Coal Creek Station sale a victory for reality over politics
MINOT, N.D. — Regulators in Minnesota have cleared the last regulatory hurdle standing in the way of the sale of...
Wrigley launches attorney general campaign with emphasis on law and order
MINOT, N.D. — There are a lot of things a candidate running for attorney general in North Dakota could make...
Plain Talk: The January 6 anniversary, and a North Dakota business owner talks about how he’s fighting the labor shortage
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic malaise, America's employers have been in a crunch. Not only are their...
School districts should have to report bad teachers
MINOT, N.D. -- The Crosby Journal has an excellent and eye-opening report about a teacher who has managed to bounce around school...
Port: Jan. 6 anniversary is a time for the GOP to reflect
MINOT — The Jan. 6 riot a year ago was a turning point for me. The violence filled my screens,...
Believing lies about political violence isn’t just a problem for the right
MINOT — "Less than half of GOP say 1/6 was very violent," reads a somewhat misleading Associated Press headline . Though technically...
Plain Talk: How worried should you be about North Dakota’s testing decline?
One thing I think about, as our kids return to school from a long holiday break, is how hard it...
Port: Sorry, but the executive and legislative branches are not the same as the judicial branch
MINOT, N.D. — All due respect to Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, who has announced that he'll be winding up a wonderful...
Plain Talk: Expect Drew Wrigley to announce a campaign for attorney general next week
Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota's long-time attorney general, announced recently that he'll end a more than four-decades-long career in elected office...
The darkest day of the year
MINOT — In our part of the world, which is to say the northern part of the northern hemisphere, we...
