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Refinery clears regulatory hurdle
The Clean Fuels Refinery is one step closer to reality after the Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval to the project’s water discharge permit.
Water quality study on hold
A water quality study being conducted by the Fort Berthold Community College and funded by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency has been put on hold over questions over the studies procedures.
Gackle remembered
Don Gackle’s death this past Sunday leaves behind a lifetime of achievements.
A new home for trailer court refugees
It’s been nearly six months since members of the Prairie Winds Trailer Court came home to find eviction notices taped to the doors of their trailers.
Constitutional Amendments will get a vote
There were tears and whoops of joy when Chairman Tex Hall announced, “The resolution passes unanimously.”
Veterans finally get their homecoming
The Vietnam War opened rifts in the United States that in some way still divide people today.
New Town School Board approves six period day
Students at the New Town Middle and High Schools will be on a new calendar for the 2012-13 school year as the school board approved moving to a six period school day instead of the traditional seven period day.
Standish, Mathson win council seats
Jay Standish will join newly reelected councilman Terry Mathson on the New Town City Council.
What is the future of Health Care?
“Try to picture in your mind, what would be the ideal health care system for Fort Berthold,” Bill Patrie instructed a crowd of about a dozen people at a meeting in the Water Chief Hall in Mandaree.
Heitkamp hears native, oil patch issues
Heidi Heitkamp, the former North Dakota Attorney General who is running for the United States Senate, apologized for being a few minutes late to a roundtable meeting with supporters in New Town on Monday.