North Dakota’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant to Close in Two Years, Delivering Another Hammer Blow to State’s Economy
MINOT, N.D. — Last week, I wrote that Great River Energy, the cooperative that owns the Coal Creek Station power plant in...
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North Dakota Job Openings Dropped Nearly 30% in April, but Hiring Continued Despite Pandemic
MINOT, N.D. — According to North Dakota Job Service, the month of April saw a sharp decline in the number...
NDSU Researchers Paint a Painfully Gloomy Forecast for North Dakota’s Economy, Showing Us Why the State’s Economy Had to Re-Open
MINOT, N.D. — The researchers at North Dakota State University's Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise...
Change in How Coronavirus Deaths Are Counted Reduces North Dakota’s Total of People Killed by the Virus by 40 Percent
MINOT, N.D. — In my last mailbag column I responded to a reader question about deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic by noting...
Great River Energy Expected to Announce Intentions With North Dakota’s Largest Coal Plant Next Week
MINOT, N.D. — Coal Creek Station, near Underwood, is North Dakota's largest coal-fired power station. It has two units, each...
COVID-19 Brought Out the Best in Some, the Worst in Others
MINOT, N.D. — Barring some unexpected turn of events between now and then, Gov. Doug Burgum will allow restrictions he...
Democrats Hoping Gov. Burgum Doesn’t, Like, Kill Anyone
MINOT, N.D. — Yesterday, Gov. Doug Burgum announced that our state would begin the careful process of moving back from...
A Rift in the NDGOP Comes to Light as Burgum Endorses Against Another Bastiat Caucus Candidate
MINOT, N.D. -- Gov. Doug Burgum has had enough of the Bastiat Caucus, and he's doing his talking with endorsements...
Friday Mailbag: Readers Ask About Wind Power, Kommer vs. Gallion, Burgum’s Handling of the Pandemic, OPEC, and Tax Revenues
MINOT, N.D. — We made it to another mailbag Friday, my friends. How are you holding up? Are you getting...
Michael Moore, of All People, Exposes the Renewable Energy Fraud
MINOT, N.D. — For generations, ardent environmental activists have been predicting a climate armageddon. They have put their faith in...
