02/10/2012 - Housing law awareness urged
A North Dakota Department of Commerce fair housing study highlights a need for more housing law awareness.
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02/07/2012 - North Dakota's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Hope Reis, 18, of Bismarck and Taytum Jones, 13, of Minot today were named North Dakota's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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02/04/2012 - Eriksmoen: North Dakota governor chosen as a 'hero of his generation'
In 1960, North Dakota was asked to choose someone who would be honored with a statue in the new Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol.
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02/01/2012 - Dickinson home prices through the roof
Average sales price tops out at $194,000, the second-highest in North Dakota DICKINSON, N.D. - The average sale price of houses in Dickinson has risen more than $40,000 since 2009, making it the second- highest average in North Dakota, according to a report from Bismarck-based engineering company Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson Inc.
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12/28/2011 - Hog numbers up in North Dakota
(12-28) 09:13 PST Fargo, N.D. (AP) -- The Agriculture Department says the number of hogs in North Dakota has rebounded from the lowest level since 1899. The North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service says the state...
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12/26/2011 - Candidate Close-Up: Part 2 of 2
Two from each major party vie for North Dakota's US Senate seat FARGO - North Dakotans have a host of choices in terms of who they want representing them on Capitol Hill after 2012.
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12/23/2011 - Two N.D. businessmen featured in Forbes
Two North Dakota businessmen are featured in Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 series.
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12/22/2011 - Homeless Aspen man given bus ticket to North Dakota
Jimmy Baldwin wanted work. North Dakota has jobs. The former California man who had been camping in Aspen, Colo., was willing to hitchhike to North Dakota, so a homeless shelter thought it would be safer to get him here by bus.
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12/12/2011 - Fort Peck sees little effect from the oil boom -- so far
Fort Peck Community College in Poplar is only 65 miles from the North Dakota line.
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12/06/2011 - When a boomtown goes bust: 'Sudden desertion'
For the past few years, the northwestern corner of North Dakota has been viewed as a rare pocket of opportunity in an otherwise dismal national economy: oil is flowing and jobs are plentiful.
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12/04/2011 - Farmers National makes acquisition
Farmers National Co. of Omaha has purchased Alerus Financial's land appraisal and farm management services business and the real estate sales duties of its affiliated Botsford Qualey Land Co. in North Dakota and northwestern...
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12/02/2011 - Small Towns Feeling the Affects of the Oil Boom and Flooding | Video
The oil boom in western North Dakota has brought people from all over the United States to live and work in the state. At the heart of the boom, the city of Williston is overflowing with families moving into the area to work causing a major housing shortage.
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11/15/2011 - News Cut: ND oil-induced rent hikes forcing out military members
In western North Dakota, the boom is making a lot of people rich. It's also making it enticing to kick members of the military out of a place to live.
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11/08/2011 - North Dakota Flood Victims Brace for Winter
Many North Dakota residents flooded out by the Souris River have yet to return to their homes, and now winter is almost here.
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11/04/2011 - Rock Center: Growing pains for ND boomtown
North Dakota’s oil boom has turned the town of Williston into a mecca for job seekers, but the surge of newcomers and traffic brought potholes and ruts in the city’s roads, a severe housing crunch and even stresses on the city’s sewage system.
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10/24/2011 - Bakken summit held in downtown Denver this week
An event aimed at developing infrastructure in North Dakota's oil patch is being held in downtown Denver this week.
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10/24/2011 - Bakken oil summit held in downtown Denver this week
WILLISTON, N.D. - An event aimed at developing infrastructure in North Dakota's oil patch is being held in downtown Denver this week.
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10/24/2011 - North Dakota Oil Patch summit this week in Denver
WILLISTON, N.D. - An event aimed at developing infrastructure in North Dakota's Oil Patch is being held in downtown Denver this week.
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10/21/2011 - Many Of North Dakota's Nouveau Riche Are Homeless
In Williston, ND, the local Walmart parking lot has become the hottest piece of real estate in town. The recent oil boom has made North Dakota attract both jobless individuals and people looking for big raises.
