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State supports local Native development
The grand opening of the Great Plains Indian Trading Company on the Main Street of New Town was a celebration.
City dismisses police officer
The New Town City Council said it had little choice in dismissing an officer of the New Town Police Department after officer was involved in an off duty shooting incident.
Round Dance features traditional songs
A Round Dance featuring traditional music of the Northern Plains Tribes will be held at the Johnny Bird Memorial Hall five miles west of New Town on Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m.
Feeling the pulse of history
Those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it, goes the old saying.
Revenant documentary has many local ties
Revenant is not just another movie to a number of people on Fort Berthold.
Medication rules change at New Town schools
New Town Schools Superintendent Marc Bluestone remembers years back when he was the Assistant Principal at Edwin Loe Elementary School and all he needed was a parent’s verbal permission to give a child an insulin injection.
Late warmth allows December adventures
"It’s a different kind of snowboarding," according to Ruth Zacher, area paddleboarding enthusiast. She is talking about her adventures in late December of 2015 when she was able to paddleboard Lake Sakakawea along snow covered beaches.
PSC approves siting permit for Sacagawea Pipeline Project
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a siting permit for a crude oil pipeline that will be built in McKenzie and Mountrail Counties.
The bloom is off the boom
Figures on taxable sales and purchases in North Dakota for the third quarter of 2015 show the steep impact of falling oil prices in the Bakken. Most communities in the region saw drops between one third and one half from the same period in 2014.
2015: The year Main Street was closed
It has been a tumultuous year for New Town in 2015. No bigger reason for this disruption was the beginning and completion of the long delayed renovation of Main Street.
