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Kenmare’s Future Looks Bright
By Tina Ding A ribbon of highway winds and stretches through rolling hills, carrying drivers northwest from Minot to a community rich with agricultural heritage. Family farms dot the countryside, nestled between crops of durum, wheat, canola and flax. And though many folks near Kenmare work the soil to reap the harvest each autumn, others [...]
Wind Grows Louder
Despite its detractors, wind energy is growing in North Dakota By CHRISTOPHER BJORKE The grandparents of today’s North Dakotans knew how to harness wind to power water pumps. The picturesque windmills that were fixtures on prairie farms are a far cry from the industrial wind turbines that have sprung up across the plains. Modern turbines [...]
September Engery Updates
Regulators approve two ND wind projects North Dakota regulators have approved the construction of two new wind projects capable of generating almost 300 megawatts of power. Basin Electric Power Cooperative wants to build a 115-megawatt wind farm about 12 miles south of Minot. Rough Rider Wind LLC has plans for wind turbines to generate 175 [...]
Energy Updates
Ft. Berthold meetings postponed Oil and gas update meetings on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation planned for February have been postponed until March. Three Affiliated Tribes chairman Marcus Levings said this postponement is the result of the death of Crow Nation tribal chairman Carl Venne. The new meeting dates are as follows: March 17, Parshall [...]
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