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    January 28, 2015
    Nearly 40,000 gallons of oil and brine spill after tank overflows near Williston
    WILLISTON, N.D. – Tanks that overflowed released nearly 40,000 gallons of oil and brine northwest of here, the North Dakota Department of Health said Wednesday. Oasis Petroleum reported that 490 barrels of oil and 455 barrels of produced water brine, or saltwater, have been...
    news / regionJanuary 28, 2015 - 10:19am
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    January 27, 2015
    Warm weather hampers pipeline leak cleanup in Blacktail Creek
    Temperatures that reached into the 50s here Tuesday hampered cleanup efforts at the site of a massive pipeline leak, making the contamination spread more quickly into the state’s waterways, officials said.
    news / regionJanuary 27, 2015 - 8:45pm
    January 24, 2015
    Williston water still testing as safe
    WILLISTON, N.D. — The drinking water in Williston is still safe, despite a crude oil spill upstream from the city in the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Mont., the North Dakota Department of Health said Saturday. The health department has been testing the water since...
    news / regionJanuary 24, 2015 - 8:30pm
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    January 21, 2015
    Pair faces child endangerment, drug charges after traffic stop in Williston
    WILLISTON, N.D. -- Police have charged a man and a woman with child endangerment and drug charges following a traffic stop Tuesday. A Williston Police Department officer stopped a vehicle driven by Anneliesa Hughes, 25, of Arkadelphia, Ar., at about 3:25 a.m. because the...
    news / crime and courtsJanuary 21, 2015 - 10:03pm
    January 11, 2015
    Former inmate sues Williston law officers for excessive force
    WILLISTON, N.D. -- Three Williston area law enforcement officers have until Feb. 2 to respond to a former inmate's complaint that they used excessive force, resulting in bodily injury. "I was hurt badly. My elbow was busted open with a ligament hanging out. My neck was hurt, and...
    news / regionJanuary 11, 2015 - 4:01pm
    January 5, 2015
    Travel Channel features Williston hotel
    WILLISTON, N.D. – The Travel Channel will feature the Missouri Flats Inn of Williston on an episode of “Hotel Impossible” on Tuesday. A film crew and host Anthony Melchiorri visited the Williston hotel last fall. Melchiorri is a so-called hotel “fixer” who claims he can...
    news / regionJanuary 5, 2015 - 2:00pm
    January 2, 2015
    Oil storage tanks catch fire south of Williston; no injuries
    WILLISTON, N.D. - More than 1,600 barrels of crude were ablaze just south of Williston, N.D., on Thursday after storage tanks caught fire while trucks were delivering oil, but no one was injured and officials said they intend to let the blaze die out. The tanks are just across...
    news / regionJanuary 2, 2015 - 9:38am
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    December 16, 2014
    Williston police seeking woman last seen Sunday
    WILLISTON, N.D. -- Williston police are seeking a 34-year-old woman last seen Sunday in the parking lot of Lonnie’s truck stop on U.S. Highway 2 in Williston. Brandy Mae Barkie has been known to frequent the Grand Treasure Casino in Trenton, southest of Williston. Police...
    news / regionDecember 16, 2014 - 7:59pm
    December 11, 2014
    Energy company plans diesel, natural gas plants in North Dakota, Montana
    A Williston-based energy company has plans to roll out at least four plants in the Bakken region that would refine crude into diesel and strip natural gas liquids from oil.
    news / businessDecember 11, 2014 - 9:24pm
    Names released in fatal Oil Patch crash
    ALEXANDER, N.D. -- The names of those involved in a fatal accident near Alexander and south of Williston on U.S. Highway 85 have been released. Bretton Gimse of Union Grove, Wis., was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt at approximately 7:10 a.m. Tuesday on the highway five...
    news / regionDecember 11, 2014 - 9:19pm
    December 10, 2014
    Detective says Stensaker might have had company in Williston rancher’s killing
    MINOT, N.D. -- The lead detective on the case of the murdered Williston rancher said on Wednesday it’s possible more than one person was present at the time of the shooting. During her testimony on the first day of trial for a man charged with 58-year-old Jack Sjol’s...
    news / crime and courtsDecember 10, 2014 - 10:24pm
    Williston strip clubs lose their liquor license for 60 days
    WILLISTON — Williston’s mayor and commissioners have unanimously approved suspending the liquor licenses of two downtown strip clubs after increasing calls to the two businesses on the city’s main street. The suspension, dished out at Tuesday night’s meeting, will be for...
    news / regionDecember 10, 2014 - 1:23pm
    December 9, 2014
    Trial starts for Williston man accused of being a part of conspiracy to kill rancher
    Williston, N.D. - The trial of a Williston man accused of being part of a conspiracy to kill rancher Jack Sjol of Williston is underway. 34-year-old Ryan Stensaker is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. 100 potential jurors will be questioned today. Court records say...
    news / crime and courtsDecember 9, 2014 - 1:20pm
    November 20, 2014
    Williston bank robbery suspect in custody
    A Florida man has emerged as the primary suspect in a Nov. 13 bank robbery in Williston.
    news / crime and courtsNovember 20, 2014 - 7:52pm
    November 12, 2014
    Red tape delays sidewalk completion at senior housing project in Williston, N.D.
    After an elderly tenant fell on the unfinished sidewalk, workers built two wooden ramps that lead to the west entrance of the 44-unit Lutheran Social Services Legacy Living senior apartments. The nonprofit told tenants the sidewalks would be fixed soon, a promise made since receiving...
    news / regionNovember 12, 2014 - 1:00am
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