A gas leak on Collins Avenue in Mandan, North Dakota early Sunday morning left several residents without heat.  But it was a fairly nice day, with lots of sunshine and relatively warm temperatures for this time of year.
Around 4:00 p.m., Gov. John Hoeven dedicated state resources to help fix the problem.  The leak was fixed yesterday but, according to [...]

North Dakota’s MDU Resources Group, Inc., is shining again.  According to this associated press article, the fortune 500 company enjoyed record profits again this past year.
As the energy industry here in North Dakota continues to boom, MDU Resources is definitely a company to keep an eye on–and possibly to invest in.  Here are some resources [...]

A recent Bismarck Tribune article indicated that some very well preserved remains of a duckbill dinosaur could be on display in the North Dakota Heritage Center as early as June.  The fossil is one of the best-preserved fossils in the world and includes skin and tendons. 
The remains were found in southwestern North Dakota in 1999.  [...]

$51.1 million is a lot of money.
That’s the amount of profit made by the Bank of North Dakota last year.  According to this associated press article, it was a record.
The Bank of North Dakota is a state-owned bank.   The article indicates that the majority of the profit came from growth in business loans.  That registers as [...]

I discovered a fun new blog today:  The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, by Bill Caraher, an assistant professor in the Department of History at University of North Dakota.  His latest post discusses how the North Dakota State Historical Society uses podcasts to teach about our archaeological treasures (Scattered Village, Double Ditch, etc.) and the work being done on [...]

National Geographic editor Chris Johns has responded to Gov. Hoeven’s letter, in which Gov. Hoeven indicated the recent article on North Dakota didn’t give an accurate account of North Dakota life.
Read the entire Bismarck Tribune article, including Chris John’s letter of response, here.  ABC News is coming to Bismarck to interview Gov. Hoeven about the article [...]

Turtle Mountain State Bank had its ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday.  According to a Minot Daily News article, the bank is the state’s first American Indian-owned bank.  It’s also the first privately-owned, American Indian-owned bank in the nation to be located on a reservation.  Gov. John Hoeven, Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) and majority owner James Laducer [...]

Governor Hoeven has responded to National Geographic about its recent article, The Emptied Prairie.  The article focuses on North Dakota’s history of declining population (which may be changing–read here).   He has invited the magazine back to cover the areas where North Dakota is leading out.  Here is the press release:
HOEVEN CALLS ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR MORE ACCURATE PORTRAIT [...]

A National Geographic article about North Dakota, The Emptied Prairie, has stirred some feelings here in the great state of North Dakota.  Northern Girl’s perspective on the article is that the state should capitalize on the media attention.  I agree. 
The people visiting here can only write about what they see, but there’s so much more that [...]

Believe it or not, North Dakota and my childhood home in Utah are both 13 degrees right now.  It’s snowing in Utah, but I spent the day running errands in sunny Bismarck.  Ah!  Contentment!
My top five mentionables (North Dakota on the web) of the day:

 A really great comment about North Dakota, by a North Dakotan responding to an article [...]