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News: Minot Artist Discusses Work & Artspace Living

Janie Myers will be exhibiting her work at the Taube Museum right now, and she is one of the early residents at the recently completed Artspace in downtown Minot. KX News has her thoughts on painting and living in the artist focused building. [...]

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News: Ward County Sheriff’s Department Pushes Jail Expansion

Ward County Sheriff Captain Bob Barnard was on the service club circuit Monday with the Sertoma Club explaining the need for additional expansion at the Ward County Jail. [...]

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News: Got Kids in Minot Public Schools? Help Shape Next Years Calendar

Minot Public Schools wants your help developing next years school-year calendar. Take the survey online right now, but hurry, you have to do it before 2:00 pm today!  Here’s the link:  MPS Calendar Survey [...]

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News: It’s the Dollar, Not the Price of Oil, Pushing Boom & Bust Cycles

If you’re up for some economic analysis this morning, John Tamny at Forbes offers up some commentary on what the real culprit is when it comes to oil price swings and the resulting market expansion and contractions. [...]

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News: Fargo City Leaders OK Downtown Riverside Master Plan

Fargo leaders are pushing for a downtown convention center and recreation centers that turn the Red River into a key attraction for the city. Here in Minot we have a similar concept was released not long ago, the River Front and Center plan.   [...]

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News: Devils Lake annexes land for potential oil refinery

The City of Devils Lake has annexed the land that would be used if a 20,000 barrel per day refinery is successfully built. It was a preliminary step required to get the project moving. [...]

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Quote: The Depth of Indifference

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity. Learn More  

News: Several Minot Bands Nominated for ND Music Awards

More than a few Minot acts made the cut for North Dakota’s best musical acts and performers in 2014. Check out the write-up on the awards event and nominees from the High Plains Reader here. Catch the full nominee list from the ND Music Awards website here. And here are the Minot bands and performers nominated [...]

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News: Grand Forks Hopes to Get Springfest Alcohol Use Under Control

The Grand Forks Mayor and UND President are hoping to sway Grand Forks City Council and Park District into cracking down on alcohol use during communities ‘Springfest’ weekend.   [...]

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Curio: Interactive: The View of Fracking Flares From Space

Flaring isn’t ideal — it’s literally burning up a valuable natural resource, and we need to continue to push the oil and gas industry towards reducing and finally eliminating the practice. That process will take a some time, but here’s a not-so-subtle reminder of why it’s important. [...]

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News: Legislature to Wrestle with Multiple Income Tax Proposals

There are lots of income tax related bills on the legislative agenda this session, Jessica Holdman from the Bismarck Tribune provides a nice overview of the bills and informative commentary from State Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger. [...]

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News: Low Prices Raise Alarm in North Dakota Oil Patch

The latest national media piece hits all the usual themes, low prices, uncertainty, moving ahead anyway, history of boom and bust, hopeful for a price rebound. You’ve read it before and this won’t be the last one, but when these are published we’ll pass them along. [...]

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News: Legislative Week: Common Core, Medical Marijuana, the First Oil Price Tax Trigger

A couple controversial issues on the docket in Bismarck this week. AP Writer James MacPherson provides the rundown and more background at Bakken.com. [...]

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News: Labs Testing Yellowstone River Fish After Oil Spill

Montana officials are anxious to see the impact — if any — on fish in the Yellowstone following last month’s oil spill, and that starts with good science. The article here walks you through the sampling and testing process required to get meaningful data. [...]

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Curio: Great Performance: David Wong Covers Maroon 5

One talented guy plays all the parts on a single instrument. [...]

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Curio: What It’s Like Living in the Coldest Town on Earth

North Dakota winters can be rough, and though the groundhog sentenced us to six more weeks of it, we still have a lot to be thankful for. Here’s one case where we’re clearly already on the side of the fence with the greener grass. [...]

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