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WATERTOWN, S.D. -- A federal program that pays airlines to fly in and out of remote places across the country has proved particularly crucial for small airports in North Dakota and South Dakota. People flying in and out of Watertown this year may not have known it, but a trip to Minneapolis...

ZAP, N.D. -- In a time when infrastructure needs are widespread in North Dakota and funding is limited, some small towns are making tough decisions to invest in their future. The town of Zap has about 250 residents, and, when it came time to repave the roads or risk disappearing...

GRAFTON — Bobbi Carson spends seven to eight weeks a year on the highway, sitting behind the steering wheel of a state-owned vehicle, traveling from Grafton to the northeastern North Dakota communities of Cavalier, Neche, Pembina, Walhalla and others. That doesn’t count the scores...

BISMARCK — A central North Dakota resident died “recently” due to complications from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, according to the state Department of Health. The rare disease is spread by infected rodent droppings, saliva and urine — not from human-to-human interaction. Hantavirus...

GRAND FORKS -- Where's your "white knuckle" zone? Do you get nervous just thinking about driving to Minneapolis (or "metro" Fargo-Moorhead) and putting yourself at the mercy of urban traffic, but think nothing of zipping around rural North Dakota or Minnesota? The number crunchers...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rural America now accounts for just 16 percent of the nation's population, the lowest ever. The latest 2010 census numbers hint at an emerging America where, by midcentury, city boundaries become indistinct and rural areas grow ever less relevant. Many communities...

After conception by a few area minds in the late '70s and about $31 million later, rural residents in southwest North Dakota can receive treated water as a section of the Southwest Pipeline Project nears completion. More than 940 residents near Medora, Beach, Sentinel Butte, Golva...