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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
RURAL REFLECTIONS Learning, in my own way
I just came up from the basement and feel a little unclean. We recently hired Ross Cota from Dorothy, Minnesota to cut open the basement floor and lay down drain tile under the concrete floor....
Posted on 3/4/12 at 6:10 AM
STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Oil spill questions and answers
Here is an informative article from MCT/McClatchy newspapers. It takes a look at the history of oil and offshore drilling in a question and answer format to help put the recent oil spill in conte...
Posted on 6/17/10 at 12:00 AM
Table’s turned: Lynn Helms goes from oil industry to oil regulator 
During a contentious hearing about drilling for oil in the Killdeer Mountains, a critic of Lynn Helms, North Dakota’s top oil and gas regulator, inadvertently called him “Mr. Hess.”
By Amy Dalrymple , April 01, 2013
Foes of drilling near historic site out of options
Oil developers appear to have won the battle for the Killdeer Battlefield, a historic site in the western North Dakota Badlands near where a New York-based company has begun laying groundwork for wells.
By Dave Kolpack , March 13, 2013
Researchers study effects of oil drilling on North Dakota wildlife
Mule deer in the Little Missouri Badlands recently were equipped with radio collars to enable biologists to track their movements and mortality.
The research is one of several studies under way in western North Dakota to determine the effects on wildlife species from unprecedented oil and gas drilling and production.
By Patrick Springer , March 10, 2013
FACES OF THE BOOM: Woman creates new career, finds new family
Isabella Dangelo traded in her business suits and high heels for Carhartt and steel-toed boots. And she’s never been happier.
By Amy Dalrymple , March 04, 2013
Things to know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday.
By Associated Press , January 27, 2013
North Dakota Legislature: What to watch this week
North Dakota's 63rd legislative session is well under way and lawmakers are set to consider bills that range from booze sales on Sundays and taxes on cigarettes to setbacks and flaring regulations for oil wells. Here's a glimpse of what's to come.
By James MacPherson , January 27, 2013
Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives
Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to the broader economy.
By Kevin Begos , January 27, 2013
North Dakota Legislature: What to watch this week
Lawmakers settled in for North Dakota's 63rd legislative session in Bismarck last week, listening to Gov. Jack Dalrymple's vision for the oil-rich but infrastructure-challenged state.
By James MacPherson , January 13, 2013
Interest in S.D. oil, gas leases continues, but research needed before drilling
Similarities in underlying rock formations continue to fuel speculation that South Dakota might have petroleum reserves like those now fueling the oil boom in North Dakota. But recent auctions of South Dakota oil and gas leases don’t necessarily indicate oil companies will start digging test holes any time soon, people in the industry say.
By Justin Joiner , May 07, 2012
New rules to deter drilling?
Oil regulations that take effect in April will discourage drilling in North Dakota, and at least one operator is already moving south, according to an industry representative.
By Amy Dalrymple , March 16, 2012
House Dems critical of lax oil, gas drilling oversight on public lands
The report focuses on drilling activity on federal land in 17 states from early 1998 to early 2011, when more than 2,000 citations for safety and drilling violations were issued to 335 companies but only 6 percent resulted in monetary fines, to about $274,000, for 64 companies.
By Matthew Daly , February 08, 2012
Oil drilling in North Dakota Badlands delayed by state board
More than 3,800 acres of state property in North Dakota's scenic Badlands won't be leased for oil drilling while officials develop a policy for reviewing energy exploration on environmentally sensitive land, a state board decided Friday.
By Dale Wetzel , February 03, 2012
RALPH KINGSBURY: It's not Mayberry anymore. But what to do?
Now and then as my columns have appeared, readers have had comments and questions. Today’s column is an attempt to reply to some of the comments and to answer some of the questions.
January 20, 2012
Mysterious notebook fuels Ohio drilling feud
A memo that appears to coach buyers of oil and gas drilling leases to use deceptive tactics on unsuspecting landowners has provoked a state investigation and spirited debate in rural Ohio, the latest frontier in America's quest for new energy resources.
By Jullie Carr Smyth , August 07, 2011
Judge refuses to delay ruling on Gulf drilling ban
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A federal judge who overturned a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed after Gulf oil spill refused Thursday to put his ruling on hold while the government appeals.
By Michael Kunzelman , June 24, 2010
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