For an alternate viewpoint, see “Counterpoint: Expiring Subsidies Are a First Step to Meaningful Healthcare Reform.” American entrepreneurs fuel this country through resilience, job creation and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity. Currently, they’re caught in the middle of a[...]
Value: Outside & Opposing Perspectives
As a news provider, we’ll endeavor to stay self-aware of our editorial leanings and seek content born from a different set of values.
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Grand Forks city officials, Park District leaders visit Fargo to again compare sports complexes
Grand Forks leaders are heading south — not for a game, but to do their homework. City and Park District officials toured Fargo’s Parks Sports Center this week to study how a similar facility operates as they prepare for the opening of[...]
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Regina Making the Most of Winter with New Full Moon Festival, Suds & Sweaters, and Frost Festival
How do you take a new music and arts festival to a cosmic level right out of the gates? Schedule it in conjunction with a full moon, and build up to it with quarter moon and half moon celebrations. The Winter Moon[...]
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Saskatchewan nursing union says recruitment plan to address worker shortage moving too slow
It doesn’t matter where you look, recruitment of workers and staffing are the challenges facing communities. This story from The Regina Leader-Post highlights the Saskatchewan’s provincial need for nurses. Those on the job are burning out at a faster and faster rate,[...]
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Why do Wyoming legislators import other states’ worst laws?
From gender and LBGTQ+ issues to banning library books, one long-time Wyoming reporter and columnist is wondering why his state legislators insist on importing bad ideas from other places. It’s a question especially relevant as state legislatures around the country seem to[...]
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South Dakota extends in-state tuition to Wisconsin, Illinois
The goal is to attract students; then the goal is to retain them. And to do it, South Dakota is lower its tuition by offering in-state tuition to two new states, Wisconsin and Illinois. South Dakota already provides in-state tuition to students[...]
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Minnesota businesses get creative amid worker shortage
From pet insurance to flexible scheduling, business owners in Minnesota are innovating out of need, and the need is to adapt and survive amidst a challenging market for employees. It matters in Minot because our economy and businesses are facing the same[...]
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Grand Forks School Board members discuss future of Central High School swimming pool
The Grand Forks school district is losing it’s home for Central High School swim teams, and they’re looking at a partnership with the Grand Forks Park District to solve the problem. The GF Park District is exploring development of a community aquatics[...]
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How a Country Embraced the River It Feared
Few places fight floods as well as the Netherlands, but when it comes to their flood defenses, it’s the ocean-side efforts that get the attention. Lesser known is the degree to which they are innovatively managing their inland flooding risk from the[...]
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Brandon Manitoba Prioritizes Global citizenship, It’s Making a Difference
For almost three decades, our prairie neighbors to the North in Brandon have been making a point to think globally and act locally. It’s more than a call to action, it’s a call to decency. And one citizen is selected annually and[...]
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Brandon Citizens weigh in loudly at last chance to prevent a costly infrastructure project
In the second story from Brandon in today’s news feed, you can read about a level of community engagement we do not commonly see in Minot. The City of Brandon proposed spending ~$30 million on new lift stations. The public showed up[...]
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Billings enters the design phase for a downtown street conversion project
Designs for a downtown Billings makeover are underway. A big part of the project includes a traffic conversion from 1-way streets to 2-way streets that are safer for pedestrians and better for commerce. What’s especially interesting is how Billings plans to pay[...]
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Minneapolis artists getting attention with their immersive art in Detroit Lakes
If you saw a caveman in a block of ice sitting on the corner of the road, it would probably get your attention right? And what if it was sitting little ways down a trail, would it get you to go for[...]
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Why private flood insurance is a positive for FHA-secured mortgages
The risk of required and rising flood insurance premiums offered by the National Flood Insurance Program has been a proverbial gun to Minot’s head over the past several years. And one problem has been the Federal government’s insistence on using the NFIP[...]
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Relocation Programs Continue to Grow in Numbers in Rural America
One story down in our home page news feed, you’ll read about Finding the Good Life in North Dakota, it’s our state’s effort at telling the story that will attract people to fill all the open jobs that are holding our economy[...]
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Grand Forks County Commission members consider establishing county administrator position
In the election last November, Grand Forks County residents approved a home rule charter measure; it authorizes the creation of a County Administrator position, and the County Commissioners are considering it. In Grand Forks, though, it’s largely a renaming act. The administration[...]