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Next PageWilliams County cracks down on crew camps where homicides occurred
WILLISTON, N.D. Oilfield crew camps where two homicides and a stabbing have occurred need to beef up security or be forced to shut down, according to Williams County officials. The Williams County P...
5/24/13 at 9:16 AM N.D. workers return home after Oklahoma tornado 5/22/13 at 12:43 AM
Faces of the Boom: Bus driver says traffic danger makes job more important 5/20/13 at 12:50 AM
Managing the Kids While Your Husband is Away
How many times has someone told you, "I don't know how you do it!" and you just laugh it off and say it's not that bad. What they don't know is that you are quite possibly on the verge of a breakdow...
3/21/13 at 7:21 AM So You're Moving to BoomTown, USA... Now What? 3/4/13 at 1:42 PM
Real Oilfield Wives and more new blogs!
It's been awhile since I've given you my recommendations for new blogs to check out here on Areavoices. But three new blogs have crossed my path and I felt compelled to share them. The first is calle...
3/13/13 at 4:01 PM Look where I found some quirky and fun cakes - Areavoices Digest #86 8/15/12 at 4:05 PM
Check out what these ten year olds are doing on Areavoices! - Areavoices Digest #84 8/1/12 at 3:06 PM
Road Trip
I have taken many a road trip in my life, beginning with those Sunday afternoon drives with my parents that with any luck included an ice cream cone from the Tasty Freeze. College road trips were simi...
2/28/13 at 6:48 PM
A commentary on a comment...
I try and publish all the comments submitted on my blog. Occasionally I will choose not to publish a comment, either because it adds nothing constructive to the discussion or is downright hateful or d...
2/18/13 at 8:58 AM Senate Bill 2326...don't drink the Kool-Aid! 2/17/13 at 12:22 PM
$3.59!!!! 2/15/13 at 10:59 PM
No end in sight to rent gouging
After Lori Patricks letter to the editor appeared in the Nov. 15 issue of The Dickinson Press, it appeared that she and her husband were being forced out for good from western North Dakota because the...
1/2/13 at 10:22 AM Bakken freaks take note: Continental Resources drills to third bench of Three Forks 12/5/12 at 2:46 PM
State agencies clash over review of proposed 1280-acre well unit near Killdeer 11/23/12 at 10:51 AM
New Plateaus Geography Spotlight # 3 - São Tomé and Príncipe
*This article was co-written with the help of the talented and intelligent, Thomas Brandt. If you're ever interested in contributing ideas or material to New Plateaus, please express it. :) Gosh, wit...
7/29/12 at 10:06 AM
Pork and Mushroom Sliders
There was a time when olives and olive oil got a bad rap for the amount of fat they contained. It got to the point where olive lovers (myself included) felt guilty about eating them. But in recent ye...
5/31/12 at 2:29 PM
N.D. State Board OKs new department at UND to help serve state’s growing need for petroleum engineers
The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education at its teleconference meeting today approved a new Department of Petroleum Engineering at the University of North Dakota. The department will be part o...
1/19/12 at 5:08 PM Harold Hamm -- Richest Oilman in U.S. -- To Visit UND Friday, Dec. 3 12/1/10 at 4:55 PM
Deconstructed Fried Rice seasoned with homemade Ponzu
Who would think that a beaten egg could be cooked in a metal ladle? Not me. I picked up Issue 53 of Donna Hay magazine the other day. There, on page 161 was a stack of small shallow egg nests looking...
1/28/11 at 6:30 AM Almond-Olive Oil Cookies with an Apricot Ribbon 5/15/10 at 7:01 PM
Trouble in the Gulf Part 3: Regaining Paradise
As you read this, the first of perhaps 10 million waterfowl that winter in Louisiana's coastal wetlands are flying south. Each year, fewer acres of marsh and barrier-island habitat await them. This ye...
8/31/10 at 9:38 AM Loons and the gulf oil spill 8/27/10 at 10:50 AM
DU, DNR cite growing concern over oil spill effect on loons, maybe bluebills 6/17/10 at 4:29 AM
How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor
Summary: Thanks to high oil prices and hefty subsidies, corn-based ethanol is now all the rage in the United States. But it takes so much supply to keep ethanol production going that the price of corn...
6/21/10 at 4:19 AM
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...
6/17/10 at 12:00 AM
Oil Changing Albedo
Several individuals have inquired in recent weeks asking if the oil in the Gulf of Mexico will impact the weather or hurricane development. More specifically will the oil change the albedo (amount of...
6/16/10 at 5:49 AM
Did the oil work?
Okay, I did it. For one week, I had two teaspoons of healthy oil each day. This morning was my weigh-in at Weight Watchers and... I gained. I went from 149.6 to 149.8. So, it was only .2 ounces - yes,...
1/6/10 at 1:05 PM Eating healthy oil 1/4/10 at 1:40 AM
