The foundation supporting the Bismarck-Mandan gets its strength from long-term and charitable community programs like Open Your Heart. The American Legion project providing food and clothing to families in need began its work in 1929, the year the stock market infamously crashed.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:00 am | (3) Comments
Medicare was defrauded out of an estimated $47 billion in the last fiscal year. Roll that number around in your head. It's almost enough money to bail out another too-big-to-fail financial institution. It does provide empirical evidence that a government-run, public-option health insuranc…
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | (70) Comments
One basic element in the formula for a reinvigorated Bismarck downtown is an abundance of parking. While parking isn't a critical issue today, it would not take much in terms of new and expanded business to make it an obstacle to further progress. Getting ahead of that issue makes a great…
Nov 18, 2009 | 2:00 am | (2) Comments
Jim Cooper has been a strong hand at the helm of Medcenter One. His retirement at the end of the year, however, will not leave the hospital wanting.
Nov 18, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
The "it can't happen here" line often gets linked, after the fact, with "I told you so" when it comes to incidents of social crisis and crime. The "it," in this case, is violence on college campuses.
Nov 17, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Bismarck and Mandan become a more hyphenated community (Bismarck-Mandan) with each passing season. People go back and forth between the two cities for jobs, recreation, entertainment, family, community events, education and, to some degree, shopping. Together, these sister cities have bec…
Nov 16, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
NEW YORK — The 20th century was 100 years of amplitude. It overflowed with barbarous fighting faiths, wars enveloping continents, and graphic journalism assaulting global audiences with scenes of shocking immediacy. The Spanish Civil War, although small in terms of the number of combata…
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (9) Comments
North Dakota has a hunting culture. It's woven in with our farm roots. It's generational. And sportsmanship and stewardship are twin ethics that guide the state's hunting culture.
Nov 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
"I'm going to hang up my law license and leave my judge's robe behind."
Nov 14, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
North Dakota's economy once was tied tight to wheat. The state's fortunes then rose and fell, sometimes painfully, with the price per bushel. North Dakota chose to diversify, not only its agriculture, but business and industry in general. As a result, the state's economy has become a stea…
Nov 13, 2009 | 2:00 am | (3) Comments
The U.S. Congress plays a dangerous game with health care reform. The constantly morphing reform measures represents dramatic change for the health care industry, insurance companies, the people who rely on the health care system and the nation's economic well being. Frankly, the all-cons…
Nov 12, 2009 | 2:00 am | (33) Comments
Seeing an older WWII or Korean War veteran wearing his or her dress uniform on Veterans' Day brings out the most patriotic of emotions. We know we are in the presence of someone made special by their sacrifice on our behalf. It gives us a sense of pride in that old soldier and in our nati…
Nov 11, 2009 | 2:00 am | (30) Comments
Civil Air Patrol Capt. Justin Ogden recently directed searchers for three missing Dickinson State College students to within 730 feet of the stock dam in which their bodies were found in a submerged SUV. He did so based on a pair of cell phone calls -- cries for help made days before -- f…
Nov 10, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Expect recent interest in downtown Bismarck to fuel more redevelopment and, as a result, a healthier downtown.
Nov 09, 2009 | 2:00 am | (9) Comments
Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
"I think he feels a responsibility to do it. Maybe I'm a little optimistic in my thinking, but I do believe he's giving it serious consideration."
Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Today, the hunt. Camaraderie. Friendship. The crisp autumn morning. A thousand shades of brown and gold. A thermos of coffee.
Nov 06, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
The Dickinson State University campus mourns three of its own. There will be a memorial service on campus today for Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of San Diego; Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba, students found dead Tuesday, trapped in a vehi…
Nov 05, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments
The Billings County School Board made a "really smart" move by shifting its school bus stops off Highway 85. The school board's proactive decision was on behalf of the safety of students being picked up and dropped off along a busy road in North Dakota's oil patch. Highway 85 winds throug…
Nov 04, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
Memorial Highway in Mandan was tagged the "Strip" a long time ago, and it stuck. Everything else about the highway, and the activities on either side of its asphalt, has changed, in some cases radically. Now planners, engineers and local officials are going to look at the Strip's future.
Nov 03, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments
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