The Bowman County School District unveiled its draft for opening and operating its campuses in Rhame and Bowman July 29 and it went before the board again Wednesday for final approval, according to local school superintendent.

The Bowman County Board of Commissioners will be holding a special meeting Monday at 8 a.m. to approve the 2021 preliminary budget.

It was a Crazy Day of 3 on 3 basketball in downtown Baker again on Saturday.

Austin Wanner of Bowman easily won the 5-kilometer Stride run July 23.

Bowman school officials and teachers are working on plans to develop surveys on how to meet the COVID-era challenges looming this fall for the local students, teachers, staff and families.

The latest Farm to Table Pop Up drew a fast response July 16 when more than 150 boxes of produce were handled out in less than an hour.

For the Bowman County Development Commission, there were seven chances to find a dream.

The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA), with its conservation partners, invites those living, working or invested in the sagebrush ecosystem to participate in an online, on-demand workshop through July 27.

Southwestern North Dakota is in the middle of a moderate drought.

North Dakota will be changing how it handles unemployment claims, the state’s governor announced in a press release July 8.

After hitting a high of 670 active COVID-19 cases earlier this year, North Dakota steadily dropped down to 211 cases by mid-June.

In response to today’s US District Court Order to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline and remove all oil by Aug, 5, 2020, the North Dakota Petroleum Council issued the following statement:

Severe thunderstorms may bring large hail, damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes from the Northern Plains to the Upper Midwest early in the week, but the conditions are ripe for the weather to continue to harshly treat North Dakota, according to the Bismarck office of the National Weather …

Marmarth’s population more than doubled over the Independence Day weekend when the small Slope County community near North Dakota’s border with Montana celebrated the Fourth of July with games, music, a parade and rodeo.

The first COVID-19 drive up testing in Bowman County drew hundreds to the fairgrounds Tuesday.

The state and Bowman County officials held the first drive up COVID-19 testing Tuesday morning (June 30) at the Bowman County Fairgrounds.  See next issue for more on COVID-19 Testing.

The Dakota Community Bank and Trust continued its 80th anniversary celebration June 25 with a free lunch in front of its branch location in downtown Bowman.

For Beni Paulson, there is a special kind of music that hits bull riders just right.

More than 50 local residents set up appointments to donate blood Monday at the Four Seasons Pavilion in Bowman.

For the 55th time, there will be a Fourth of July rodeo in Marmarth.

It took less than a half-hour for 75 families to pick up boxes of fresh produce at the Bowman County Fairgrounds June 25.

Fossils are big in western North Dakota.

It was perfect weather Saturday for a motorcycle ride on the two-lane highways of both North and South Dakota.

Slightly more than 27 percent of eligible voters in the North Dakota ended up casting ballots in the June 9 election.

There was little change in the results of the June 9 primary election, at least in Bowman County.

It was almost perfect weather for hitting the two lane highways of southwestern North Dakota when local motorcycle enthusiasts left Bowman Saturday morning.