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A summer of extremely dry weather led to intense wildfires.
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I’ve been invited to be a part of a panel discussion at Bismarck State College’s symposium, "Humanities Mixtape: Rewinding the 1980s," later this month. Along with others on the panel, I’ll discuss how the media landscape has changed since the ‘80s, and also discuss the Gordon Kahl incident of 1983.
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If you have been around the woods and thickets across the state over the past few weeks, a couple of interesting vines may have caught your attention. Neither species is well-known, but nonetheless, they put on an interesting show this time of year.
Main Street
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Frannie Tunseth, North Dakota’s 2026 Teacher of the Year, shares her passion for helping every child succeed. Plus, free planetarium shows this Saturday at VCSU!
Dakota Datebook
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In March 1907, Jesse A. Tanner took “temporary charge of the museum and library of the State Historical Society” which the Tribune reported had “quarters in the new wing of the Capitol.”
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Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas.
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Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
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Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.