A national vaccine advisory panel has reversed a decades-old recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a move that public health experts say could weaken hard-won progress against the virus. The new guidance limits the birth-dose to infants[...]
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More people are using food banks as inflation grows, Manitoba report says
A new report from Harvest Manitoba shows just how sharply food insecurity has grown in the province. Food bank usage has climbed 150% in five years, now reaching 60,000 people a month—and many of them are working, educated, and raising children. The[...]
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Targa Badlands LLC faced with $500,000 fine for Clean Air Act violation over Johnson Compressor Station issue
Targa Badlands LLC has been sentenced after failing to install required monitoring systems at its Dunn County compressor station, a lapse that regulators say could have allowed more hazardous air pollutants into the environment. The penalty includes probation, community service benefiting the[...]
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Port: It’s almost 2026 and North Dakota doesn’t have its 2024 crime report yet
North Dakota’s most recent statewide crime report still hasn’t been released, and the delay is drawing attention. Crime numbers shape debates over sentencing, budgets, policing, housing, and even immigration—and yet 2024 data remains unavailable, now six months past the typical release window.[...]
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Most Somali people in America and Minnesota are citizens
Most people of Somali descent in America are citizens, including those living in Minnesota, according to estimates from the American Community Survey, an ongoing survey conducted by the Census Bureau. Immigration enforcement agents have increased their presence in Minnesota in recent days[...]
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Bottineau Winter Park gears up for opening day
Today is opening day at Bottineau Winter Park, where crews have spent two weeks running snow guns around the clock to build a solid base for the season. The Bunny Hill, Pony Hill, Raceway Slope, and Tower Trail are ready, with more[...]
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Armstrong eyes Jan. 21 as tentative date for special legislative session
Gov. Kelly Armstrong today informed legislative leaders that he has identified Jan. 21 as the tentative date for a special session of the 69th Legislative Assembly to act on anticipated federal funding for North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program. North Dakota submitted[...]
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An influential article that called Monsanto’s Roundup safe for humans has been retracted 25 years later
A scientific article long used to support the safety of Roundup has now been formally withdrawn, after 25 years of influence over regulatory decisions. Elsevier retracted the 2000 paper, acknowledging evidence that it relied exclusively on Monsanto-generated data and may have been[...]
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Darn Tootin! The movie “Fargo” isn’t a true story, but a 1963 St. Paul murder shares similarities
The Coen Brothers insisted “Fargo” was based on a true story. But which one? A longtime Fargo librarian has spent years trying to track down the real case — and keeps coming up empty. Still, some point to the 1963 murder of[...]
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Prairie Fare: When the lights go out — Keep food safe during power outages
I must have unplugged the vacuum, I thought to myself when it suddenly stopped working. I walked over to check. The vacuum was still connected. Maybe I blew a fuse. I flipped on a light switch to go to the basement. The[...]
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On This Day | All We Want For Christmas
the grandest thing the government could do for the people this Christmas is to quit piddling with things the people can take care of for themselves and get back to the business of governing [...]Read More... from On This Day | All[...]
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On This Day | Milk Market Meddling Draws Comment
To break up the dairy herds and go back to total dependence on wheat farming would be a major disaster to farming in this country. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Milk Market Meddling Draws Comment
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On This Day | Once More Dear Home
…I with rapture behold thee.” What better words could be chosen to express the happiness of American servicemen who are home this Christmas than the opening lines of the Pilgrims’ Chorus? With hundreds of [...]Read More... from On This Day | Once[...]
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On This Day | The Dam Money Comes With a Cap
Upon hearing of the limit being placed on the height of the dam, North Dakota’s water commission objected stating that the state’s entire water conservation program will be in danger should the amendment be [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Liquor License Limits Appear
The city council of Minot at its December meeting held Monday evening passed an amendment to the Minot liquor ordinance, increasing from 15 to 18 the number of retail liquor licenses issued by the [...]Read More... from On This Day | Liquor[...]
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Port: Our Somali friends and neighbors are not ‘garbage’
It’s easy to look at a naturalization ceremony—200 new Americans from 51 countries taking the oath—and see the best of our country. But alongside that hope, a familiar shadow is falling: the kind of nativist hostility President Trump has leveled at our[...]