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Letters to the Editor

Mental health services should be local

Madison Hanson, Fargo Minot should be deeply concerned about the proposal to build a $400 million state hospital in Jamestown. As a Master of Social Work student specializing in public policy, I see a critical misalignment between this plan and the needs of the Minot community. Instead of ...

Horse removals, again?

Birgit Pruess, Fargo There we go again. The good old movie where Theodore Roosevelt National Park is attempting to remove horses is running again. Once more against the protest of thousands of tax paying citizen owners of the horses. And there I was thinking that the new administration was ...

Nursing home mandate could hurt rural communities

Vicki Brandjord Lake Metigoshe I am writing about my concerns over the federal requirements for nursing homes to have a registered nurse on duty 24 hours a day in long term care facilities starting in May of 2027 in rural communities. The smaller homes are in smaller communities where ...

Legislation needed in fight against Alzheimer’s

Breanna Cowan Minot More than 13,000 people in North Dakota suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and more than 19,000 friends and family are caring for them. Sadly, I know firsthand how Alzheimer’s greatly affected our family when my grandma, Kelly Strauch, was ...

Why consider expensive nuclear energy?

Steven Moen Minot What is Sen. Hogue up to now? I just read he wants to spend $500 grand to study the feasibility of building a nuclear power plant in North Dakota. This begs to question, why? We have ample supplies of wind, coal and natural gas to provide us with electricity for ...

That’s why Minot

Carmen Watne Boggs, Everett, Wash. In 1974 I was privileged to be in the first graduating class from the brand new Magic City Campus. Our 50th reunion was this summer in Minot. I also graduated from what was then Minot State Teacher’s College, and spent over 47 years in education. Thank ...