For years North Dakota has had to deal with the stigma of losing population as young people graduated from high school and college and moved out of state. Now the tide has turned. People are becoming aware of the opportunities in North Dakota and are coming to take advantage of them. This article provides some [...]

Rob Port at Say Anything Blog has uncovered something interesting:  the first primary elections were held in North Dakota on March 19, 1912. 
Those North Dakotans.  Always setting trends…

A recent article published by the Public News Service has good news:  North Dakota’s public lands brings $232 million into the state each year.
The people who live and work here already know that North Dakota has some great outdoor opportunities.  The fact that it adds so significantly to our economy isn’t a surprise, either.  Tourism is the [...]

In a special ceremony at Memorial Hall in the state capitol building today (December 26, 2007), Gov. Hoeven and First Lady Mickey Hoeven officially proclaimed that today was Snow Angel Day.
North Dakota first won the Guiness World Record title for the most snow angels made simultaneously in 2002.  Michigan won the title in 2006.  This past February [...]

According to this article, Paul Smokov of North Dakota doesn’t need radar or other high-tech equipment to forecast a major snowstorm on the prairie. He consults pig spleens.
This article is just plain interesting. It’s old-world intelligence in every day modern life.
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In a well-written Bismarck Tribune article, reporter Lauren Donavon describes Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman’s experience in Hazen, North Dakota. 
He came to pick up one of his airplanes, which he had left in Hazen, North Dakota to be painted by a man named Joe VanInwagen. According to the article, VanInwagen has gained a national reputation for this kind [...]

It’s Christmas Eve, and I finally have time to post some random thoughts that have been bouncing around in my head for the past month or so.  The issues?  Politics, renewable energy, and why I publish the kinds of posts I do. 
POLITICS
One of the things that I have come to despise about elections is the way [...]

A press release issued today announced that North Dakota State University has signed a memorandum of understanding to work with the India-based International Institute of Information Technology.
Information technology is a growing industry in North Dakota.  IT careers range from jobs with the Midwest Telemark International centers sprinkled across the state to robotics engineers working at manufacturing companies like Bobcat.  
The [...]

Millions of dollars may be coming for North Dakota’s energy sector if President Bush signs the Omnibus Appropriations bill that passed the Senate yesterday.  Today Senator Byron Dorgan, D-ND announced some of the funding that could be headed our way:

$5.1 million to complete the energy and training technology center (I think this means the National Energy [...]

From the Bismarck Tribune:

By GWEN BRISTOL
For the Tribune
From the outside, Basin Electric Cooperative’s plug-in hybrid vehicle looks about like any other Ford Escape. A short cord extending from the rear bumper and the PLUG-1-IN license plate are the only indicators that this car is something special.Chris VandeVenter, legislative representative for Basin Electric, said the vehicle [...]