Curio |

On This Day | How to Divide Equally

There were five of us kids in the family, and when we divided anything into portions, the one who cut it up into portions, was the last to make his choice. In this way [...]Read More... from On This Day | How[...]

Curio |

On This Day | Laying Down the Law on Parking

There is no cut and dried plan which will work to the benefit of everyone, and is acceptable in every city. Each city has its own peculiarity in design or layout of streets, alleys [...]Read More... from On This Day | Laying[...]

Curio |

On This Day | The Politician That Got the Editor

Then he goes on to smear the individuals, one by one, so that it is perfectly plain to his friendly audience that he does not really think anything of the Republicans and doesn't stand [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]

Curio |

On This Day | An Unpopular Plan

City Manager R. B. Riddle Friday recommended to the police and fire committees of the Minot city council that the police department and fire department of the city be merged into one public safety [...]Read More... from On This Day | An[...]

Curio |

On This Day | The Empty Prairie Empties School Houses

To those interested in the stability of the agricultural economy of North Dakota and the rural community of Ward county and North Dakota, these statistics bear heavily on the kernel of the problem. Several [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]

Curio |

On This Day | Harassing High Third

District court jury term opened in Minot Monday with the first case on the docket being a civil case in which the state sued to enjoin Mrs. Mary Jackson to close the Parrot Inn [...]Read More... from On This Day | Harassing[...]

News |

ND farmers brace for loss of ACA subsidies

Roughly 70% of North Dakota’s agriculture workforce makes use of enhanced federal subsidies for health premiums on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. But with an expiration date looming, they’re getting guidance on how to proceed without them. The larger subsidies surfaced during[...]

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ND Christmas tree farmers see demand rise

The price of artificial Christmas trees is climbing this year—tariffs have pushed many stores to raise prices—and that shift is sending more families back to tree farms. For Mary Podoll, one of North Dakota’s few Christmas tree growers, the uptick in demand[...]