Between the rush of Black Friday and the click frenzy of Cyber Monday sits a quieter force with deeper roots: Small Business Saturday. It’s more than a marketing push — it’s a reminder that where you spend matters. Each dollar at a[...]
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Backpack Buddies in Minot sees surge in need
More Minot families are leaning on the Backpack Buddies program this year, a sign of how many children rely on weekend meals to stay nourished. What began a decade ago serving a single school has now grown to nearly 600 students, and[...]
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‘It’s all about the seniors’: Minot elementary students craft Christmas cards for senior citizens
In Minot, a small gesture is turning into a big lift for local seniors. Elementary students are spending December crafting handmade Christmas cards, each one meant to brighten the day of someone who may be spending the holidays alone. The Minot Commission[...]
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Local Motives Receives $120,000 Grant For Summer Music Series Through 2028
Minot is poised to add a major new chapter to its growing arts and culture scene. Local Motives has secured a multi-year national grant that will bring a free outdoor music series to Citizens Alley from 2026 through 2028—an investment that places[...]
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Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation
You’ve probably noticed them: rogue shopping carts scattered across parking lots like metal tumbleweeds. A psychologist spent months analyzing hundreds of confrontations between cart abandoners and those who call them out, and what he found is revealing. The excuses range from creative[...]
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Kentucky’s Old Time Music Jams Are Helping Transplants Build Community
Old-time jams may look like casual gatherings, but in Lexington they’ve become a quiet engine of connection — a space where newcomers, lifelong Kentuckians, and musicians of all skill levels find a place to belong. What started with one woman bringing pies[...]
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What Ken Burns learned by making ‘The American Revolution’ (and Will You Be Watching?)
Ken Burns has spent nearly a decade unpacking the messy, violent, and deeply human story of the American Revolution — long before anyone was counting down to the 250th anniversary. In a new six-part series, he revisits the era not as a[...]
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INSPIRITUS Community Health Foundation Awards $191,886 in Grants, Announces Twice Blessed Match Campaign
MINOT — INSPIRITUS Community Health Foundation celebrated regional nonprofits Thursday, Nov. 13, by awarding $191,886.80 in community grants at its Regional Community Grant Awards Luncheon at the Sleep Inn and Suites in Minot. The grants support projects that strengthen the mental, physical,[...]
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Minot Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch dedicates new psychiatric residential treatment facility
A milestone for youth mental-health care in Minot took shape Friday as Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch dedicated the new Zurcher Cottage, a psychiatric residential treatment facility designed for the ranch’s youngest and highest-needs residents. The project replaces aging, 50-year-old cottages that[...]
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University of Mary college hockey player who suffered fractured skull won’t play again
An innocent-looking on-ice accident has ended the career of University of Mary hockey player Michael Heitkamp, who suffered a skull fracture during a collision with a Minot State skater on Oct. 31. What first looked like a simple cut turned out to[...]
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Turmoil at the Kennedy Center Puts Washington National Opera on Edge
The Washington National Opera is grappling with a dilemma few would have predicted: whether it can continue calling the Kennedy Center home. Since President Trump installed new leadership and declared himself chair earlier this year, ticket sales have plunged, donors have pulled[...]
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“Take what you need”: Minot man turns his yard into a food pantry amid SNAP delays
As North Dakotans wait for stalled SNAP benefits to resume, one Minot man isn’t waiting on Washington to act. Outside his home on 5th Street Northwest, Eric Locken has built a front-yard food pantry — stocked with groceries, produce, and essentials —[...]
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The Badlands Booklist: The attorney who fought for farmers’ rights
Sarah Vogel’s story isn’t just a trip down memory lane — it’s a reminder that the pressures facing farmers today echo challenges she battled decades ago. Speaking to readers in Hettinger, the former North Dakota attorney revisited her landmark 1983 lawsuit against[...]
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New cultural center in Bismarck in the works
A major community investment is taking shape in Bismarck, where Native Inc. is laying the groundwork for a new cultural center designed to serve families across the region. The vision is expansive — a gym, auditorium, sweat lodge, healing center, cafeteria, and[...]
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HOLY COW! HISTORY: The Boy Military Hero
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, they say. And as one instance showed, they come in all ages, too. In many ways, Calvin Graham’s story was typical of many young men of his generation. His childhood was spent in a poor[...]
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Public orchards could be a path for local food, community connections
Nearly 40 fruit trees have taken root at Drake Park in what is the start of a community orchard in Des Moines. Once established, organizers hope the orchard will serve as another place in Des Moines to build up the city’s local[...]