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Watford City’s Annual Homefest - a time for summer fun festivities and class and family reunions - has been cancelled this year due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.   Watford City Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors based their...

The school year was derailed as schools had to cope with the pandemic and its ensuing closures. As the 2019-2020 academic year concludes, schools are trying to find a balance between providing graduates with some sort of normalcy by affording them a...

Dear Editor: Let Environment Council Hear From You On Radioactive Waste For six years citizens have worked with the Department of Environmental Quality to write rules setting safeguards for disposal of oilfield radioactive waste called TENORM....

The Environmental Quality Council has sidetracked six years of citizen work to protect Montana against radioactive waste from out of state. At its April 2020 meeting, the Council voted 10-to-6 to file an informal objection to protective rules propose...

The Federal Primary election to be held on June 2, is an all-mail ballot election. All active, provisional, and late registrants will receive a ballot in the mail. Inactive voters will need to update their registration to receive a ballot. Ballots...

The date for the annual dryland field days at the Froid Research Farm is tentatively set for Thursday, June 25. More details will be made available here as plans are finalized. The Sidney dryland field day, typically held jointly with Montana...

Watford City, ND – Breaking from its tradition, Dakota West awarded $500 to every student who submitted an application for its 2020 Dakota West Credit Union Annual Scholarships. Originally planning to award four scholarships, current high school...

Williston, ND – Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site has made the difficult, but necessary, decision to cancel the upcoming 2020 Rendezvous that was scheduled for June 18-21. The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers,...

Montana remains in Phase One of the Governor’s reopening plan. Governor Bullock has not provided a specific date that Montana will progress into the second phase. Currently, restaurants, bars, casinos, retail businesses, personal care providers, gy...

Alexandria, VA – CFRE International has named Melissa Boyer as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). Melissa Boyer, Foundation for Community Care Directorjoins over 6,700 professionals around the world who hold the CFRE designation....

The Department of Public Heath and Human Services has sent letters to all registered medical marijuana registered cardholders within the state of Montana. The letter, issued April 29, 2020, explains to cardholders that effective June 2 they will no...

Riverdale, ND – A draft environmental assessment for a surplus water request at Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota is currently available for public review. The draft EA evaluates the use of surplus water and the environmental impacts of constructing...

Concrete paving work began on Thursday, May 14. Motorists should be aware that during concrete paving work, crews will be closer to vehicles than usual as they are working within smaller-than-normal lanes. A flagger will be on-site to direct the...

The Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Cooperative (LYREC) board of trustees voted unanimously to cancel the 2020 annual meeting of members scheduled for June 3 at the Richland County Event Center. This is in response to Gov. Steve Bullock declaring a...

A small family funeral was held for Rocky “Rock” Brekhus, 62, formerly of Sidney, MT on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT with Pastor Rolf Preus, Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. He was interred next to...