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    December 25, 2014
    Miles away from needed help: Access to treatment a major challenge for rural mental health patients
    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...
    news / north dakotaDecember 25, 2014 - 8:09pm
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    June 12, 2014
    Hantavirus kills central North Dakotan
    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...
    news / agricultureJune 12, 2014 - 11:37pm
    February 13, 2014
    Farmer-based site plants seeds of love
    Megan McAndrew of Bismarck wasn’t having much luck in the dating scene — either online or in person. Though McAndrew, 64, was ready for a relationship after being a widow for more than a decade, the North Dakota transplants from New England — the region of the northeast United...
    news / agricultureFebruary 13, 2014 - 11:00pm
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    November 28, 2013
    Encroaching City: For residents on the outskirts of Dickinson, the land is no longer rural
    When Colleen Rodakowski lived in downtown Dickinson before moving north, life was quieter. Now, in a division a couple miles north on Highway 22, she says she hears traffic noise inside the house all of the time.
    news / localNovember 28, 2013 - 8:03pm
    March 31, 2013
    FOTB: Missing rural North Dakota; Leaders of landowner group active at Capitol
    BISMARCK - Farmers Myron Hanson and Troy Coons miss the rural North Dakota they used to know. That's why they're volunteering their time at the state Capitol this legislative session to advocate for farmers and ranchers who are being significantly affected by the oil boom. "The impact...
    Energy / news / north dakota / oilMarch 31, 2013 - 12:00am
    March 17, 2013
    Rural roads relaxing - and deadly
    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...
    newsMarch 17, 2013 - 12:00am
    July 28, 2011
    Rural US disappearing? Population share hits low
    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...
    newsJuly 28, 2011 - 12:00am
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    September 19, 2010
    Funds low at area fire departments
    Some area rural fire departments are struggling to find funding to replace equipment and structures. The Dickinson Rural Fire Department is trying to come up with $180,000 to replace 21 air packs that expire in a year, said Gary Kostelecky, who is on the department's board of directors. "It's...
    newsSeptember 19, 2010 - 12:00am
    August 26, 2010
    Consolidated Telecom announces plan for USDA grant
    In an era bursting with technology, some area rural residents are still without such luxuries, but after Consolidated Telecom officially announced...
    newsAugust 26, 2010 - 12:06am
    June 5, 2010
    Water pipeline project nears completion
    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...
    local / news / waterJune 5, 2010 - 12:00am
    February 7, 2010
    Dentists stay busy in rural areas
    Some dentists in rural areas are being overwhelmed with patients and a state official said there is a need for more dentists in small communities....
    local / newsFebruary 7, 2010 - 12:00am
    Hospitals receive grants
    Ten rural North Dakota communities, including Bowman's Southwest Healthcare Services, will benefit from grants provided to small hospitals. The grants are provided through the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program administered through the Center for Rural...
    February 7, 2009 - 12:00am
    May 28, 2008
    St. Joe's gets $1.3 million more for CMS rural demonstration project
    DICKINSON - Dickinson's St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center is going to receive an additional $1.3 million in funding over two years through a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rural demonstration project. Tuesday's announcement that St. Joe's can participate in...
    May 28, 2008 - 12:00am
    May 2, 2008
    N.D. rural electric co-ops plan $2 billion upgrades
    FARGO -- North Dakota rural electric cooperatives plan to go on a spending spree, with planned investments approaching $2 billion over the next three years to upgrade transmission lines and emission controls. The investment figure, compiled by the North Dakota Association of Rural...
    May 2, 2008 - 12:00am
    February 21, 2008
    Dorgan, Klobuchar battle for rural air service
    ST. PAUL -- Minnesota and North Dakota senators promise they will fight to hold airline executives to a promise that small communities' air service will fare well if a merger produces the world's largest airline. "Show us that this will happen," U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.,...
    February 21, 2008 - 12:00am
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