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Exploring History: Stanwood-Camano summers shaped a community through celebration
By the late 1880s, many Euro-Americans who had settled in the Stillaguamish Valley and on Camano Island began taking time out for a variety of summertime celebrations. Festivities honoring Independence Day were some of the first events that...

New Rulings on Porn, Parental Rights, Injunctions, and More
Last week we blogged about a Supreme Court ruling that allows states to ban transgender treatments for minors. Rulings issued at the end of the court’s term also hinder porn, LGBTQ indoctrination in schools, Planned Parenthood, and activist...

News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal? By Hannah Feuer 5 min read
Eric Orwoll is co-founder of Return to the Land, which is establishing a segregated community in Arkansas. Courtesy of screenshot from Eric Orwoll Return to the Land video By Hannah Feuer June 30, 2025 Nearly 60 years after the United States...

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Following the Facts on Child Well-Being
Last month, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released its 2025 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual resource that measures national and state data on economic well-being, education, health, and family and community factors. As they sum up...

Mount Rushmore fireworks will be back in 2026: Here's what we know
South Dakota's most famous landmark will host a fireworks display for the first time in six years in 2026. South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the former North Dakota governor, signed a memorandum of agreement and...

Workforce grows by 30,000 as ND helps with talent recruitment
JAMESTOWN — The North Dakota Department of Commerce’s Workforce Development Council has worked to attract out-of-state talent, including domestic and foreign-born workers, according to Katie Ralston Howe, deputy commissioner for the Commerce...

New boating law will impact water sports in Minnesota as weather warms
GRAND FORKS – A new boating law went into effect in Minnesota last week and will have an impact on boating for the remainder of the summer. Boat operators in Minnesota born in June 2004 or after are now required to have taken the boater’s safety...

Port: Accessing public records is not a crime
MINOT — Earlier today I published a column about two candidates in Minot's mayoral race having significant criminal histories. In response, one of those candidates, Rob Fuller, who was arrested and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor crime related to...

Strength in numbers: Be part of the data
By MORGAN STUTRUD, Dakota College at Bottineau, Rugby Instructor Every growing season in North Dakota brings its own challenges – shifting markets, rising input costs, unpredictable weather and the pressure to make the right call at the right...
CA school budgets in disarray after Trump freezes federal funding
Panic has set in at school districts across the Golden State as the Trump administration continues to withhold federal funds. Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction, said California school districts stand to immediately lose...

Measles has not yet gone away in Ohio
Though an outbreak in Ohio appears to have subsided since the spring, outbreaks of measles are still popping up all over the country. The summer break does not seem to have slowed the spread of this dangerous disease. Canada and Mexico are...

Armstrong unveils new loan program for post-storm recovery
Miranda Meehan is a disaster education coordinator with the Extension Service. She says so far they've received 113 damage reports. She says much of the information is coming from Barnes and Stutsman counties. So far the totals involved 126,000...

THC levels have increased over the last 50 years
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Marijuana has gone through a lot of changes since President Reagan’s War on Drugs in the 80s. One of the biggest changes we have seen is in how marijuana is consumed. Instead of just using a joint, people now have other...

The US’ happiest shift workers sell weed and e-cigs — see where your industry ranks
They’re high on life. America’s most cheerful hourly employees aren’t sitting behind a computer, it seems — they’re at the counter selling vapes, weed and smokes, according to a new report from workplace management platform Deputy. Over 1.51...

Port: Mayoral candidate's intemperate response to outing of criminal record is instructive for everyone
MINOT — How a candidate for mayor in Minot has reacted to my reporting about his criminal record is instructive for these times we're living through. Here's the backstory: Though I was on vacation last week, I ended up breaking some news....

Minot to give first run to new ballot process
Jill Schramm/MDN Secretary of State Michael Howe, Deputy Secretary Sandra McMerty and Elections Director Erika White, from left, bring an update related to state election laws to The Minot Daily News July 2. Minot will give a new state law on...

Which Minnesota Cities Made the National List of “Most Envied Lifestyles”?
Is someone uses the phrase "cakeeater," you know immediately to what part of Minnesota they're referring. Of course -- residents of (primarily) Edina. But also other affluent and influential 'burbs in the Twin Cities. (Looking at you Wayzata and...

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux named Director of Player Personnel & Office Operations for hockey program
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux has been appointed as the Director of Player Personnel and Office Operations for the University of North Dakota (UND) men's hockey program, effective July 1. Lamoureux, a former standout goaltender for UND, brings a wealth...

Are phones being banned in NC schools? New law brings big changes
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein signed House Bill 959, restricting cellphone use in public schools, into law. The law prohibits student cellphone use during instructional time, with exceptions granted by teachers. Schools must implement...

Forum cartoonist Trygve Olson draws up new home for more than 5,300 illustrations
FARGO — Trygve Olson drew his first cartoon for The Forum in 1984. Since then, his drawings have been a regular feature in the newspaper’s editorial sections. That’s over 5,300 images. Olson estimates he’s stored about 95 percent of those drawings...