How Johnson & Johnson vaccine is created using fetal cell lines
MINOT, N.D. – The Johnson & Johnson vaccine passed FDA vaccine standards, and distribution across the United States is underway, including here in North Dakota. For some this is seen as progress in the fight against COVID-19. But the vaccine has stirred controversy with some Catholics, not…
Class A State Basketball: Minot boys and Century girls advance to state title game
MINOT, N.D. – The Class A state championships are officially set after the semifinals played out at the Bismarck Events Center on Saturday. On the girl’s side, Century will be playing in its fifth state title game in its last six state tournament appearances. They’ll…
Citizen of the Year makes her donation official
MINOT, N.D. – Minot’s Citizen of the Year made her $1,000 donation official this week. Vickie Phippins was named the 2021 Citizen of the Year as part of a video contest for Mayor Shaun Sipma’s 2021 State of the City presentation. The top prize for…
Port: Luke Simons, finally, does the decent thing
MINOT, N.D. — After a week of bluster and much conspiracy-mongering, disgraced former lawmaker Luke Simons has announced that he won’t be taking his expulsion from the North Dakota House of Representatives to court. The expulsion was approved by lawmakers last week after I obtained a file…
0 deaths, 34 new COVID-19 cases in ND; active cases statewide are 639
N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Health Sunday morning confirmed 34 new cases of COVID-19 in the state during testing on March 13, bringing the total positives since testing began to 100,976. The number of currently active COVID-19 cases in the state stands at…
Minot-area flood protection project receives national recognition
MINOT, N.D. – Two phases of the major flood protection project in the Minot area that were completed last fall are receiving national recognition. American City & County, a website that provides news, on government trends and policy recently recognized Phase 2 and Phase 3…
Air travel in ND screeches to halt in 2020 amid pandemic
MINOT, N.D. – Travel was one of the biggest activities hurt by the pandemic and airports saw a drastic decline in both passengers and revenue. In 2020, traffic at Minot International Airport along with eight other airports in North Dakota plummeted to record lows. “By…
Minot edges Fargo Davies to advance to Class A championship game
MINOT, N.D. – Minot High boys basketball defeated Fargo Davies 71-68 Saturday in the Class A semifinal to advance to Sunday’s state title game. Minot rallied from behind to advance, with Davies leading by as many as 12 points during the game. Minot’s Deonte’ Martinez…