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10/20/2011 - Bismarck, North Dakota is Booming
Bismarck is booming. In this North Dakota city, an economic portrait has emerged that is unlike any other in America. When landing in the state, the signs of growth can be seen everywhere.
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10/14/2011 - Hires and Promotions (October 15, 2011)
Tintes joins Ankers law office as legal assistant Mary C. Tintes has joined the Alisha Ankers Law Office in Fargo as a legal assistant for North Dakota and Minnesota family law matters.
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10/11/2011 - Morton County Sheriff's Department faces housing problems for deputies
Morton County covers nearly 2,000 square miles in central North Dakota, right on the edge of the oil boom. Deputies in the Morton County Sheriff's Department have special contracts to provide policing within New Salem, Glen Ullin and Hebron, in addition to patrolling the rest of the county. But home and apartment rental availability and prices within the towns west of Mandan are making it hard ...
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10/01/2011 - Eriksmoen: Doctor responsible for early Valley City growth
The man considered most responsible for the early growth of Valley City was also "the first physician to settle in North Dakota west of the Missouri River." Talk about this topic
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09/28/2011 - Sales Tax Grows in North Dakota | Video
North Dakota continued to grow this year despite major flooding. The state tax department is reporting that this past spring sales tax numbers around the state grew by over $1 billion.
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09/26/2011 - Designer joins Guernsey Tingle Architects and other business news
Amanda Kohn joined Guernsey Tingle Architects as architectural designer/technician. She received a master's of architecture and bachelor's of science in environmental design from North Dakota State University.
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09/12/2011 - Phones still ringing two weeks after CNBC coverage of oil patch
When Jim Cramer talks, people apparently listen. The CNBC “Mad Money” host aired a show from Killdeer more than two weeks ago - praising the job opportunities in North Dakota.
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09/12/2011 - New ND oil trust fund starts with meager earnings
DALE WETZEL Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. North Dakota's new state oil tax trust fund will have scanty earnings while an advisory board controlled by state lawmakers decides how the money should be invested. The board's chairman, state Sen. Randy Christmann, R-Hazen, said he's reluctant to put much of the revenue into the stock market, even though similar funds in other energy-producing states ...
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09/11/2011 - Norway - A Piece of Persion Gulf Living in Northern Europe
A pretty interesting piece here on the good life in Norway - due to it's exposure to oil. It's a bit like a northern European Persian Gulf. (or in U.S. terms, it's as if the whole country is North Dakota) While I had known about the oil aspect, I didn't realize the cost of living i.
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09/08/2011 - More wells needed
The number is mindboggling 33,000. That's the number of wells needed to fully develop the Bakken in North Dakota over the next years, said the state's top oil and gas regulator.
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09/06/2011 - Bismarck Sees Apartment Rental Rates Rise | Video
Communities like Dickinson, Williston and others in western North Dakota are used to rising rents because of the oil boom. But a tighter rental market seems to be spreading into the Bismarck area as well.
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09/02/2011 - Contributions (September 03, 2011)
Bethany receives grant to purchase equipment The Ergonomic Initiative Grant Program, administered by North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance, has awarded Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo a $20,000 grant.
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08/28/2011 - Unemployed? Go To North Dakota
KHQ.COM - Unemployment is a national problem in the U.S., but you wouldn't know that if you travel through North Dakota.
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08/26/2011 - Berg gets first hand lesson in ethanol production
Hankinson, ND (WDAY TV) - North Dakota Congressman Rick Berg is getting a lesson in ethanol production. Talk about this topic
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08/21/2011 - Berg, Hoeven rank among wealthiest members in Congress
FARGO - For the first time since at least 1990, North Dakotans rank among the 50 wealthiest members of Congress. Talk about this topic
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08/20/2011 - Fargo Rep. Al Carlson Influential and Not Afraid of Controvsery
To most North Dakotans, he's known as the man who led the last-ditch effort to save the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname Talk about this topic
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08/19/2011 - Berg, Hoevan among riches members of Congress
Washington, DC (WDAY TV) - Two North Dakota lawmakers are among the 50 wealthiest members of congress.
