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STORM TRACKER Long Snow Season
Our just completed snow season was one of the longest on record. The first measurable snow fell on October 4 in Fargo Moorhead and the last measurable snow locally occurred on April 24 for a total of ...
Posted on 5/22/13 at 8:59 AM
STAFF BLOG UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA HOCKEY The trip to Alaska
Since returning from Fairbanks, I've heard a lot of questions about the trip and Alaska, so I figured I would drop a post with a few notes from the trip. This was my first time to Fairbanks. I've been...
Posted on 10/24/12 at 1:31 AM
RED RIVER ORTHODOX: ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND NORTH DAKOTA "Slavophile Thought" and the Russian Mission to America
Last week I mentioned that the recent issue of theSt. Vladimir's Theological Quarterlypublished several articles relating to Orthodox Christianity in America, including one I wrote about Fr. Boris Bur...
Posted on 10/15/12 at 5:38 PM
REGGIE TALES Random Thursday
*My new Blackberry from AT&T came on Monday. Now what do I do? *I have trouble getting excited about the Opening Day of Baseball when it's snowing outside and another "snow event" is planned for ...
Posted on 3/31/11 at 11:55 AM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND N.D. senator confused with Tea Party Alaskan
BISMARCKJoe Miller wants people to know he isnt that Joe Miller. The North Dakota Republican state senator said hes been getting requests for yard signs and press interviews since Sarah Palin endorse...
Posted on 9/27/10 at 2:10 PM
North Dakota man hopes 3rd time's the charm in Iditarod 
Going into his third Iditarod sled dog race, Golva native Kelly Maixner can be considered a veteran. He and his team ran the southern route in his rookie outing, finishing in 30th place, about the middle of the pack.
By Brian Gehring , February 11, 2013
Strong earthquake shakes parts of Alaska and Canada
A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.
By Associated Press , January 05, 2013
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Alaska senator plans Bakken visit
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the ranking member on the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, will tour western North Dakota next week.
By Amy Dalrymple , September 14, 2012
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Oil exploration in Alaskan Arctic brings lots of noise to whales’ domain
As the Arctic Ocean’s ice cover declines in summer and oil companies move in with ships, drilling equipment and seismic surveys, what used to be a mostly very quiet home for whales and other marine animals is getting a lot louder.
By Renee Schoof , July 01, 2012
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Alaska town, pop. 6,000, left reeling by Taco Bell hoax
In what has been described as “an evil hoax,” the town of Bethel, Alaska, has learned it is not getting a Taco Bell. Not now. Not ever. “I repeat: Bethel is not getting a Taco Bell,” the local radio station, KYUK, broadcast this week in an attempt to dash the greased-up expectations — not to mention dozens of phone calls — sparked by the fake fliers posted around town promising gorditas in time for July 4th.
By Los Angeles Times , June 15, 2012
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N.D.’s No. 2 ranking surprises even Oil Patch
The numbers and their increase are tantalizing and surprising, even to the experts in North Dakota’s Oil Patch watching the crude flow day by day. On Monday, North Dakota’s chief regulator of the oil industry announced the latest figures available showed that in March the state produced another record, 17.84 million barrels of crude oil — 575,490 barrels each day — pumped out of a record 6,636 wells. That pushed North Dakota past Alaska into the No. 2 rank among oil-producing states.
By Stephen J. Lee , May 16, 2012
No sign of drinking before former N.D. senator Bob Stenehjem's death
A police report says former North Dakota Republican Senate majority leader Bob Stenehjem didn't have alcohol or illegal drugs in his system when he was killed in an SUV rollover. KFGO Radio of Fargo obtained an Alaska state police report on the crash. It quotes a witness as saying the SUV was weaving before the accident.
By Associated Press , May 02, 2012
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Vernon Peterson, Bismarck, letter: North Star State does oil revenue right
With our state coffers bursting with petro-dollars, a North Dakota Permanent Fund and Dividend would help cash-strapped families and individuals.
By Vernon Peterson , April 27, 2012
North Dakota oil production hits record, again, in January
Output increase apace of last year's big increaseNorth Dakota's crude oil production continues to increase steadily, keeping pace with last year's big gains. Some figures indicate the state may now be the third biggest oil producing state.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 08, 2012
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Email records show that relentless scrutiny pushed Palin to exasperation
The relentless examination and subsequent exasperation lingered for months after Palin's stint as a vice presidential candidate in 2008, and thousands of documents released by the state this week indicate that it ultimately drove her to leave political office.
By Becky Bohrer and Mike Baker , February 24, 2012
Starkweather, N.D., brothers bike across 2 continents for charity
The Berg brothers, the Starkweather, N.D., natives who are bicycling from Alaska to Argentina to raise money for Habitat for Humanity, are traveling somewhere near the Colombia-Ecuador border this week. They’re in a bit of a rush, as they try to complete their 16,000-mile trek by May, in time to fly home for the high school homecoming of their sister, Marta. It’s been six months and Isaiah, 22, David, 19, and Nathan Berg, 24, are halfway done.
By Kevin Bonham , February 20, 2012
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Duluth man's death during police standoff much like his brother's in 2006
A Duluth man who died after a shooting with Superior police lost his brother under similar circumstances in Alaska about six years ago, according to friends who knew both men.
By Associated Press , February 19, 2012
Fuel transfer done in fuel-strapped Nome, Alaska
The plan is for the icebreaker to help get the fuel tanker back through the ice and to open water, where the tanker will head back to Russia. The icebreaker will go to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to drop off supplies and then to its home port in Seattle, Evans said.
By Mary Pemberton , January 19, 2012
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After 5,000 journey, fuel finally arrives at iced-in Alaska city
After a 5,000-mile journey through high seas and thick ice, a Russian tanker and its crew are offloading more than a million gallons of fuel to an iced-in city along the western coast of Alaska.
By Mary Pemberton , January 17, 2012
ALASKA: Tanker carrying fuel arrives at iced-in Nome
Crews are laying the "icework" for the final leg of a Russian tanker's mission to deliver fuel to the Alaskan town of Nome, building a path over a half-mile of Bering Sea ice to lay a hose for the fuel transfer.
By Mary Pemberton , January 16, 2012
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