City wants you to help prevent flood
FARGO – The city is requesting help from the public to produce one million sandbags in preparation for the 2019 Spring Flood. There remains a…
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Expecting suicides
by C.S. Hage | Mar 20, 2019
BISMARCK – Jessie Quinn and J.S. may soon have two choices: relocate, buy black-market opioids, or commit suicide, and Quinn’s options are even more…
Read NowBetter watch your ax!
by Ryan Janke | Mar 20, 2019
Marcel Baumgartner and her boyfriend, Erik Kalberg, took an anniversary trip to Minneapolis in November and came back with a crazy idea – to…
Read NowCity preparing for historic ‘unmerciful’ flood
by C.S. Hage | Mar 16, 2019
FARGO – The National Weather Service has predicted widespread flooding from the Great Lakes to Devils Lake to the Red River of the North…
Read NowUn-masked
by C.S. Hage | Mar 13, 2019
FARGO – The “Alt-right” may be attempting to reform its public image after the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, but leaked…
Read NowMomo: ‘There is a syndrome under my bed’
by C.S. Hage | Mar 13, 2019
FARGO – Early morning, March 5, A.H. awoke complaining she hadn’t slept well. Usually, she slept soundly, only bright lights and loud, terrible singing…
Read NowHow’s your roof?
by Ryan Janke | Mar 13, 2019
The winter is continuing its unrelenting onslaught against us here in the Red River Valley 9.1 inches fell in Fargo over the weekend and…
Read NowThere is a rise in violent speech and threats made to silence women leaders
by C.S. Hage | Mar 7, 2019
BISMARCK to FARGO – Two progressive female legislators and a writer have been threatened or harassed in North Dakota recently in conversations, social media posts,…
Read NowThe U.S.-China Trade War has Substantial Implications for Everyday Farmers
by HPR Contributor | Mar 6, 2019
By Abigail Brooks Amid the trade war between the United States and China damaging tariffs have been put into place from both sides. Currently,…
Read NowThe new McCarthyism
by C.S. Hage | Feb 27, 2019
BISMARCK – In the most collective state in the union socialism is a dirty word, and top elected politicians are already using “Wolverine”-style fear…
Read NowRockin’ around the clock
by Ryan Janke | Feb 27, 2019
Fargo Public Works has been working around the clock since late December to clean up after a series of blizzards and winter storms. It…
Read NowWest Fargo police officer arrested
by C.S. Hage | Feb 25, 2019
WEST FARGO – A West Fargo Police Sergeant was arrested Sunday night after he crashed into a snow bank in the area of 19th Avenue…
Read NowHit me with your best shot
by Ryan Janke | Feb 21, 2019
The FM Derby Girls will hold their first bout of the 2019 season on March 9 at the Fargo Civic Center. It will mark…
Read NowTwo bills fight to define ND ethics
by C.S. Hage | Feb 15, 2019
BISMARCK – Two bills are fighting for ethical supremacy in the North Dakota State Legislature. Senate Bill 2148, sponsored by Senator Tim Mathern, a Democrat…
Read NowETP’s case against ‘eco-terrorists’ dismissed in federal court
by C.S. Hage | Feb 15, 2019
BISMARCK – Legal battles between corporate oil and anti-pipeline interests made shocking claims when lawsuits were first filed, on both sides of the pipeline. North…
Read NowBlackface in our own backyard, it’s not just in the South
by C.S. Hage | Feb 13, 2019
FARGO – Blackface isn’t just a Virginia issue; it’s everywhere, even here in North Dakota. Recently, prominent politicians in Virginia have acknowledged painting their…
Read NowMore than two years later, last NoDAPL trials finish
by C.S. Hage | Feb 5, 2019
MANDAN – The last trials for 836 activists arrested during the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy have finished, with a large majority of the cases dismissed.…
Read NowState legislators attempt to dump Equal Rights Amendment
by C.S. Hage | Jan 30, 2019
BISMARCK – Forty-three years ago, North Dakota became the 34th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and now white male legislators want to…
Read NowBill to help murdered and missing Indigenous approved, moves toward House and Senate
by C.S. Hage | Jan 29, 2019
BISMARCK – Ruth Buffalo “ate no for breakfast” Tuesday morning and put on her red lipstick before the House Human Services Committee unanimously approved…
Read NowNative adoption scammer guilty, behind bars
by C.S. Hage | Jan 28, 2019
JAMESTOWN – The woman involved in faking adoptions of Native children pleaded guilty Monday morning and was sentenced to five years in jail after…
Read NowFacebook comment leads to firing of United Way CEO
by C.S. Hage | Jan 28, 2019
GRAND FORKS – If there is one cardinal rule for doing business in North Dakota it is never publicly criticize – always praise –…
Read NowNew bills target protesters, First Amendment
by C.S. Hage | Jan 23, 2019
BISMARCK – Nearly two years after the last No-DAPL tent was torn down and activists scattered, elected representatives have seemingly forgotten the world’s eyes…
Read NowNorth Dakota Legislature wants state to back Trump’s wall
by C.S. Hage | Jan 22, 2019
BISMARCK – The state is trying to throw its weight behind President Donald Trump’s campaign promise by proposing a resolution committing the Sixty-sixth Legislative…
Read NowRed flag legislation on gun control pitched as proactive, saving lives
by C.S. Hage | Jan 16, 2019
BISMARCK – Backed by police and educators, state legislators hope to curb violent crime and rising suicide rates by proposing bipartisan legislation that would…
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