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    September 20, 2017
    A train takes oil by rail out of Williston, ND. The boom has passed for the town but advances in technology has kept the Bakken competative with global markets, keeping western North Dakota from a receeding economy. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)
    After the oil boom, how does North Dakota move on?
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Imagine your city's population growing from 1,744 resident to nearly 7,500 in one year. That was reality for Watford...
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    September 18, 2017
    The Rough Rider Center in Watford City, N.D. Joshua Komer / Forum News Serviceplay button
    The boom's bill: After years of boom, Oil Patch cities paying off growth debt
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. — The North Dakota oil boom turned black gold into green for public and private interests over its high-flying run....
    newsSeptember 18, 2017 - 6:00am
    August 3, 2017
    Charges against 79-year-old for threatening Lt. Gov. Sanford's family dropped
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. ― A judge dismissed a terrorizing charge Thursday against a 79-year-old woman accused of threatening the family of Lt. Gov....
    newsAugust 3, 2017 - 2:07pm
    August 2, 2017
    Contractor that damaged western ND pipeline is repeat offender
    BISMARCK — The contractor that damaged a natural gas pipeline in western North Dakota last week has a history of striking pipelines, including hitting 20 utility lines last summer during a project in Iowa. Carstensen Contracting of Pipestone, Minn., was installing a water pipeline...
    newsAugust 2, 2017 - 9:39pm
    July 28, 2017
    Natural gas liquids spill near Watford City after pipeline damaged by contractor
    WATFORD CITY, N.D-- A natural gas mixture spilled about nine miles southeast of Watford city Thursday, July 27, after a contractor bored under a pipeline causing a leak. The North Dakota Department of Health said the pipeline was damaged when a contractor for McKenzie County Rural...
    newsJuly 28, 2017 - 3:46pm
    July 26, 2017
    Randy Christmann is chairman of the North Dakota Public Service Commission and holds the portfolio responsible for grain elevator regulation. Photo taken Jan. 16, 2017, in Fargo, N.D. (Forum News Service/Agweek/Mikkel Pates)
    Site for gas plant expansion near Watford City approved
    BISMARCK — North Dakota regulators approved a siting permit for the expansion of a natural gas plant near Watford City on Wednesday, July...
    newsJuly 26, 2017 - 1:01pm
    July 5, 2017
    Northwest ND man faces attempted murder charges, accused of stabbing man while high on meth
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. -- A Watford City man was arrested Sunday and accused of attempted murder after police say he stabbed a man repeatedly while...
    newsJuly 5, 2017 - 5:47pm
    June 6, 2017
    Sarah Creveling and her former husband, James Henrikson. Submitted photo / Bismarck Tribune
    No jail time for woman connected to Bakken murder-for-hire plot
    BISMARCK — A woman who helped prosecutors send her ex-husband to prison for life for an oil boom murder-for-hire plot was given a lenient...
    newsJune 6, 2017 - 8:39am
    May 22, 2017
    The RockPile Energy Services LLC office in Dickinson on May 22. The company was purchased on May 18 by Keane Group LLC. (Photo by Ryan Mitchel Collins).
    Keane Group LLC purchases RockPile Energy Solutions for $284.5 million
    HOUSTON—Keane Group Inc., a Houston-based fracking company, has announced a deal to purchase RockPile Energy Services LLC, a Denver based...
    news/localMay 22, 2017 - 8:18pm
    May 15, 2017
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    Family, friends mourn ND 18-year-old who drowned in family ranch stock pond
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Ben Johnston's smile, work ethic and love of life won him many friends as he grew up in Watford City, and on Monday,...
    newsMay 15, 2017 - 5:17pm
    May 8, 2017
    ND teen drowns in stock pond
    WATFORD CITY, N.D.-- An 18-year-old Watford City teenager is believed to have drowned in the family’s stock pond. Ben Johnston had been submerged...
    newsMay 8, 2017 - 4:28pm
    March 31, 2017
    McKenzie County Commissioner Doug Nordby, center, shakes hands with North Dakota Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford at the dedication of the new McKenzie County Law Enforcement Center on Friday in Watford City, N.D. Jamie Kelly / Williston Tribune
    City, county, state officials praise new McKenzie County Law Enforcement Center
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. — For the dozens of people gathered in a crowded hallway Friday, the new McKenzie County Law Enforcement Center isn't...
    newsMarch 31, 2017 - 8:37pm
    March 21, 2017
    MISSING: Watford City woman reported missing, may have stopped in Dickinson
    Autumn Rose Johnson, age 18, has been missing since March 9, 2017, according to the McKenzie County Sheriff's Office Facebook page. She was traveling from Watford City, N.D. to Bagley, Minn. and may have stopped in Dickinson to pick up a vehicle, according to the post. Her family...
    news/localMarch 21, 2017 - 12:03pm
    March 12, 2017
    Bakken Sweet Treats moved to its new location on Main Street in Watford City in early February. Photo by Ellie Potter/The Dickinson Press
    Sweets for all: Bakken Sweet Treats appeals to all diets, palettes
    Though Easter may be just a few weeks away, Bakken Sweet Treats will not be selling Easter baskets. Instead, the shop will roll out Easter trucks,...
    progressMarch 12, 2017 - 6:30am
    February 6, 2017
    Watford City police chief resigns
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Watford City police chief Arthur Walgren has stepped down following an incident that resulted in his suspension last month. Walgren submitted his resignation on Sunday, Watford City auditor Peni Peterson said on Monday. The letter was officially accepted...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 7:27pm
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