Pat Zavoral named AE2S Senior Management Consultant
An engineering firm working closely with many aspects of the FM Diversion Project went on the offensive Monday morning so their hiring of former…
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Getting Surly
HPR chats with Surly Brewing Co. Founder Omar Ansari Monday December 14th was a big day for the craft beer community. Zorbaz in Detroit…
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Happy Hooligans honored
ND National Guard unit recognized with top award On December 5 the North Dakota National Guard’s 119th Wing, aka the Happy Hooligans, was awarded…
Read NowWe do it! Behold the power of giving.
Q & A with Great Plains Food Bank. organization working to fight hunger in Fargo and Moorhead As we approach the holiday season, we…
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Clearing the bottle neck
Is Fargo’s liquor license code too complicated? Is it time for change? A new task force examines what changes could be made. A task…
Read NowPlanned Parenthood under attack
CEO of MN, ND and SD discusses threats to women’s health care provider ahead of visit This Thursday, following an unprecedented attack on a…
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It takes many hands
For this week’s cover story, we asked High Plains Reader staff members and volunteers as well as cover story subjects from 2015 and friends…
Read NowLove or Fear?
#loveoverfear What are you so afraid of? By Whitney Retzer The Economist reports that 750,000 refugees have resettled in America since 9/11, and not…
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Informant’s mother pushes for changes
Sadek’s death results in call for new laws The mother of a North Dakota State College of Science student who was an informant for…
Read NowBlack is Back
After the runaway success of Dylan Fest last February, Merrill Piepkorn knew he was onto something. Not long after the tribute concert sold out…
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The Avett Brothers return to Fargo
North Carolina folk group The Avett Brothers will be returning to Fargo on Friday, Nov. 13, with a few tricks up their sleeves. Jill…
Read NowWhat we are, who we are: the state of the arts
Change is in the air for both the Plains Art Museum and The Rourke Art Gallery Museum, which leads to a question. What is…
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Q and A with Congressman Kevin Cramer
ND’s lone Congressman on choosing new Speaker As House Republicans prepare to elect a new Speaker of the House to replace the retiring John…
Read NowBras on Broadway celebrates 10 years of community support
The Hotel Donaldson has been helping to fight the good fight for the past 10 years. According to their website, “Bras on Broadway has…
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Ink, iron and brawn
HPR talks with 2015 Roughrider Expo’s featured tattooist Eric Pele The Roughrider Ink and Iron Expo, Fargo-Moorhead’s premier celebration of tattoo artistry and culture,…
Read NowNorth Dakota’s groundbreaking drones law may be changed
Lawmakers say concerns over weaponization are overblown Recently many North Dakota citizens were surprised to learn that the North Dakota Legislature passed a law…
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Killing Columbus
A proud day It is coming up, that Columbus Day. I’m a big fan of the Italians. I love the country, the food, the…
Read Now2015 Studio Crawl
2015 marks the 12th annual FMVA Studio Crawl, the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists’ largest event. This year there are 34 participating local artists who clean…
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Conspiracy theories are now mainstream
Acceptance will be their siren song By Jessy Hegland On a pleasant June morning in Moorhead, Minn., the sounds of summer construction went underway…
Read NowBeauty as Therapy
Sometimes referred to as “the castle on the hill,” the former Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Facility also known as the Kirkbride building has inspired…
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Refugees face tough road coming to America
Later this month, a series of events called Welcoming Week will happen throughout Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo to mark ways the community can…
Read NowChanges coming to HPR: Q and A with incoming and outgoing editors
Beginning next week, High Plains Reader will have a new editor in Sabrina Hornung, as editor Diane Miller, who’s been affiliated with HPR since…
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The Great Divide: Radio Free Fargo and KNDS splitting up
Each group will now program 24 hours on their own radio stations Changes are coming to KNDS 96.3, the low power FM radio station…
Read NowIs bike theft on the rise in Fargo?
Tips for preventing bike theft Not a week goes by where you don’t hear or see someone on social media complaining that their bike…
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