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08/19/2011 - Berg, Hoeven first North Dakotans to make annual '50 Richest Members of Congress' list
FARGO - Two of North Dakota's three members of Congress have earned spots on Roll Call's annual list of who has the largest pocketbook on Capitol Hill.
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08/09/2011 - Costco eyes West Fargo location
WEST FARGO - North Dakota might get its first Costco Wholesale in the not-so-distant future. But don't get too excited: That's still a pretty big "maybe." Talk about this topic
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08/06/2011 - North/South Dakota Farm Land Values Increasing
The value of farm real estate in the Dakotas has increased over the past year. The Agriculture Department says North Dakota's average value is $980 per acre, up more than 15 percent, and South Dakota's is $1,100 per acre, up more than 13 percent. Farm real estate includes land and buildings.
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07/24/2011 - A piece of $32 million in unclaimed money or property could be yours
Bismarck - The Unclaimed Property Division of the North Dakota Land Department doesn
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07/19/2011 - North Dakota wants to give away millions of dollars
More than 61,000 people, businesses entitled to cash in on unclaimed money BISMARCK - Linda Fisher sits in a booth at the North Dakota State Fair each year, trying to give away millions of dollars. Some approach her cautiously, trying to determine if it's a sting operation. But she has legitimate money - $32 million worth that's built up since 1975, to be exact. Talk about this topic
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07/09/2011 - Eriksmoen: Devine first to promote North Dakota tourism
The first man to officially promote tourism in North Dakota also holds two interesting national distinctions. Talk about this topic
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06/29/2011 - The show must go on
The North Dakota State Fair will go on this year, albeit running a scaled-back event based around the carnival and concerts, organizers said Wednesday.
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06/26/2011 - Even Boom States Get the Blues
MINOT, N.D. -- For a very long time this state was derided as an empty expanse of windswept nothingness where snow stormed in and residents stormed out in predictable abundance. Then, as the rest of the country struggled the last few years, North Dakota started winning consistent praise as an oasis of economic prosperity. The snow kept coming, but suddenly so did new residents.
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06/23/2011 - Flooded North Dakotans Lack Insurance
The Souris River in North Dakota had been controlled so well for so long that many residents dropped their flood insurance. Then the flood came.
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06/16/2011 - North Dakota officials want break for flood-impacted farmers
State says changing existing crop insurance rules would offer more help to ag producers BISMARCK - With up to one-fifth of the North Dakota land that normally would host crops possibly remaining idle this year due to flooding, state officials are pressing for crop insurance changes to provide more help for farmers and ranchers - something federal officials say is unlikely. Talk about this topic
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06/14/2011 - Troubled ND bison ranch prompts lawsuits
FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — Three ranchers are suing a Florida real estate tycoon over alleged damage caused by wayward bison from Maurice Wilder's ranch that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.
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06/14/2011 - Trouble Dakotas bison ranch prompts lawsuits
Three ranchers are suing a Florida real estate tycoon over alleged damage caused by wayward bison from Maurice Wilder's ranch that straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.
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06/13/2011 - Kodiak shares fall on lowered production target
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Kodiak Oil & Gas fell 5.8% to $5.63 on Monday after the Denver company said a cold and snowy winter caused it to lower its production target in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota to a range of 4,500 to 5,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, from its earlier estimate of 5,500 to 6,500 barrels of oil equivalent a day. Kodiak still expects to reach a ...
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05/11/2011 - Slow Housing Growth in Oil Country
We`ve been telling you for months about housing shortages in North Dakota`s oil patch. Many people who can`t find a place to live are staying in man camps, hotels and even cars. Why is it taking so long for the supply to catch up with the demand?
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