They say we are what we eat. And if we’re eating food off the average modern farm, it’s far less diverse, and maybe less healthy than it used to be. But an alternative is emerging, and while the initial investment in regenerative[...]
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Can a Seaweed additive in Cow Feed Reduce the Amount of Methane They Fart? (And Why It Matters in North Dakota)
Did you know that as cows digest the grass and other feed they eat they create a lot of methane gas? It’s true. Did you also know that methane is a big contributor to climate change? It’s also true. It’s a situation[...]
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Minot Adult Learning Center serves local community
The programs and services at Minot’s Adult Learning Center should be on your radar. From community education programs on topics from pottery to technology to GED and Certified Nursing Assistant coursework, the center provides a regular curriculum of life-enriching and life-advancing opportunities.[...]
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Are Relationships the Key to Solving America’s School Absenteeism Crisis?
The covid pandemic was tough on school participation; kids went missing. And in the recovery, we haven’t bounced back to our pre-pandemic school attendance levels. It’s a trend playing out in schools across the country, across grades, and across demographic differences. But[...]
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U.S. Approves First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, Beginning New Era for Atomic Energy
Nuclear energy is back. Well, it never really went away, but a new wave of small reactors is on the horizon, and the design that drives them was recently approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It’s just the seventh reactor design[...]
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Firm seeks to build solar panel plant in Manitoba
The first phase of a possible solar industry cluster is in the works in southeast Manitoba. Companies of the same industry often cluster together because they benefit from proximity to each other. Sio Silica makes the first ingredient — pure quartz silica[...]
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Stark County’s Pretrial Recovery Program Aids Sobriety in North Dakota
A new criminal justice program in Stark County is proving useful at keeping people out of jail and off drugs and alcohol. It’s called a pretrial recovery program, and for non violent offenders, they can stay out of jail if they agree[...]
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Do you know the difference between a street, a road, and a stroad? Hint: it’s the reason your taxes are high
Do you know the difference between a street and a road? A street is a part of an ecosystem for building community wealth and prosperity. A road connection between places. A stroad is a mash-up of the two ideas that fails in[...]
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North Dakota legislative budget writers adopt early revenue forecast
How our legislators build the state budget depends a whole bunch on how much money they think they’ll have. How do they that out? They forecast. It’s tricky business because it depends on predicting things like oil prices and sales tax revenues[...]
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Bills aimed at speeding up construction in Montana see little opposition in Senate committee
The Montana legislature may be budging in on the local development and building approval process. The state is facing a housing shortage, and lawmakers are looking to get bureaucracy out of the way of construction. Two bills, one to allow local jurisdictions[...]
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Road salts washing into the river, damaging ecosystems and pipes
“There’s pretty good evidence that if we continue to use salt at the rate we do now, it’s going to be detrimental to the rivers and lakes eventually.” That’s the comment of Ryan Westphal, the Facilities Director for La Crosse County, Wisconsin,[...]
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North Dakota bills take aim at gender issues; LGBTQ advocates voice opposition
The culture wars rage on in the early going of the ND legislative session. Several bills aimed at, as supporters say, protecting kids from left-wing ideology are working through the system. At stake are the pronouns people use to describe themselves, the[...]
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A poison pill was just dropped into debate over North Dakota’s public worker pensions
North Dakota’s pension for public workers is short $2 billion, and the task to solve that problem falls to the legislature. It’s an issue fraught with politics and special interests. And when we boil it down, it can metaphorically be explained with[...]
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Minot Park Board Agenda, January 17, 2023
The Minot Park Board will meet for its monthly meeting Tuesday, January 17th at 5:30 p.m. The Park Board meets in room 203 of the Minot Municipal Auditorium. Park Board meetings are live-streamed through the Park District Youtube page here. The full[...]
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Meet The Property Entrepreneurs Solving The Dilemma Of Derelict Homes
In Minot, it took nearly a decade following the 2011 flood to deal with the abandoned and derelict homes that resulted. It was a problem on many levels from community morale to safety. But it’s not just disasters we have to worry[...]
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Petition Reform Bill Hopes to Put a Damper on Fraudulent Signors and Petitioners
Over North Dakota’s recent political past, we’ve had no shortage of stories related to petition fraud. It’s the price we’ve paid with a state law that has historically relied more on honor than teeth. This legislative session may change that. Rob Port[...]