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Names were drawn at random this week as Fargo City officials create the order in which candidates names will appear on the June ballot.
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Now that the political conventions are complete, the focus turns to the primary election. And that means the campaign season has begun. -
Matt Perdue hopes things can turn around.
Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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Episode 64 features an interview with Steep Canyon Rangers, music from Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band Infamous Stringdusters, indie-folk musician John Muirhead, singer-songwriter Malia Rogers, and film composer Dash Hammerstein.
Main Street
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Artemis II’s lunar flyby, a prairie legacy in bloom, Mayan sky wisdom, and urgent questions as bee losses meet shifting U.S. research policy.
Dakota Datebook
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Prairie fires were common across North Dakota. They were most dangerous during the hot, dry summer and fall seasons. Dry prairie grass provided an ideal source of fuel for these widespread fires. Prairie fires occurred regularly and caused extensive damage to buildings and fields of crops. They were a natural but dangerous, characteristic of the ecosystem before the introduction of manmade features like roads and buildings.
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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Aya Batrawy
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NPR
Downtown Cairo, or Wust el-Balad as it's known, is a trove of hidden gems. Imprinted on every high-ceilinged building, arched balcony and iconic roundabout are relics that feel like love letters from the past.
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Investors around the world breathed a sigh of relief at the prospect of peace — and an easing of the global energy crisis. -
A tortured Oslo police detective may be on the trail of a psycho killer in this genuinely suspenseful screen adaptation of Jo Nesbø's The Devil's Star.
