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Hamm fundraising for Cramer

BISMARCK – The 4,000 attendees of the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference received a letter as they walked in Wednesday from Harold Hamm, chairman and CEO of Continental Resources Inc., inviting them to a fundraiser for Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer, who is running for Congress as a Republican.

• Harold Hamm, Kevin Cramer and Tony La Russa
• Population boom next for North Dakota?
• Hamm gives $1 million to Romney campaign

Population boom next for North Dakota? Official says state could reach 1 million people by 2015

Official says state could reach 1 million people by 2015
BISMARCK – Oil development could push North Dakota’s population to 1 million people, the state’s director of mineral resources said Wednesday as one of his predictions for the state’s future.

• Hamm gives $1 million to Romney campaign
• Hamm fundraising for Cramer

Williston oil conference draws global interest

Registrations expected to easily surpass 4,000 today, Thursday
BISMARCK – Tuesday was supposed to be a warm-up day for the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference. But by late afternoon, the total number of registrations passed 3,861 people and is expected to easily surpass 4,000 today and Thursday.

Faces of the boom: Minot native puts oil investments to work

Returns home from Wall Street to form successful energy business
WILLISTON, N.D. - John Zimmerman brings his Wall Street expertise to North Dakota oil fields.

• John Zimmerman

Bakken summit draws excited developers

Collaborative effort needed to meet housing needs, attendee says
WILLISTON, N.D. – During the Bakken Housing Summit, Salt Lake City real estate developer Michael Milner sent this text to his colleague: Think big! Think real! Think fun!

$3 million directed for subsidized law enforcement housing

AG says agencies in Oil Patch getting applicants, but they can’t afford housing
WILLISTON, N.D. – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced Wednesday he’s directing $3 million from the state’s share of a lawsuit settlement to subsidize housing for law enforcement in the Oil Patch.

• Bakken’s slogan: Build, baby, build

Bakken’s slogan: Build, baby, build

Housing summit calls for 5,000 homes in 24 months
More than 350 people from 33 states are attending the sold-out summit, representing developers, builders, investors and others in the construction industry.

• Home construction
• $3 million directed for subsidized law enforcement housing

North Dakota Highway Patrol watches Oil Patch intersections from the air

WILLISTON, N.D. – The next time you blow through a stop sign, the Highway Patrol could be watching from the sky.

Faces of the Boom: Persistence pays off for Oil Patch job seeker (with video)

WILLISTON, N.D. - Twenty-year-old Justin Day moved to North Dakota with no oil field experience. A month later, Day has a job that could pay him six figures this year.

• Justin Day, 20, of Salem, Ore.
• Bismarck booked for big 3-day oil expo
• 'Life in The Patch' - An inside look at the oil boom in Tioga, N.D. ... and even Minot

North Dakota works to minimize oil impact to state parks

LEWIS AND CLARK STATE PARK, N.D. – Sit down for a picnic at Lewis and Clark State Park, and you almost forget about the Bakken.

• Priscilla Distelvelt, right
• Map: Lewis and Clark State Park

Columns

Higher Education Notebook: MSCTC named among top 10 percent of community colleges

Minnesota State Community and Technical College is among the top 10 percent of community colleges in the country, according to the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher education notebook: NDSU students are big on giving

FARGO - Hundreds of North Dakota State University students will give back to the community in a big way this week.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher Education Notebook: NDSU provost finalists begin campus visits

FARGO - The search for a new North Dakota State University provost and vice president for academic affairs enters the final four this week.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher Education Notebook: Tri-College University to limit course exchanges

The Tri-College University is changing the way it allows students to do course exchanges with other campuses.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher education notebook: NDSU to host international conference

An international physics conference that was most recently held in Rome and Beijing will be in Fargo this summer. North Dakota State University will host the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics conference Aug. 8-12.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher Education Notebook: MSUM film wins first place in nation

A 2010 television documentary produced by students at Minnesota State University Moorhead has won a national award.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher education notebook: Student campaign aims to improve financial literacy

Improving students’ financial literacy is the focus of a campaign by Minnesota State University Moorhead public relations students.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher Education Notebook: NDSU reaches highest ranking for research school

North Dakota State University has joined an elite group. NDSU is now categorized as a research university with “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher education notebook: NDSU offers students new Advising Resource Center

A new resource for North Dakota State University students aims to improve student success.

• Amy Dalrymple

Higher Education Notebook: MnSCU chancellor finalists will be announced Monday

Finalists for chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system will be announced Monday morning.

• Amy Dalrymple