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Erik Deatherage speaks with Listening to America host Clay Jenkinson about Theodore Roosevelt's conservation legacy and the challenges of interpreting American history in a changing cultural and political landscape.
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The director of North Dakota’s Department of Water Resources said his department is working on a more forward-looking budget for water projects, that could include bonding for certain large projects. -
Erik Deatherage visits Roberts Alley in downtown Fargo, where Folkways' Amanda Frost and Upper Hand Signs artists Meg Felix, Jared Froeber, and Cory Gillerstein are creating a large-scale patriotic mural honoring veterans and bringing new public art to the city's urban core for America's 250th anniversary.
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On Prairie Beat, Erik Deatherage and Danielle Webster discuss a citizen-led effort to shorten Horace's fireworks season from ten days to three. Supporters say the change would better reflect the city's rapid growth and reduce disruptions for residents, while opponents argue it would alter a longstanding tradition.
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Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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Erik Deatherage speaks with Listening to America host Clay Jenkinson about the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Roosevelt's legacy, and the challenges of interpreting American history in a changing cultural and political landscape.
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If you were standing on the riverbank in Fargo in the summer of 1882, you could watch thousands of pine logs from Minnesota forests floating north on the Red River toward sawmills in Winnipeg.
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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Health officials and researchers hope that efforts to control deer populations, which serve as "party buses" for mating ticks, can reverse the tide of ticks and the illnesses they cause.
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Kids' screen use goes way up in the summertime. And just as the movie Toy Story 5 portrays, that can be problematic for children. Here are tips for parents to help their kids manage screens and have fun IRL this summer. -
A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used by federal immigration agents, a move that will expand the scope of ICE surveillance.
