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Michael Achterling
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North Dakota Monitor
The stalled Military Gallery is primed to restart construction after legislation providing a financial lifeline cleared the House Friday.
Michael Achterling
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North Dakota Monitor
Michael Achterling
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North Dakota Monitor
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Some lawmakers voice concerns about increasing state’s liability as fundraising lags -
HHS says it is unusual to have two cases in the same area.
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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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Hear North Dakota’s fall migrants, uncover Bismarck’s buried past, preview September at Gateway to Science and review the news with Dave Thompson.
Dakota Datebook
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It doesn’t happen very often that a large lakebed largely dries out. Yet that is what happened at Devils Lake. North Dakota’s biggest natural lake was full of water when the town of Devils Lake was founded in 1882, with the lake sitting at 1,439.08 feet above sea level. But after that, the water level dropped, decade after decade, until Devils Lake reached its lowest point in recorded history, resting at 1,401 feet in 1940. The lake had fallen 38 feet in 40 years! The always-brackish, salty water got worse and worse, and fish could no longer live in it.
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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Ryan Kellman
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NPR
Heat kills thousands of people across the U.S. every year. The risk is especially high for the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers.
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Germany's populist, far-right Alternative for Germany party has declared victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt after more than doubling its share of the vote in the first of several regional elections this fall.
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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