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$25 will provide one child with a full backpack of school supplies. Kids at Wiggles and Giggles home daycare supported the drive with a lemonade stand.
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Forty-five years ago last week — July 2, 1981 — I started working for Prairie Public’s new radio station in Bismarck. I was hired as the news director, at the ripe age of 24.
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Local officials say the current lake level is becoming more than they can handle.
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For more than three decades, rising water in the Devils Lake Basin has transformed farms and neighborhoods across North Dakota.
Measles cases are rising in North Dakota. Track confirmed cases at the interactive map linked below.
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Construction on North Dakota's Military Gallery is on hold, AI is reshaping work and trust, and hands-on STEM programs inspire the state's next generation.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition, which took place from 1804 to 1806, was only the beginning of the exploration of the vast wilderness acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.
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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In his withdrawal notice, Platner said "people are desperate for change" and that's why they made him the Democratic nominee. Now, Maine Democrats have to pick someone to replace him by July 27.
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The Apple TV series wraps noir inside science fiction. With subtlety and charm, Farrell plays an earnest alien just doing his best as a private eye in Los Angeles.
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Netflix's new Little House series features the same characters and setting as the original, but its reliance on hand-held cameras, in extreme close-up, calls too much attention to itself.