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City cracks down on contractors
It was a busy night on Sept. 18 at the regular meeting of the New Town City Council. But the long agenda was mostly the council’s own doing.
Search continues
The flag is unassuming in its mournful black and white, yet it flies proudly along with the red, white and blue and the blue and gold of the United States and North Dakota flags all across the state.
Touch of sunny Mexico welcomed in Parshall
Gabriel Garcia was looking for work. That’s what drew him and his wife Maria, and daughter, Samantha, to the Bakken.
Students getting Intensive Care
A few parents were startled to get phone calls about their children from the Intensive Care Unit this week.
Rain dampens harvest push
Despite a late and wet spring, most farmers in the southern end of Mountrail County got a crop in and were harvesting decent yields until last weeks rain showers dampened their progress.
Missouri River Resources quizzed on pipeline acquisition
Skepticism ran high at the Northern Lights Community Center in New Town as representatives of Missouri River Resources tried to explain the financing and history behind the tribally owned oil company’s proposal to purchase a gathering pipeline system that collects oil from wells between Mandaree and Watford City.
Powwow welcomes teachers and students
The drums are silent. The bleachers are empty. The grounds have been swept clean. Summer is fading and so to the powwow season is coming to an end on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Reaching out with healing hands
It doesn’t take a Christopher Columbus to figure out that it’s a long way from Twin Buttes to New Town, especially when you’re battling construction and oilfield traffic.
Trucker 101
Those of us who are old enough to remember the 70s can recall a TV show called Movin’ On, which starred Claude Akins as a crusty old truck driver teaching a young punk the ropes about handling a big rig.
Former Tribal chair passes away
The community of New Town and the Fort Berthold Reservation is mourning the death of a Tribal trailblazer. Alyce Spotted Bear passed away in Bismarck, Tuesday night, Aug. 13, following a struggle with cancer. She was 67.
