Dave Thompson
News Director, Prairie PublicDave Thompson has been saying "good morning" to public radio listeners in North Dakota since 1981, and under his watch, Prairie Public’s radio service has won more than 150 awards for news reporting. Dave is a native of Bismarck, and his hobbies are karaoke, bowling, karaoke, music collecting, karaoke—and by the way, did we say karaoke?
You can contact Dave at dthompson@prairiepublic.org.
Stories by Dave Thompson
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Last night, as results were coming in from the Primary Election, the Prairie Public news team live blogged results and news related to the election. Dave Thompson highlights the biggest stories of the night.
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Normally, primary elections don’t have the amount of turnout that general elections do. But turnout this year could be higher due to primary contests for GOP statewide and legislative seats, and tight races for local offices in certain cities and counties.
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The event was held at the North Dakota Heritage Center.
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It's a partnership between UND, the FAA, and Congressional leaders.
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Fargo Representative Liz Conmy died in a plane crash earlier this year. Goldwyn says he will not be running for the seat this fall.
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Dave Thompson writes about the upcoming primary election on June 9, the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, and construction projects at the Capitol building.
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DOT, Highway Patrol and contractors are offering help and suggestions.
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The requests will still have to go to the full Board
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I recently had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the Travel Industry Conference in Grand Forks, focused on how to approach Legislators to tell the industry’s story.
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