For those who are tired of everyday journalism…read this.  This column by Bismarck Tribune writer Kelly Hagen brightened an entire day.
I’m always happy when true love wins out.  And this was a creative and fun way for it to happen.

The old Memorial Bridge spanning the Missouri River between Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota is down.
The final explosion took place this morning.  A video link will be available through KX News around noon today.
It’s hard to say goodbye to a landmark, but I have to admit, I’m beginning to look forward to seeing the north [...]

According to several recent Minot Daily News articles, the city of Minot, North Dakota has a strong economy and a bright future.
The Magic City recently completed consruction on North Broadway, one of the main thoroughfares and, if I remember correctly, a very busy street.  Gov. John Hoeven and Department of Transportation Director Francis Ziegler both attended the ribbon-cutting [...]

Humdinger Wind Energy has changed its web site.
I have been watching this company for close to a year now.  I believe the innovative wind energy technology could someday rival wind turbines.  Perhaps we will even see some alternative wind farms develop some day in North Dakota and similar places where the wind energy potential is great.
People who [...]

To this point, I have kept most of my opinions about the housing crisis, the slumping economy and the upcoming presidential election to myself.  I don’t think I can do that anymore. 
My feelings echo the ones expressed by this article written by Orson Scott Card.

According to this article, the Bismarck-based Bread Poets store is expanding.  The wonderfully delicious Bread Poets bread will soon be available in all four local Dan’s Super-Value stores.  There’s also a chance for people interested in opening a Bread Poets franchise to do so.
In these difficult economic times, it’s encouraging to see a local North Dakota business doing [...]

About a week ago after posting about the wind energy industry here in North Dakota, I received an e-mail asking about wind turbine developers here in ND.  I promised I would try to post about it.  Here is a link to DMI Industries, a company with a plant in West Fargo that constructs wind turbine [...]

A friend who was raised near Linton told me about the Nakota horses about a year ago, but I have never yet seen one.  From what I understand, these wild horses have a lot of history in the Northern Great Plains.  Read more about them at the North Dakota Horse Conservancy.
According to this KX News [...]

Minot, a community in central North Dakota, has a new program:  the Magic Give.  Patterned after Oprah’s Big Give, the Magic Area Community Foundation has $10,000 to give away in increments of $2,000 each to five winning projects–read more here. 
According to the article linked to above, the Magic Give is possible because of an anonymous [...]

That’s according to this Bismarck Tribune article, which asserts that schools in North Dakota aren’t feeling the economic pinch like schools in other areas of the country.  There seem to be two factors at play here:  1) North Dakota was more conservative in its lending and mostly avoided the housing crisis, and 2) during this [...]