Chris Hennen

​Open Letter to Heidi Heitkamp

Dear Heidi Heitkamp,As a North Dakota Democrat, I get it. We understand that you are independent and can’t vote the way we want all the time. North Dakota is a red state and the only way Democrats can get elected statewide is if...

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​Help available for homeless veterans

Recently during the debate over whether to bring refugees into America, many have wondered about the help available for our citizens who are hurting, in particular veterans. We sought to find out by asking Diana Hall, Supervisor...

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​Can January get worse? Yes it can

We are all going to die. That’s a fact too many people ignore until we get stark reminders of it. I don’t want to get too depressing in my first column for HPR, but it’s something that has been on the minds of quite a few of us...

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​Times are changing in North Dakota

Republican Gov candidates moving to left on social issuesLast week, the Governor’s race in North Dakota for 2016 got turned upside down when Fargo businessman Doug Burgum officially threw his hat in the ring. This pleased people...

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Port exiting HPR

Over the holiday break, it was announced political blogger Rob Port of Say Anything blog will join Forum Communications and write a column for the Forum newspaper effectively ending his relationship with the High Plains Reader....

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