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The mosquito-borne illness has been slow to emerge this year.
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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. -
Last week’s special Legislative session was an historic one — one reason being that this was the second special session in the same calendar year. Secondly, lawmakers finished in fewer than three days.
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Mike Schmitz, organizer of the 12th annual Bismarck Food Truck Festival, visits Prairie Plates to talk about this weekend's event.
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Listen to a conversation with Cody Two Bears about the upcoming People of the Sun Festival, a story from The Tell Fargo, and a conversation about Bismarck's upcoming Food Truck Festival. Plus, A Closer Look with The Monitor examines North Dakota's new speed zones.
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The hardest variety of wheat is durum. Its high protein content makes it ideal for producing pasta. In fact, it is often called “pasta wheat.” While common wheat, also known as bread wheat, is valued for its elasticity and bread-making properties, durum is renowned for its exceptional hardness, which defines the quality of premium pasta. Durum wheat originated in the Fertile Crescent, an area encompassing modern-day Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. It was domesticated between 9,000 and 12,000 years ago.
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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The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who try to peacefully observe federal immigration enforcement activity.
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Barbara Keating died aboard one of the planes that hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center. Her remains were finally identified last year, and her family is gathering for a long-delayed funeral. -
The tech billionaire's attorney has put documentarian Alex Gibney and his production company on legal notice, claiming the Oscar-winning director defamed Musk in his nearly four-hour documentary.
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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.
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