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Weighing in on the 4-day school week debate
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (451+ words) John Bayer is a reporter and columnist for The Journal. Summer is filled with the joy and laughter of children as they splash in the community pool, grab ice cream cones at the local shop and ride bikes around town....
Area schools announcing student registration days for coming year
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (142+ words) Area school districts are announcing dates for student registration ahead of the coming new school year. Divide County High School registration for grades 7-12 is Aug. 10 and 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the high school library. Students will finalize their class schedules, complete…...
ND utility regulators take up MDU request for electric rate increase
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (495+ words) Montana-Dakota Utilities has begun making its case for a 14.5% rate increase while separately moving forward on a data center project. The company needs approval from the North Dakota Public Service Commission, which briefly discussed the rate case July 27. The commission…...
Protect public notice for public good
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (707+ words) Cecile Wehrman is a former publisher of The Journal and the executive director of the North Dakota Newspaper Association. Two instances do not a trend make, but two efforts to remove public notices from newspapers this year are concerning. The…...
ND can welcome data centers and also public input
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (395+ words) Terry Effertz is executive director of TechND, a North Dakota technology trade association. North Dakota faces important questions about how we approach major infrastructure projects. We should demand transparency, genuine local input, and skepticism of proposals that don’t serve our…...
Ray Grain Palace Days promises to be bigger this year
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (137+ words) Grain Palace Days, the city of Rayu2019s annual u201cbig party in a small town,u201d kicks off Friday with a couple of improvements. u201cItu2019s bigger this year,u201d said Amanda Weyrauch, director of the Grain Palace City Foundation. The foundation was formed in 2020 to spearhead…...
Courts order ND to pay landowners’ legal fees in 2 suits
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (442+ words) A judge this month awarded North Dakota landowners attorney fees in a lawsuit against the state over a property rights law found to be unconstitutional. The ruling means the state could owe nearly $975,000 in legal costs to the landowners and…...
Crosby teen bound for Germany
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (136+ words) Divide County High School rising sophomore Hannah Williams has long been fascinated with Germany. u201cI like the language and the culture,u201d Williams said. u201cItu2019s very pretty. People Iu2019ve heard are nice.u201d Though she has never visited the country, that is about to change....
Divide commissioners seek zoning change for agricultural buildings
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (172+ words) Divide County commissioners are asking for the planning and zoning board to consider a revision in its ordinance to clear up gray areas around agricultural land use and building permits. In their July 21 meeting, commissioners met with county Planning and…...
Ray school OKs use of building fund bonds toward multipurpose space
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (174+ words) Ray Public School will be going forward with both of its proposed building expansion and renovation projects after the school board passed a general obligation building fund bond resolution July 15. The school district had sought alternate options for its two…...