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by HPR Contributor | Arts | September 25th, 2019
…By Lonna Whitinglonna@lonna.coNot long ago at a North Dakota nursing home located in Nelson County, a storyteller from The North Dakota Council on the Arts helped an elderly woman express in writing an important milestone from her long life as part of the Art For Life program.In the story, the…
by Sabrina Hornung | All About Food | September 18th, 2019
…It’s no secret that I like to explore the roads less travelled and rediscover some hidden gems along the way. In fact some of these small communities are all too well hidden gems. In a previous issue I offered a six pack of some of my favorite watering holes on…
by John Strand | Editorial | September 4th, 2019
…Sabrina Hornung.Week in and week out, our little core group of people puts in a yeoman’s effort to get HPR out to each of you. Jay Earl Miller is key to our sales effort and has been for a decade and a half. Tom Bixby is family and writes, edits,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | August 21st, 2019
…In this issue David Crosby said, “You know, music is like a lifting force. It makes things better.” Truer words have never been spoken. This week we decided to change things up a bit and offer our readers an exclusive music issue. We chatted with Maria Cree in Minot to…
by C.S. Hagen | News | August 14th, 2019
…FARGO – Farmers don’t talk politics at the elevator, it’s almost an unwritten rule. But when the trade war with China broke out, conversations changed.“Now every time I go to the elevator it’s fricking Trump this and fricking Trump that,” Todd Leake, a farmer, said. “When they’re listening to the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | August 7th, 2019
…When you think about the genres of folk and punk, the genres may seem quite different at first glance, though both were built on the spirit of DIY. I mean, what’s more punk rock than Woody Guthrie’s guitar painted with the words “This machine kills fascists?” Combine the genres and…
by Ryan Janke | Music | August 7th, 2019
…Center Fest 3 kicks off in Robinson, North Dakota this Friday and will run through Saturday night. What started as a discussion about the center of North America has taken on a life of its own and become an annual celebration.Several years ago, Bill Bender, who owns Hanson’s Bar in…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | July 31st, 2019
…On Tuesday, the Washington Times reported Senator Kevin Cramer as saying, “I could be a victim of racism, but I don’t offend easily, I just don’t offend that easily.” When a reporter asked how he was a victim of racism, Cramer responded: “Well, if somebody said something about being from…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | July 17th, 2019
…The US Postal Service recently released a set of stamps celebrating the New Deal era post office murals that were federally commissioned during the Roosevelt administration, though the mural that graces the walls of the New Rockford Post Office titled “Advance Guard of the West” wasn’t featured on any of…
by HPR Contributor | Editorial | June 26th, 2019
…By Gary Olsonolsong@moravian.eduWhen categorizing my class background I’ve invariably replied “working class” but in truth that was more aspirational than factual. My father was either unemployed or underemployed and died of a heart attack at age 46 while working as a night shift orderly at a veteran’s hospital in Fargo,…