Bismarck’s Third High School Will Have Flexible Scheduling

When Legacy High School opens next fall it will use a less common scheduling method for students. classes will range in length from 40 to 90 minutes might not meet everyday.

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Winter Fishing Looking Good

The conditions are set up well for a good winter fishing season on the ice. Get the full story from Doug Leier, ND Game & Fish Outreach Biologist.

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Civics Exam as a Graduation Requirement?

The 2015 Legislature will consider a bill that would require high school graduates pass a civics exam similar to the one required to become a U.S. citizen.

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DSU Assures Students Scholarships Will Be Honored

Amid the growing scandal over the mismanaged Dickinson State University Foundation, University President D.C. Coston sent students an email assuring them the scandal would not affect scholarships for the upcoming semester.

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Laughing Sun Brewery to Begin Local Distribution

A small Bismarck brewery will soon be taking advantage of a new law that allows small producers to manage their own distribution.

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New Ag Genetics Lab in Fargo?

A new ag research lab is being built in Fargo. The National Agricultural Genotyping Center is under construction now, but it has State contributed funding on the line with the Governor’s proposed budget. Agricultural Commissioner Doug Goehring requested $800,000 for the project.

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Preserving the Nakota Line…

The horses have a storied past… perhaps dating back to Sitting Bull and the Marquis de Mores, but preservation of the hardy, prairie breed is in jeopardy as the costs of maintaining the herd have put the Nakota Horse Conservancy in financial distress. The Kuntz family and the non profit behind the conservation movement have reached

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VandeWalle Elected Chief Justice of N.D. Supreme Court

Gerald VandeWalle was elected to a fifth five-year term as the Chief Justice of the N.D. Supreme Court. VandeWalle was first elected to the court in 1978.

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State Industrial Commission Reviews Comments on Oil Shipping

The extended comment period closed last Wednesday, and the State Industrial Commission is expected to meet before December 12 to rule on proposed regulations designed to reduce the volatility of oil shipped from North Dakota.

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Senators Hoeven and Heitkamps Comments of Keystone Vote

The Keystone pipe failed to gain approval in the senate yesterday; the vote came up one short of the required 60 it needed for approval. It was expected that President Obama would have vetoed the bill, but the work will continue.

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Carbon Credit Conservation Program Gets a Start

The program compensates land owners for agreeing to keep land in grass, a natural carbon storage mechanism. The test program is being run on 11,000 acres in  6 central North Dakota counties. Partners in the program include Ducks Unlimited, Chevrolet, and the USDA.

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Bismarck Hosts Human Trafficking Summit

The issue has been in the North Dakota news recently for all the wrong reasons, and in Bismarck, state leaders are addressing the issue head on.

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North Dakota Turns 125! Grand Opening of Renovated Heritage Center

It was a big day in Bismarck with the celebration of North Dakota’s 125th birthday, and to help celebrate we also had the grand opening of the newly renovated heritage center.

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IF we need it…. Sanford Hospitals Designated to Treat Ebola

Sanford Hospitals in Bismarck and Fargo have been designated to treat any Ebola cases… if they should occur in North Dakota.

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Oil Field Pipelines: Problems & Solutions

The Greater McKenzie County Stewardship Group that will meet at 7:30 Thursday at the Watford City Civic Center. The goal is to organize and begin working on solutions to a myriad of problems.

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Honey Bee Producers get Boost from USDA Incentives

The federal dollars, $7 million in total, will be distributed in conjunction with the CRP program to farmers and ranchers who plant flowering cover crops that provide foraging grounds for honey bees.

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