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The Public Service Commission has approved a new wind farm north of Glen Ullin.
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The upcoming three-day special Legislative session was called by Gov. Kelly Armstrong to address the restriction or banning of the substance kratom and its synthetic relatives, such as 7-OH. But there are other potential issues that may be discussed. -
This year, organizers are aiming to give away 7,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to area children.
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E-bikes and electric scooters are growing in popularity across Fargo and North Dakota. This week on Prairie Beat, Danielle Webster and Erik Deatherage take a look at local laws, speed limits, and safety tips riders should know before hitting the road.
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A federal delay threatens fair housing services, Greenland warns an oil company, nature goes live on camera, and smart glasses raise privacy concerns.
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On this date in 2003, the United States Navy announced that a contract had been awarded for a new vessel. The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, would build a Virginia-class submarine. Virginia-class submarines are designed for a broad range of open-ocean missions as well as operations closer to shore. They were developed as a less expensive alternative to the Cold War-era Seawolf-class submarines.
Each Friday on A Closer Look with the Monitor, Prairie Public's Craig Blumenshine speaks with North Dakota Monitor journalists about their reporting, giving listeners a closer look at major topics in the news, from education and state policy to energy and agriculture topics.
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Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
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TikTok made "Love Me Not" a Top 10 hit, but its rise felt disembodied from the artist behind it. On Blue Island, Lenae responds to a career plot twist by stepping into the past. -
From inflation, to credit card debt, to who's actually doing the spending: These are key takeaways from this week in economic news.
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Along Highway 65 on the Nett Lake sector of the Bois Forte reservation, just south of the Canadian border, the forest runs to tall red and white pine and blue spruce. Lance Hill is the realty manager for the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe, and a citizen of the band. He has watched it buy back land the Bois Forte band lost more than a century ago.
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