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Erik Deatherage
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Prairie Public
Former Standing Rock Tribal Chairman David Archambault II turned his energy away from protesting an oil pipeline to WOZU, a regenerative nonprofit that seeks solutions to generational poverty through land, plants, animals and community.
Michael Achterling
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North Dakota Monitor
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The North Dakota House on Friday killed a bill that would permanently ban all kratom, complicating what the Legislature will do about the substance the governor called a special session to address. -
North Dakota Legislation advanced Wednesday to permanently ban all kratom and synthetic products in North Dakota, hours after the governor urged the Legislature to ban kratom “in all its forms.”
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Neal Herbert
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Yellowstone NPS
Have you ever seen a bobcat? If so, I suspect you are among the few North Dakotans that have. It might come as a surprise to learn that they reside in the state, particularly in the west.
Photo: Eric And Jackie Hylden
Main Street
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Former Standing Rock Tribal Chairman David Archambault II gives Prairie Public a tour of WOZU, a nonprofit focused on regenerative agriculture, food sovereignty, cultural revitalization and land stewardship. Alongside a herd of buffalo, he shares how reconnecting people with the land can help heal both the prairie and the community.
Dakota Datebook
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Social media has become an important part of modern life. Although the technology that allows for two-way communication is modern, the concept of social media is nothing new. People have always been interested in what other people are doing, and they have always had ways of finding out.
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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David Santiago
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AP
Flight data suggest an Amazon cargo plane tried to abort an unsteady landing at Miami International Airport before smashing into a van and killing five people inside, according to information investigators released Tuesday.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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AP
Navied Mahdavian for NPR
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Republicans have never held a midterm convention before. But there's also never been a president like Donald Trump. Billed as a "Trumpapalooza," the unprecedented event kicks of in Dallas Wednesday. -
Voters and election officials are navigating uncertainty about mail-in voting for the midterms as the legal fight drags on over the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's bid for restrictions.
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Steven Garcia
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MPR News
When COVID-19 forced schools online in the spring of 2020, Madonna Peltier Yawakie was already working in rural Montana, helping the Blackfeet Nation build its broadband network.
Chris Farrell
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MPR News