Kevin P. Nelson Minot It is interesting to follow the proposals on cutting, reimbursing or eliminating property tax. There seems to be a continuous movement for higher levels of government to take over the funding, and then the control, of what has been a lower level’s responsibility. A ...

Jeannie Sovak Minot On Tuesday evening, as I was coming home at 9:30 pm after being gone, West Central Avenue was blocked off and I could not get into my driveway. There were heavy equipment machines and trucks parked all around my house. I walked up to a worker in a city pickup to ask ...

Troy Coons NWLA Chairman The Northwest Landowners Association (NWLA) hopes to raise awareness of House Bill 1459 and its potential serious consequences for your mineral rights. HB 1459 provides a framework for the development and permitting of critical minerals and rare earth elements, ...

Emily Ouellette Fargo As Executive Director of the Bleeding Disorders Alliance of North Dakota, I have the privilege of serving patients across the state who rely on life-saving medication to manage their conditions. The issue is deeply personal to me. My husband, who grew up in Devils Lake, ...

Mary Carlson The Lord’s Cupboard Food Pantry Minot As a local partner of the Great Plains Food Bank, I see firsthand how vital its work is to the Ward County area and the entire state of North Dakota. Families rely on local food pantries like ours to put meals on the table, and the ...

Sharon Buhr, Valley City I’m confused. President Trump has recently closed USAID (a humanitarian organization that provides food in famine, medicines for preventive care for diseases like TB, measles, AIDS, etc and grants to help people in developing countries grow their own food). ...