13+ hour, 40+ min ago  (427+ words) For decades, the story written about river towns in post-industrial Pennsylvania and Ohio, or places like Macomb County, Michigan, and the small communities outside of Fort Worth, Texas, has been one of decline. It is a familiar, weary Beltway narrative…...

13+ hour, 48+ min ago  (129+ words) Firefighters from the Minot Fire Department quickly extinguished a dryer fire in northwest Minot Tuesday, July 7. According to fire department information, about 12: 46 p. m. , Minot Central Dispatch received a report of a dryer fire in the basement of a residence in the…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago  (856+ words) JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Brian Lee speaks to the Ward County Commission on Tuesday, July 7, regarding a proposed ordinance regulating battery storage facilities. After extensive discussion, the Ward County Commission sent a proposed zoning ordinance on battery storage facilities back to…...

13+ hour, 42+ min ago  (647+ words) As Britain gets ready for its seventh prime minister in just 10 years, it's time to ask whether the parliamentary system itself is broken. Britain's Labour party started out as a vehicle for the working class, in theory. It was closely…...

13+ hour, 48+ min ago  (165+ words) The Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo is returning to Minot at the North Dakota State Fair Grounds from Friday, Oct. 9 through Sunday, Oct. 11. The event will feature the top 12 cowboys and cowgirls in each of eight different events. The competitors will…...

14+ hour, 33+ min ago  (470+ words) It's early summer, and I am already looking forward to fall. Why? Many reasons, but one is that one of my favorite plants blooms in the fall. As a gardener, I have many favorite plants, but this one rises above…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (317+ words) Last year, the waves lapping on the beach convinced a mountain girl that the sea has its own charms. This year, the waves reminded me that parts of me that I feared had sailed away were actually just in murky…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (622+ words) JILL SCHRAMM/MDN Dr. Steve Shirley, Minot State University president, speaks to the Minot City Council Monday, July 6. Council members from left are Eric Locken, Mike Blessum and Stephan Podrygula. A $500, 000 MAGIC Fund investment to help launch a new innovation…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (595+ words) minotdailynews. com I consider it an incredible blessing to have witnessed two of America's great milestone birthdays: the 200th celebration in 1976, when I was a rising second grader, and now the 250th anniversary as an older, seasoned adult. Looking back to 1976, as…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (480+ words) Americans just love to be part of something bigger than themselves. Yes, we will fiercely defend our individualism. But we are also uniquely aspirational about what we can do together for the greater good. This is pretty much something that…...