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Top Home Trends for 2013
Outdoor living areas and screened in porches Some homeowners have taken outdoor living and relaxing to new heights these days. A trend that has started to emerge with more force in the last five ye...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 8:35 AM
Students: tour the mine, eat free food!
Each year, as part of their youth education program, Dakota Valley Electric and Basin Electric Power Cooperative offer assistance to school districts wishing to tour the Antelope Valley coal-based gen...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 11:42 AM
Got a farmer in your family? Now's the time to nag.
Days begin at 4:30 a.m. and end after a sullen and nostalgic gaze at our sleeping children. He knows not what day it is, mondaytuesdaysaturday, they all run together. My husband, likely like someone i...
Posted on 5/14/13 at 9:38 AM
Legislative notebook: House, Senate look to the sun for power
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Minnesotans could sell solar power to electric utilities under a bill the House passed 70-63 late Tuesday. They pay someone who has solar on their house just what the ...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:29 AM
The Guys
How do I even begin to describe the voices I hear or the knowledge I am asked to pass on to my clients? Maybe I should start by how I incorporate Their words into my Work. I affectionately call a b...
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:03 PM
Site plan approved for natural gas processing plant in northwest ND
BISMARCK — An energy company has received approval to start construction of a new natural gas processing plant in northwestern North Dakota.By Associated Press , May 23, 2013
VIDEO: House passes GOP bill to speed Keyston XL pipeline approval
WASHINGTON – House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review. The bill was approved, 241-175, largely along party lines.By By Matthew Daly, Associated Press , May 22, 2013
Watford City co-op selling water to oil companies for fracking draws ire
WATFORD CITY, N.D. – In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: “Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting.”By By Ernest Scheyder, Reuters , May 21, 2013
Franken challenges Energy Department on gas prices
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Al Franken is blaming the recent spike in Minnesota gas prices in part on the Department of Energy’s decision to stop publishing refinery maintenance reports two years ago.By Forum News Service , May 21, 2013
US boom transforming global oil trade 
NEW YORK — The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market.
By Associated Press , May 14, 2013
5 companies look to build wind projects in North Dakota 
GRAND FORKS – Five companies have told North Dakota regulators that they plan to begin constructing wind farms this year that would generate up to 686 megawatts of electricity.
By Associated Press , May 04, 2013
Refinery groundbreaking set for next month 
MAKOTI, N.D. — The Three Affiliated Tribes has announced that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for North Dakota's newest refinery next month.
By Associated Press , April 29, 2013
30 percent of ND natural gas flared; health agency says that's acceptable 
BISMARCK — More than 30 percent of North Dakota's natural gas production is being burned off because development of the pipelines and processing facilities needed to handle it has not kept pace with production.
By Associated Press , April 26, 2013
Property values climbing in western ND oil town 
WILLISTON, N.D. - Williston’s housing market continues to march full steam ahead.
By Jenna Ebersole, Williston Herald , April 23, 2013
Southern Minn. ethanol plant shuts down again 
MINNEAPOLIS — A recently reopened southern Minnesota ethanol plant has shut down again, and its top executives have been fired amid a bitter bankruptcy fight.
By Associated Press , April 23, 2013
ND Oil Patch cleanup effort to begin in New Town 
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Petroleum Council's so-called Pick Up the Patch is slated to begin Tuesday in New Town.
By Associated Press , April 23, 2013
EPA again questions proposed Keystone XL pipeline 
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
By Associated Press , April 23, 2013
Drop in gas prices benefits US drivers, economy 
NEW YORK — A sharp decline in the price of oil this month is making gasoline cheaper at a time of year when it typically gets more expensive. It's a relief to motorists and business owners and a positive development for the economy.
By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
Shirvani pushed for UND campus in Oil Patch 
GRAND FORKS – A proposed University of North Dakota campus in the heart of the state’s Oil Patch made it as far as committee hearings in Bismarck, but won’t get funding this legislative session.
By By Jennifer Johnson, Forum News Service , April 14, 2013
Fargo woman finds success with rig photos for oil companies 
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , April 14, 2013
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