With the closing of the Ness newspaper chain in northeastern North Dakota, seven weeklies died a tragic death on August 4 when, after 100 years of publishing, the owners had no offers to buy the papers. Communities losing papers included Fordville, Hatton, Pembina, Edmore/Adams, McVille, ...

The Pied Piper is back, hoping that taxpayers will sign petitions to place a repeal of the property tax on the ballot in 2024. Repealing the property tax was soundly defeated 10 years ago, attracting only 25% of the vote. Since nothing has changed since 2012, local governments are being ...

Even though many North Dakotans have been bad-mouthing socialism in recent years, two North Dakota socialistic institutions have refuted this knee-jerk reaction to faulty economic theory. With record profits, the North Dakota Mill and Elevator – largest in the United States with a gross ...

July 14 was the last day Police Officer Jake Wallin went to work. And it terrified the loved ones of police officers all across the country. Jake was killed in the line of duty as he struggled with others to bring order to the streets of Fargo.  Jake and his fiancee, Winter, had just ...

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the “Community News & Small Business Support Act,” that has been introduced in Congress would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses. For too many newspapers, help ...

"This here emergency meeting of the Homeland Security Committee will come to order,” Chairman Ork Dorken demanded as he pounded an old Coke bottle on his table – a makeshift hallow core door. The raucous crowd of 12 electors quickly seated themselves under the biggest community hall ...