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STAFF BLOG RUMMAGING WITH RYAN CONTEST What is the best deal or most unique item?
What is the best deal or most unique item you have ever found at a rummage sale? Here are some of the responses we received on our Rummaging with Ryan Contest entry blanks: Shelley, Crary, ND A lamp ...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 12:08 PM
REAL OILFIELD WIVES You Know You Are a Real Oilfield Wife When...
You Know You Are a Real Oilfield Wife When... You have to blow dust off your razor the day before your husband is due home... it's been THAT long since you shaved your legs. In North Dakota and Canad...
Posted on 4/23/13 at 9:24 AM
THE NEW FORTY Senate Bill 2326...don't drink the Kool-Aid!
It is a good thing I don't live in Bismarck. Heaven only knows how much time I would spend at the Capitol frothing at the mouth while trying to convey to legislators the idiocy of some of the things t...
Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:22 PM
ASTRO BOB Earth at night glows with lovely and loathsome lights
Wherever we go, our lights go with us. If we were more thoughtful about choosing the right type of lighting fixtures, it wouldn't be such a problem, but we're generally not. Photos taken late last y...
Posted on 1/12/13 at 1:06 PM
STAFF BLOG THE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY This Thanksgiving one woman is grateful for North Dakota
I love Rachel Kelly's author bio on her new Areavoices blog: Meanderings of a Zealous Mom. She uses several six word phrases to describe herself: Always looking for The Grey Area. Meet my best friend...
Posted on 11/20/12 at 11:52 AM
Dan Kadrmas, West Fargo, ND, letters: Make no mistake: Bakken benefits valley, too 
In Fargo and across North Dakota, we are fortunate to have a thriving economy with strong performance in our technology, manufacturing and business service sectors — and energy development in the Bakken powers much of this strength.
By Dan Kadrmas , April 24, 2013
This Bakken boom 5 times bigger than in ’80s, fed says
The Bakken oil boom is now five times larger than the area’s 1980s oil boom, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
By Amy Dalrymple , January 05, 2013
Kari Conrad, Minot, letter: Western N.D.’s needs deserve top priority
We ask our leaders to be more practical and to spend oil taxes to maintain western North Dakota’s quality of life.
By Kari Conrad , August 26, 2012
Rep. Todd Porter, R-Mandan, letter: Higher federal taxes threaten energy growth
President Barack Obama’s anti-energy political agenda still is a serious threat, and the administration has indicated that attacks on the energy industry will be part of the re-election platform.
By Todd Porter , July 06, 2012
Kari Cutting, Bismarck, column: Call them ‘crew camps,’ not ‘man camps’
Man camp. That term doesn’t really describe the temporary workforce housing facilities and the residents who live in them.
Crew camp is a much better term for expressing the reality of the facilities and the hardworking men and women who call them home.
By Kari Cutting , June 12, 2012
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Dave Roberts, Houston, column: States are best suited to regulate fracking
The real policy decision is who is best suited to regulate fracking. I believe it should be done at the state — not the federal — level, as some in Washington propose.
By Dave Roberts , May 25, 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
N.D. crude oil supply moving more and more to coastal refineries
North Dakota's steep increases in crude oil production is feeding refineries on America's coasts. Transportation costs keep Bakken sweet crude prices well below the Texas benchmark price.
By The Associated Press , April 15, 2012
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N.D. oil output still rising, setting records
North Dakota’s crude oil production continues to set records as February’s output was pegged at averaging 558,254 barrels per day, up from the previous record of 546,318 in January, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources. Based on trends the past year, it's likely North Dakota's production this month will surpass Alaska's to make the state second-ranked behind Texas. A record 210 rigs were drilling Thursday in the state's Oil Patch.
By Stephen J. Lee , April 12, 2012
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Infrastructure challenges in western N.D. could limit drilling in Williston Basin's Bakken system
Oil and gas industry executives say infrastructure challenges in western North Dakota could limit the number of drilling rigs in the Bakken system's rich Williston Basin. There are close to 220 drilling rigs in the Williston Basin. Growth could be capped at 300 rigs in the next few years until infrastructure can catch up.
By Catherine Tsai , April 12, 2012
N.D. produced record 153 million barrels of oil in 2011
North Dakota produced a record 152.9 million barrels of crude in 2011, up more than 35 percent from the previous record of 113 million set a year earlier, state officials said today. The state is poised to best, within months, California and Alaska, which are the nation's third and second oil-producing states, respectively, behind Texas. Daily production was up to a record 534,000 barrels per day in December.
By Herald Staff and Wire Report , February 08, 2012
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OUR OPINION: There will be oil
Now that North Dakota is poised to pump oil at the rate of an OPEC country, can we at last retire the notion that the world is in the clutches of “peak oil”?
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , January 27, 2012
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OPEC numbers for N.D.
North Dakota likely is producing more oil than OPEC member Ecuador, with the state averaging 464,129 barrels a day in September.
Ten years ago, North Dakota produced 86,072 barrels daily.
By Kevin Bonham , November 16, 2011
OUR OPINION: Thank heaven for U.S. 2
It took five governors, 35 years and a number of acts of Congress.
But the widening of U.S. Highway 2 to Williston, N.D., has to rank among the best-timed public works projects in the history of the state.
By Tom Dennis , November 07, 2011
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Ron Ness, Bismarck, column: N.D., oil industry strive to extinguish flaring
The Bakken is an enormous resource for North Dakota with a potential productive area of nearly 15,000 square miles, covering lands in a dozen or more counties.
By Ron Ness , October 20, 2011
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