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Next week’s special Legislative session marks the first time there has been two special sessions between regular sessions. However, this doesn’t include “reconvened sessions,” when the Legislature had to call itself back to Bismarck.
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Hoping to boost his tribe’s economy beyond gambling some 15 years ago, former Tribal Council member Earl Pendleton went searching for a project that could bring jobs and investment to benefit the entire Lower Sioux Indian Community. -
Francisco Del Canto Viterale is the first to represent North Dakota on the Council.
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Rhombus Guys General Manager Drew Balstad and Assistant Manager Kaelen Langness visit Prairie Plates to talk about the restaurant's premium pizzas, rooftop patio, and its 15th anniversary celebration this weekend.
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Dickinson State's Michael Patrick Cullinane examines U.S.–Canada tariffs and relations, while Tom Isern profiles pioneering agricultural scientist Lawrence R. Waldron.
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Edmund Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. In 1720, he was named the second Astronomer Royal. He produced a map of the stars in the southern sky and received many awards and accolades. On this date in 1682, he made the finding for which he is still remembered today. It was then that Halley identified the comet that still bears his name.
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Since taking over in March, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pivoted from the confrontational style of immigration enforcement of his predecessor, Kristi Noem. The latest data is reflective of a strategy that is working
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A federal judge in Boston canceled a nationwide ruling that blocked U.S. Postal Service work on President Trump's order to limit mail-in voting for the midterm election. But a new block may come soon. -
Curry will be most remembered for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the tyrannical gender-bending alien scientist in both stage and screen versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was 80.
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Nestled among the pine trees along a stretch of Big Lake Road sits a tiny blue building. If the signs are out on the roadside, the coffee kiosk is open for business.
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