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Sherry Arnold murder Suspects attorneys seek new venue
Breast cancer is back in the news again, with a new face for preventing breast cancer. Angelina Jolie is well-known around the world and took ...
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Defense lawyers in Sherry Arnold case want to move trial to Bozeman
Attorneys for one of two men charged in the killing of Sidney high school teacher Sherry Arnold want his trial moved to Bozeman, saying that potential jurors in eastern Montana were so outraged by the case that they already think he's guilty.Michael Keith Spell and Lester Van Waters Jr., both of Colorado, have pleaded not guilty to charges they grabbed Arnold from a Sidney street on Jan. 7, ...
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Lakota language supporter White Hat dies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Lakota language preservationists and tribal members say the Lakota language lost one of its greatest supporters with the death of Albert White Hat last ...
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Bismarck woman pleads not guilty to child neglect
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A Bismarck woman accused of leaving four children home alone in an apartment where a fire started in an oven has pleaded not guilty to abuse or neglect of a ...
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ND family in standoff will face November trial
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- A state district judge has rejected a plea agreement reached between prosecutors and members of a rural Lakota family involved in a summer-long standoff with law enforcement in ...
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Dempsey Meets With Airmen Spouses at Minot Air Force Base
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. Thomas DowMinot Air Force Base Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D., June 18, 2013 More than 1,000 airmen, spouses and local community members turned out here yesterday for a town hall meeting with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ...
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Birding lodging improved with tourism funds
Regional tourism opportunities will be enhanced with expansion grants from the Tourism Division of the state Department of Commerce.In the region, the department awarded money to projects ranging from canine and owner facilities at a guest ranch to new signs and landscaping at a Riverdale motel.Altogether, the department awarded $100,000 to seven entities for improvements in the 2013-14 tourism ...
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Proposed oil field waste landfill draws criticism
WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) -- A proposed oil field waste landfill northwest of Underwood is being criticized by some area residents who fear radioactive contamination and increased highway ...
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Turtle races other actitivies coming in July
Crowds will gather to watch the slow and steady race and see which turtle will cross the finish line first.Turtle Lake will host the 32nd annual national and world turtle races during Turtle Days, a weekend of family activities and turtle races, July 12-14."We get a few thousand people who come out each year," Paul Andrus of the Turtle Lake Chamber of Progress said.The weekend will ...
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Tesoro Corp. sells Hawaii refinery
HONOLULU -- Tesoro Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell its refining operations in Hawaii to Par Petroleum Corp. for $75 million plus the market value of its working capital.The San Antonio, Texas-based company said Par Petroleum agreed to continue running Tesoro Hawaii LLC as a refining, logistics and retail operation.The deal expected to close in the third quarter comes after Tesoro told ...
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Feds investigate child death on North Dakota reservation
FARGO -- West Fargo's Christina Bruenjes has a future competing in track and field at North Dakota State, but on Monday the former Packers ...
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Cannonball man sentenced for domestic assault
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Authorities say a Cannonball man has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for domestic assault by a habitual offender.U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says 26-year-old Ira Plenty Chief was sentenced on Monday. Plenty Chief pleaded guilty to the charge in March.Authorities say Plenty Chief assaulted a woman in July 2012 by striking her in the face, which resulted in injuries to her ...
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Grand Forks enhances discrimination safeguards
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Grand Forks has become the first city in North Dakota to protect city employees and city job applicants from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual ...
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North Dakota posts oil gas records
Oil production from the Bakken and Three Forks natural resources areas in North Dakota reached an all-time high in April, the state government said. The Bakken reserve area is associated with the Williston Basin, which includes the Three Forks Formation. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the area contains as much as 7.4 billion barrels of oil and 6.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The ...
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Embattled ND chancellor criticizes 3 presidents
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Outgoing North Dakota University System Chancellor Ham Shirvani has criticized three university presidents in annual performance ...
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North Dakota takes advantage of natural gas
Shipping natural gas out of North Dakota could help boost the region's energy sector because of a decline in coal use, state and industry officials said. MDU Resources Group Inc. announced in May it was backing a 400-mile pipeline to carry natural gas associated with oil production in North Dakota to domestic and regional markets. MDU said the pipeline could carry 400,000 cubic feet per ...
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Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman visits North Dakota base in wake of nuclear-related missteps
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with soldiers at Minot airforce base in Minot, N.D., on Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Will ...
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FEMA closes Burlington group site
BURLINGTON The Burlington community turned another page in its flood recovery when the last temporary housing unit rolled out of DeSour Valley Heights Monday. The final Federal Emergency Management Agency unit didn't go easily, though. It took maneuvering for the truck driver to squeeze past a light pole and sign and manage approaches with the three-bedroom unit, which also needed a tire ...
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Minot residents talk flood improvements
Minot residents taking part in the neighborhood Riverfront and Center process have lots of ideas for improving areas affected by the 2011 flood. They hope their city leaders will follow through on those ideas when the ball lands in their court. Residents of neighborhoods west of Broadway met Monday, while those in neighborhoods east of Broadway meet tonight at 7 p.m. at Roosevelt Park Zoo. ...
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Third public forum held for schools
Continued growth in the Minot school district will mean some difficult choices ahead for district residents, school board president Jim Rostad said Monday. During the third public forum held this spring, consultant DLR group laid out six possible options that would help address the explosive growth that is expected to continue in the district. Most would call for voters to approve a bond issue ...
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No oil waste decision by McLean County zoners
Rural Underwood resident Gene Wirtz said the township board is opposed to a special waste landfill and asked the McLean County Zoning Board to look out for the health of the ...
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North Dakota woman gets prison for involuntary manslaughter
A woman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of abuse or neglect of a child related to allegations she left four children alone in an apartment ...
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Ashley church service planned
ASHLEY - There will be a church service as part of Ashley's 125th anniversary celebration.The service begins at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the McIntosh County Heritage Center in Ashley. The service will be held in a tent at the site.The alumni choir will ...
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2 men accused in stabbing beating of Bismarck man
Osorio and Oviedo are accused of stabbing and beating 25-year-old Rafael Angel Diaz Zayas on June 11 or 12 at a Bismarck apartment. Zayas, of Bismarck, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening ...
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Oil Gas Activity Boosts North Dakota Texas Economies
North Dakota experienced the largest increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) out of all the U.S. states in 2012 thanks to oil and gas exploration and production activity, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported Thursday. North Dakota's real GDP grew 13.4 percent last year, higher than the U.S. real GDP by state growth of 2.5 percent in 2012 and 1.6 percent increase ...
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North Dakota's half-lost heritage
Located four miles west of New Town on the south side of US Highway 23 is the Three Tribes Museum, a part of North Dakota’s heritage and kept open only through the oil money of its most generous benefactor, Helen Gough, who at the time of her death in 1963 was one of the wealthiest women in North Dakota.
The Three Tribes museum has an interesting history, almost as interesting as the heritage it seeks to protect in the combined memory of the community and wider nation. The museum is different from other historical centers in that it is, to some extent, protected by its ongoing links to the late Helen Gough. Read more
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