AI may still feel like a novelty in some corners of media, but in local newsrooms it’s quickly becoming part of the daily workflow. A new analysis shows that nearly 1 in 10 newspaper articles nationwide now contain some AI-generated text —[...]
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Casper Businesses Vote to Renew Tax Supporting Downtown Revitalization
Downtown Casper’s business community sent a clear message this week: they want to keep investing in their core. Commercial property owners voted unanimously to renew the Downtown Development Authority’s special mill levy, a modest tax that fuels everything from daily amenities to[...]
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TheatreMidwest presents Jennifer Fawcett’s ‘Apples In Winter’ at Aleshire Theater
MINOT, N.D. – The Minot State University Theatre Program is excited to announce a partnership with TheatreMidwest to present Jennifer Fawcett’s award-winning play about parenting, punishment, and pie, “Apples In Winter.” A tour-de-force undertaking for one actor, the production will play at[...]
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Minot Police moving closer to station remodel
Minot is taking its next step toward updating a key piece of city infrastructure: the police station. This week, the city council authorized the search for an architect and engineering firm, with a process designed to keep budget and scope in check[...]
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Roosevelt Park to begin comeback next spring
Roosevelt Park is beginning to see the outlines of its next chapter. After months of heavy construction tied to the Mouse River flood protection project, Minot Park Board members toured the site to gauge progress — and the updates were encouraging. Major[...]
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Microbakeries help put dough in home bakers’ pockets
In Horace and Fargo, a quiet baking boom is rising right out of home kitchens. What started as a pandemic-era pastime has become a cottage-food movement, powered by sourdough starters, social media, and neighbors who love a good treat. At Kenzie’s Sourdough[...]
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Minot area transit primed to coordinate
Minot may be closer than ever to a more connected future in public transit — not by building something new, but by better linking what already exists. At a regional meeting this week, local and state leaders discussed ways to coordinate existing[...]
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Main Street Books under new ownership
For nearly two decades, Main Street Books has been more than a bookstore — it’s been a heartbeat of downtown Minot. Now, it’s turning the page. Longtime manager Lindsey Bertsch, who started at the shop as her first job back in 2012,[...]
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America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back
Jeff Kruth, Miami University and Tammy Schwartz, Miami University For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it’s becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher’s salary: Wages have been stagnant for decades,[...]
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Hotels are now the hottest real estate for converted housing
Across the country, the hotel room is getting a second life — as an apartment. A record number of buildings are being converted into housing, but this year, it’s hotels, not offices, leading the way. The reasons are both practical and economic:[...]
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ND Development Fund approves $3.46 million for projects in Minot and Fargo
The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced today that four companies were approved for nearly $3.5 million in loan and investment funds through the North Dakota Development Fund Inc. (NDDF) during the third quarter of 2025. “Each investment we make through the[...]
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Tribal message shares economic good news with Minot City Council
When MHA Nation Tribal Chairman Mark Fox addressed the Minot City Council this week, he wasn’t just sharing updates — he was extending an invitation. The tribe’s new greenhouse project, Native Green Grow, could soon be supplying Minot grocery stores with locally[...]
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$100K fee for H1-B visas has North Dakota workforce impacts
School leaders across North Dakota are staring at a math problem that doesn’t add up: a new $100,000 H-1B fee aimed at Big Tech could price rural districts out of hiring the international teachers they depend on. Universities and hospitals face the[...]
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Minot Area Community Foundation awards one of its largest grant totals in 25 years
The Minot Area Community Foundation (MACF) has announced just over $600,000 in grant distributions made through Donor Advised Funds to support a wide range of local nonprofits. This represents one of the largest single rounds of distributions in the Foundation’s 25-year history.[...]
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North Dakota fund buys out $1.25M Wonder Fund investment that conflicted with fed rules
North Dakota’s first investment through the new Wonder Fund hasn’t gone quite as planned. The $1.25 million deal with outdoor access startup LandTrust ran afoul of federal rules and had to be quietly bought out by another state fund to avoid penalties.[...]
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Auditions open for Minot Symphony’s Young Artist Competition
For one young musician, the spotlight is about to shine a little brighter. The Minot Symphony Orchestra is hosting its annual Young Artist Competition, offering high schoolers the chance to perform as a featured soloist with the full symphony — and earn[...]