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RICHARDTON - This sleepy town 20 minutes east of Dickinson along Interstate 94 is getting less sleepy. Partially because of its proximity to the Bakke...
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FARGO — It’s been 10 years ago this month since a Minnesota prison released Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. to his Crookston home, where he lived prior to kidna...
Starting teacher salary gets bump: Dickinson salaries up $222,000 for next year
For the first time in 10 years, North Dakota school districts will be obligated to start new teachers at $5,000 more per year than the previous school year, a legislative decision affecting nine counties that goes into effect for the 2013-14 school year.
RELATED CONTENTRichardton: 'A growing community'
RICHARDTON - This sleepy town 20 minutes east of Dickinson along Interstate 94 is getting less sleepy. Partially because of its proximity to the Bakken oil play and its boomtown neighbor to the West, Richardton is getting to be a busier and busier place these days.
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WILLISTON — Pilot Liz Lillard was in Williston on Monday as she watched a live feed of a massive tornado pass over her children’s day care in Moore, Okla.
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A Bowman man received a two-year deferred imposition of sentence after pleading guilty Tuesday to negligent homicide at a hearing in Southwest District Court in Dickinson.
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BISMARCK — A Killdeer man was charged Friday in South Central District Court in Burleigh County with promoting sexual performance by a minor, a Class C felony. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
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TIOGA – A resident of the Capital Lodge crew camp near here was the victim of a stabbing and airlifted to Trinity Hospital in Minot, the Williams County Sheriff’s Office said.
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WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama opposes a House bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.
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BISMARCK — The North Dakota Capitol lawn will be painted blue and pink this Memorial Day weekend with 66,000 utility flags representing the number of abortions that have taken place in the state since 1973.
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FARGO — The Red River Women’s Clinic will be seeing a lot of courtrooms as a result of the spate of anti-abortion bills recently signed into law. And that means North Dakota’s lone abortion clinic will be seeing a lot of legal bills.
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Ad agency sues ND native over 'Annoying Orange' cartoon
FARGO — An advertising agency here is suing two North Dakota natives for allegedly stealing one of its characters and turning it into a popular YouTube and Cartoon Network series “The Annoying Orange.”
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