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FARGO — Vacation. It’s a word to conjure with, summoning forth images of sand, sun and inboxes. Inboxes? Yes, inboxes, according to a recent survey, which found that while 95 percent of U.S. consumers plan travel vacations this year, many won’t be disconnecting from work...

FARGO — Kristen Burbank worked in the financial industry for nine years. The 32-year-old lived in Minneapolis with a corporate job that paid well. But she gave it up to spend more time with her daughter and teach yoga. “The company was good, and I really believed in their mission,”...

A Stark County commissioner and the county’s sheriff disagreed Tuesday about overtime hours. During Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy’s monthly report to the commission, Commissioner Ken Zander asked how overtime — shown in a handout from Tuhy — is generated. Tuhy said it’s...

FARGO -- Amy Lemley calls Microsoft Excel her "sworn enemy." When she found herself working with a spreadsheet composed of 140 columns and 56 rows at her job, it became "a nightmare." "I had no training in Excel. I felt inferior because I didn't know how to use it, unlike most of...

GRAND FORKS -- Twenty months after locking out its 1,300 union workers, American Crystal Sugar is better positioned for the future with a new workforce, according to management. "We are working to move the company and its employees forward with a fresh culture and a qualifications-based...

Along with reaping the benefits of its ascent to becoming an oil-rich state, North Dakota is also a more dangerous place to work. Aided in part by the western North Dakota Oil Patch boom during recent years. the number of work-related fatalities in the state rose by 47 percent from...

GRAND FORKS -- Dick Edgar said western North Dakota oil development has kept his Grand Forks concrete plant in operation and offers millions of dollars in opportunities for other companies, if only they can find a way in. "My plant in Grand Forks right now would be shut down if it...