Energy Transfer Partners, a key player in the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, is being acquired by Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. Kelsey Warren, current Chairman of Energy Transfer will be the CEO of the new company.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
Francis Berg has been documenting the Hettinger’s history for decades, but recently she compiled the era of the last great buffalo hunts into a self-guided driving tour designed to pull people off the Interstate and invite them to explore the areas unique history. Is there an idea for Minot somewhere inside of this story?
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
Protest activities over the past few weeks have drawn very specific allegations regarding law enforcement activity on what protestors allege is a tribal burial ground. Bismarck Tribune reporter Caroline Grueskin digs in deep to get a full perspective. This is a great example of the fact that journalism is alive and well in North Dakota.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
When law enforcement cleared an illegal protest camp last month, they arrested 139 individuals on charges of conspiracy to endanger by fire or explosion and two misdemeanor charges. Now, the decision has been made to advance that case as a single complaint, making all arrestees co-defendants and co-conspirators. And the implications of that decision are
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
Some pomp and fanfare that typically accompanies the opening of the legislative session has been moved into private session in 2017 in part due to security concerns. Though not mandated, it has been tradition that one Native American tribe be given the opportunity to address a joint session of the legislature. That address has been
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck TribuneSubscribe to Today in Minot!
It's the free, easy way to stay informed about what's happening in Minot, and it helps support independent local news and journalism.
NDSU President Dean Bresciani has earned the trust of the State Board of Higher Education. In not making the decision extend his contract earlier this summer, the board had put Mr. Bresciani on kind of a de facto probation — the hope was they would see progress towards him becoming more of a team player within
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
The son of 1960’s political icon Bobby Kennedy was at the Standing Rock Protest Camps Tuesday to stand in solidarity with protestors fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an environmental law attorney and heads the international Water Alliance.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
Last Tuesday, voters passed Marsy’s law, a set victim’s rights clauses that will be added to the North Dakota Consitution. It wasn’t popular with professionals in the criminal justice field. Here’s the quote from Jack Lofgren, president of the ND Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: “We’re going to start uncovering those scenarios where the rights
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
“If we can agree on a date certain upon which we can complete construction, Dakota Access is prepared to suspend construction activities near Lake Oahe for a reasonable time period as part of an effort to defuse tension and facilitate the peaceful removal of protesters from the protest site.” That statement was from Dakota Access; Lauran
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
Congressman Cramer was an early and vocal supporter of Donald Trump and as the campaign progressed, he became a key advisor on Mr. Trump’s energy platform. And that history has now led to rumors about a Cabinet appointment in Mr. Trump’s administration.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
If there’s one thing that can be said about an election between two intensely dislike candidates, it’s that it really turned out the voters. Tuesday’s election set a record in North Dakota.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck TribuneSubscribe to Today in Minot!
It's the free, easy way to stay informed about what's happening in Minot, and it helps support independent local news and journalism.
Sheriff Deputies from Wisconsin in North Dakota to support local law enforcement in the Dakota Access protests have been pulled home. After talking with “a wide cross-section of the community who all share the opinion that our deputies should not be involved in this situation,” Sheriff Dave Mahoney said.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
The economics and logistics of maintaining a 1,000 person protest camp near Cannon Ball are daunting. Members of the Standing Rock tribe discussed the issues Thursday including the loss of a $1,000,000 in revenue at Prairie Knights Casino due to access difficulty for patrons.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
The protesters have told Morton County law enforcement officials that they’ve drawn their line. A new camp on private landed owned by Dakota Access LLC was established Sunday, but the protesters claim it for the Sioux people and say they’re not leaving.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
The protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline had a notable advocate in North Dakota Tuesday. Actor Mark Ruffalo addressed a crowded room of supporters at Prairie Knights Casino on the bigger protest message that we need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune
Citing the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, protestors against the Dakota Access Pipeline relocated one of their camps to the private ranch land recently purchased by Dakota Access. Caroline Grueskin of the Bismarck Tribune has the full story.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck Tribune