Right before the end of the year, our region received what many consider to be an important wake-up call to the dangers of the oil boom in North Dakota. The state has been making national news ...

Before his time as interim President of UND, Schafer also spent time as Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush and was a confidant of Bush’s. You may have noticed how former Bush ...

Our opinion/ The New York Times’ “Downside of the Boom” provides an alarming wake up call to ND. This week’s New York Times release of an exhaustive, nine month investigative look at the oil boom and ...

This week I attended the funeral of a life taken too soon. It’s not a new story and certainly won’t be the last, but his friends and family hope his passing will lead to others getting help. I didn’t ...

Two spills affecting western North Dakota has environmental activists concerned and state regulators downplaying their effects. Earlier this month, 3 million gallons of saltwater generated from oil ...

F ARGO – Expressing disgust over an interview with a local “pro-white activist” on Valley News Live “Point of View,” concerned citizens have started a campaign to pull advertising from the show.

One of the most talked about and contentious measures on the ballot in North Dakota is Measure 7, which would end North Dakota’s requirement in law that the majority of ownership in a pharmacy be held ...