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THE DULLUM FILE No Man's Land
The conclusion of our No Man's Land series Friday on WDAZ News @5....
Posted on 2/20/13 at 7:50 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative & political notebook: News story clouds university budget
By Don Davis The University of Minnesota prepares to ask legislators to approve a $1.8 billion budget as some lawmakers question a Wall Street Journal story that showed the school has an excessive ...
Posted on 1/11/13 at 6:49 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Letter to Dave
Dear Dave, I love the change of seasons. I am a sucker for introspection and there is no better time to take stock than when one season hands the baton to the next. I will spend the f...
Posted on 10/27/12 at 2:05 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND alumna to hold book signing for memoir on family’s experiences on the North Dakota plains
Author and University of North Dakota alumna Judy R. Cook will be at the UND Bookstore Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., for a book signing of her memoir If This Land Could Talk: Homesteading o...
Posted on 8/2/12 at 9:26 AM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Marshall County park receives grant for improvements
Florian Park in Marshall County of northwest Minnesota has received a $166,000 grant from the Department of Natural Resources through the agencys Parks and Trails Legacy Grant Program. The DNR this w...
Posted on 1/12/12 at 2:43 PM
N.D. tax board offers land valuation leeway 
Variance ensures ag a fair deal as farmland values increased an average of 29 percentThe increased “variance” applies to all kinds of property, but some officials say it’s partly the result of an unexpectedly high 29 percent average increase in the formula for ag land tax values across the state, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says.
By Mikkel Pates , February 14, 2012
North Dakota oil funds to the outdoors
Measure takes oil taxes for wildlife projectsConservation groups said Thursday they would campaign to put a North Dakota constitutional amendment on the ballot that would reserve tens of millions of dollars of state oil tax collections for water, wildlife and conservation projects.
By Dale Wetzel , January 12, 2012
Great Plains Land Expo in Fargo Wednesday
The conference is catered to anyone with a vested interest in land, including land developers, mineral interest owners, land owners, investors and farm operators, according to the organizers.
By Associated Press , November 25, 2011
Land purchase approved for S.D. missile historic site
A Senate panel has approved Sen. Tim Johnson’s proposal to add land to the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in western South Dakota.
By Associated Press , November 14, 2011
N.D. farm land values increase more than 15 percent over past year
The average value of U.S. farm real estate rose about 7 percent over the year.
By Associated Press , August 05, 2011
Donny Nelson, Keene, N.D., letter -- Federal bureau: Disclose fracking fluids
As North Dakotans, we have the responsibility to make sure our land and resources are there for future generations. Oil and gas development have taken a toll on our land.
By Donny Nelson , May 03, 2011
Myron Hanson, Troy Coons, Daryl Peterson and Robert Grant, Berthold, N.D., letter: Time for N.D. to protect western lands
The sheer numbers of wells being drilled means there are more complaints of roads, dust, spill, traffic and so on, and that regulations are not always being followed.
We believe it’s time to look at existing laws that probably need to be updated to be more fair and balanced for all parties concerned.
By Myron Hanson, Troy Coons, Daryl Peterson and Robert Grant , January 13, 2011
Dickinson annexing land on north edge
The city of Dickinson is annexing about 325 acres on its northern edge.
By Associated Press , October 25, 2010
CDBG fund gains $900,000 from Grand Forks city building and land sales
Thanks to the sale of some city land and buildings, the city of Grand Forks has a lot more money next year for various community development projects, such as housing assistance, according to a city report.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , September 12, 2010
Climate change fears lead to tougher scrutiny of federal oil leases
Climate change is prompting the federal government to increase its scrutiny of oil and gas lease sales on public lands — a potential first step toward reining in greenhouse gas emissions from drilling.
By Matthew Brown , April 17, 2010
AROUND NORTH DAKOTA: School superindent drives bus ... Roosevelt foundation fined ... VCSU planetarium down ... more
Illness has led to a recent shortage of bus drivers in the Kindred (N.D.) School District, so superintendent Steve Hall is getting behind the wheel.
Two of the rural district’s eight bus drivers were out sick recently. That left some buses without drivers on morning and afternoon routes, and Hall stepped up.
By Associated Press , October 12, 2009
Mined N.D. land going back to farmers
Some North Dakota farmers are gradually getting land back that has been reclaimed by mining companies after coal mining.
By Jill Schramm , September 26, 2009
Feds pay farmers to till arid land
As drought forces families in the West to shorten their showers and let their lawns turn brown, two Depression-era government programs have been paying some of the nation’s biggest farms hundreds of millions of dollars to grow water-thirsty crops in what was once desert.
By Garance Burke , April 14, 2009
Auction of more than 16,000 N.D. acres being held
One auctioneer says it may be the largest land auction in North Dakota history.
By Associated Press , March 03, 2009
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