blow holes in North Dakota’s corporate farming law. I wholeheartedly disagree with Burgum’s argument that corporate farming will benefit family farmers and ranchers. But I’m even more disappointed that Burgum is using false and misleading talking ...

Farm Freedom can help animal ag, rural communities

Recently a bill was introduced by several North Dakota farmer-legislators to help promote animal agriculture and reverse decades of decline which have caused our state to fall far behind neighboring states. Farm Freedom legislation will remove the handcuffs that have held back our farmers and ...

Fufeng national security issue continues to raise concerns

North Dakota is home to two U.S. Air Force bases -- Minot Air Force Base and Grand Forks Air Force Base – both significantly important to U.S. national defense. Minot AFB, 13 miles north of the city of Minot, has the distinction of being the only dual wing nuclear-capable base in the Air ...

Do Americans even want liberty?

As Americans, our civil liberties are often in a perilous position. Encroached on every side from every partisan and corporation, with their only shelter being a pesky document called the constitution. Not that this document is always respected when it comes time for the highest courts in ...