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Business

Is the proposed Buffalo City theme park the answer to North Dakota's tourism challenge?

Tourism is North Dakota's No. 3 industry, but the state lacks big attractions that can draw large numbers of visitors and engage them for long periods that translate into a bigger revenue payoff. A proposal centered on the mystique of the buffalo aims to become a tourism gateway.

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Woman tossed violently around by South Dakota buffalo survives

The Custer County sheriff emphasized that visitors should stay in or on their vehicles and keep a safe distance from the buffalo.

August 14, 2020 07:01 AM

News

Drunken driver in stolen truck led I-94 chase, ND Highway Patrol says

BUFFALO, N.D. — A drunken driver in a stolen truck on Interstate 94 led the North Dakota Highway Patrol on an eight-mile chase near Buffalo, 42 miles west of Fargo, Thursday afternoon, June 18, according to a news release from the patrol.

June 18, 2020 05:11 PM

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Buffalo shot in central North Dakota; property owner suspects deer hunters

"It's pretty bad when you don't know the difference between a buffalo and a deer," woman says.

November 23, 2019 07:00 AM

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Arts and Entertainment

Steam cloud rising from buffalo conjures vision for Oglala Lakota; video spreads on social media

PINE RIDGE, S.D. — Charles “Bamm” Brewer knew from years of experience that the buffalo would bunch up in a certain canyon as they were being herded during the annual fall roundup of the Oglala Lakota Tribe’s herd.

November 07, 2019 03:33 PM

By Patrick Springer / Forum News Service

Business

Standing Rock rancher runs nation’s largest native-owned buffalo herd

BULLHEAD, S.D. — A punishing winter piled up snow on Ron Brownotter’s pastures so high that half of his cattle starved because they couldn’t graze the frigid, windswept prairie surrounding the Grand River.

October 14, 2019 05:00 AM

By Patrick Springer / Forum News Service

News

Study: Mass slaughter of buffalo caused lasting economic and social shocks for tribes including Standing Rock Sioux

This is the second of a three-part series examining the economic and cultural significance of the buffalo to certain tribes, with a focus on the Standing Rock Sioux.

October 13, 2019 05:15 AM

By Patrick Springer / Forum News Service

Community

The great northern buffalo herd came to an end during the ‘Last Great Hunt’ at Standing Rock

This is the first of a three-part series examining the economic and cultural significance of the buffalo to certain tribes, with a focus on the Standing Rock Sioux.

October 12, 2019 05:00 AM

By Patrick Springer / Forum News Service

News

He took a date to the park where he was gored by a bison, figuring it wouldn't happen again. He was wrong.

After recovering from a cracked rib and collapsed lung, Kyler Bourgeous thought he was ready to return to Utah's Antelope Island State Park, where he was gored by a bison during a June trail run. So he headed there with a date on Friday evening, figuring that they could watch the sunset together. After all, what were the chances that the bison would charge again?

October 01, 2019 05:26 PM

By Washington Post

National

WATCH: 9-year-old tossed in the air by charging bison at Yellowstone

"Approximately 50 people were within 5-10 feet of the bison for at least 20 minutes before eventually causing the bison to charge," the park service says.

July 24, 2019 01:06 PM

By Washington Post

Health

Do bison grieve? ND buffalo gather around stallion and seem to mourn the horse’s death

FARGO -- Tiffany Craigo hiked to a remote valley in the craggy badlands of Theodore Roosevelt National Park to say her goodbyes to a stallion named Gray Ghost.

November 19, 2018 09:33 AM

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Minn. teen crashes into driver's license station while taking license test

BUFFALO, Minn. - A 17-year-old Minnesota woman crashed through the front of the building here that administers driver's license tests - while she was attempting to pass the road portion of her driver's license exam.Buffalo Police said in a Facebo...

March 22, 2018 12:04 PM

By Ross Torgerson

News

'Dead people don't move': NY doctor pronounced a living man dead, says family

He was legally dead but dead men don't breathe. Or follow you with their eyes. Or squeeze their wives's hands.But for two hours and 40 minutes after Michael Cleveland was pronounced deceased at a hospital in suburban Buffalo, New York, on Oct. 10...

January 31, 2018 05:56 AM

By Washington Post