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Shortly after bombing Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the Philippines. Allied forces put up a stiff resistance, but slowly retreated to the Bataan…

Tomorrow is the anniversary of North Dakota’s first commercial television station. It was 1953, and that first year, Minot’s KCJB – now KXMC – chartered a…

Jim Miller grew up south of Casselton and was giving dog sled rides one day at the Red Willow Bible Camp, near Binford. It was there that he met his…

About this time in 1911, folks in Cavalier County were reeling from a series of events that led to the murder trial of Dr. J.J. Reilly, a highly regarded…

Today we bring you a mix of news from around the state from 1915.Near Burnstad, in south-central North Dakota, Tully Williams, a well-known farmer and…

February is Black History Month. In North Dakota, the African American population has grown, though historically the numbers were few. But there have been…

Sacagawea gave birth to Jean Baptiste Charbonneau on this date in 1805. Lewis and Clark were wintering at Ft. Mandan and had hired Touissant Charbonneau…

There is much interest in architectural preservation these days, so it’s interesting that already back in 1923, there was concern about losing a historic…

Anti-German sentiment ran high not only in the U.S. but also in Canada during the First World War. In some Canadian cities, full-fledged riots broke out.…

Verne Leslie Skjonsby of Hickson, North Dakota is remembered in the US Naval Academy Virtual Memorial Hall with words written upon his graduation. In part…