Hat Tips: Charleston
Years ago I served in the North Dakota legislature. During that time I made a lot of wonderful friends, and heard a lot of…
Category: Opinion
LETTER: Wind energy’s dirty little secrets
The wind energy sector produces a significant amount of toxic waste. The mining of rare earth minerals is an extremely dirty business. Is it…
Last will
I’m sure you don’t want to hear about my health. I know I’m sick of hearing about it. But I guess it comes with…
Editorial: Cutting oil tax was a missed opportunity for N.D.’s future
On Jan. 1, North Dakota’s Oil Extraction Tax (OET) dropped from a rate of 6 ½ percent to a new lower rate of 5…
LETTER: Wind power lacks reliability; Money goes to foreign investors
Wind power suffers from an important disadvantage that prevents it from ever becoming a dominant power source for the industrialized world in which we…
Community Editorial: Pipeline easements – a fair deal?
As oil exploration and production has increased, so too has the need to overhaul the oil transportation system. While rail remains a method of…
Hat Tips: Frazer
I’ve always enjoyed rodeos. I grew up attending the Y’s Mens rodeo in Minot and the Blaisdell rodeo every year. I don’t imagine I…
Letter: Get ready to open your wallets for Bowman County wind farm
Did you know about the wind meeting on Dec. 12, 2015, held in Bowman? Did you know about the wind meeting on Jan. 21,…
Community editorial | Before you sign: Wind turbine agreements
A local attorney helps you to make sense of land leases with wind farms.
Hat Tips: Super Bowl parties
Now you know I am not a real big football fan. That’s because I like the Vikings. And it is much less disappointing to…
Where sons go to rest
Writer’s note: On April 15, 1993, a freak accident claimed the lives of my cousins, Collin 18 and Greg 21, when they fell from…
Water park
I’m a patient man. I’m much more patient than I was 30 or 40 years ago. I used to blow up at the smallest…
Careers in the outdoors
January and February typically generate a few phone calls and emails from parents, teachers, school counselors and high school and college students about careers…
Letter: Farewell, it’s been a great journey
It’s been a great journey throughout the last almost ten years working with the NDSU Bowman County Extension Service. I have decided that it…
That’s Life: Twilight for the idols
Many choose the winter, I think, because who wants to waste a perfectly good spring? David Bowie passed this month and then Eagles co-founder…
Hat Tips: In Woonsocket
This past weekend was the big storm in the east. Now it did turn into a dang sure snowstorm. But unlike storms here, their…
Community Editorial: ‘Only the facts’ about Reeder’s community center
The following is an informational letter for all the surrounding Reeder area as well as long distance DPECI (Dakota Prairie Enrichment Center, Inc.) members,…
Don’t mess around with Kurt
He was big. Kurt Smith was big and farm-boy strong, although he was a town kid, about three years older than me. I remember…
A mild winter
The first thing I usually do in the morning is check the temperature and wind. And this winter, for most days, that has been…
LETTER: Join together in ‘pursuit of happiness’
To the Editor: I want people to recall the events of the last year. I want them to think about all of the things…