UND gets $450K grant to help North Dakota teachers create engineering tasks relevant to Native American students
N.D. – UND has received a multi-year, six-figure grant from a leading federal research agency to help North Dakota elementary and middle school teachers design and implement engineering tasks in the classroom that are culturally relevant for American Indian and rural students. Researchers at the…
Minot artist invites community to watch creative process start to finish in live event
MINOT, N.D. – Art galleries are one space that rely heavily on in-person interaction impacted by COVID-19. And that’s why a Minot artist is giving folks the option to watch him create a piece live at the Taube Museum of Art, or tune in digitally…
Minot assisted living facility finishes first round of COVID vaccines
MINOT, N.D. – Residents of long-term care facilities across the state have been receiving their COVID-19 vaccines. And Thursday, the last floor of residents and staff at the Wellington Assisted Living in Minot received their first round of Pfizer vaccines. The community relations director for…
Majettes fall 3-1 in close game to visiting Bismarck
MINOT, N.D. – The suddenly-hot Taylyn Cope has been the leading force for the Majettes’ offense as of late, finding the back of the net four times and scoring seven total points since Minot’s 7-0 rout of Dickinson January 7 entering play Tuesday. The offensive…
CARES Act funding used for mental healthcare program in ND
MINOT, N.D. – The pandemic has been a stressful time for many North Dakotans, but a new program offered by The North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division aims to change that. Leadership in the Behavioral Health Division said the goal of the…
Crews respond to collision between train, vehicle in northeast Minot
MINOT, N.D. – Minot Police said they arrested a 21-year-old man for DUI, second offense, in connection with a collision between a car and train Wednesday afternoon. Police said they received multiple reports of a vehicle driving onto the tracks in the 400 block of…
2021 Minot budget approved
MINOT, N.D. – The Minot City Council approved on second reading the 2021 budget at Monday night’s meeting. The budget comes in at $143.5 million, which is more than 45% less than the 2020 budget. The city’s Finance Director indicated the drop from year-to-year was…
Proposal would give money to North Dakota coal plants by taxing wind power
N.D. – A North Dakota lawmaker wants to impose a new tax on wind farms and give the money to coal-fired power plants in the form of grants. Rep. Dave Nehring, R-Bismarck, presented the proposal Tuesday to the House Finance and Taxation Committee, saying it’s…
