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STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH WITH FORUM COMMUNICATIONS' AMY DALRYMPLE Faces of the Boom: Dickinson woman proud to return to N.D. oil industry
NEW TOWN, N.D. -- Erin Wanner grew up in a family that owned an oil service company, but she never thought about the industry as a career option for herself. That all changed after the Dickinson nati...
Posted on 6/17/13 at 12:07 AM
THE NEW FORTY A lesser of evils?
I like the slideshow presentations regularly found in cyberspace that give you short lists of tips. It is like an old school Reader's Digest version - a short, concise summary with pictures. That is m...
Posted on 6/2/13 at 9:58 PM
INNER FOCUS Vegetarian Broccoli Cheese Soup
I have a teensy tiny confession to make. I, um, miscalculated the amount of cheese needed for this recipe and ended up doubling what the recipe calls for. It was really oooey-gooey cheesy good though....
Posted on 5/5/13 at 4:29 PM
REAL OILFIELD WIVES Managing the Kids While Your Husband is Away
How many times has someone told you, "I don't know how you do it!" and you just laugh it off and say it's not that bad. What they don't know is that you are quite possibly on the verge of a breakdow...
Posted on 3/21/13 at 7:21 AM
STAFF BLOG THE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY Real Oilfield Wives and more new blogs!
It's been awhile since I've given you my recommendations for new blogs to check out here on Areavoices. But three new blogs have crossed my path and I felt compelled to share them. The first is calle...
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:01 PM
Miss North Dakota organizers make adjustments to deal with oil boom 
WILLISTON, N.D. – As the young women wearing crowns filed into Wildcat Pizza here, every head turned.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , June 05, 2013
Faces of the Boom: Busy barber finds new home in Williston
WILLISTON, N.D. – During the first four minutes of his workday Friday, Williston barber Jason Johnson had five walk-in customers.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , June 02, 2013
In ND oil country, farmers frustrated by dust
DICKINSON, N.D. – Western North Dakota has been getting a big splash of Mother Nature’s dust control – in the form of more than 2 inches of rain in the past three days, according to the National Weather Service – but that doesn’t mean it won’t be an issue when the rain stops and the prairie dries.
By Katherine Grandstrand, Forum News Service , June 02, 2013
Home Depot to open store in Williston
WILLISTON, N.D. – Home Depot announced that it will open a satellite store in Williston this summer, a signal to local officials that other big-box retailers could be on the way.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 30, 2013
Dalrymple column: Highway safety hot topic out west
I feared that driving from Williston to Watford City in heavy rain Thursday on a deadly stretch of Oil Patch highway to a news conference on road safety might make me another statistic.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 30, 2013
ND company proposes $650M natural gas pipeline to Moorhead
BISMARCK — Bismarck-based WBI Energy Inc. said Thursday that it is gauging demand for a pipeline to move natural gas from western North Dakota's booming oil patch.
By Associated Press , May 30, 2013
ND trucker punished for illegal salt water dumping
BISMARCK — A Dickinson truck driver has been sentenced for illegally dumping salt water in the western North Dakota oil patch, a case that Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says is a first for the state.
By Associated Press , May 29, 2013
Victim identified in death at ND oil rig was father of 3
POWERS LAKE, N.D. -- The man who died over the weekend in an accident at a drilling rig site was identified today as Coby Thibodeaux, 35, Eunice, La., the Burke County Sheriff’s Office said.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 29, 2013
Court ruling scraps $20 million project to ship ND oil on Mississippi River
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A proposed $20 million project to ship crude oil from North Dakota down the Mississippi River is unlikely to go forward as a result of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling Tuesday blocking the use of eminent domain by a port authority.
By Associated Press , May 29, 2013
Death at northwestern ND oil rig investigated
BOWBELLS, N.D. — Authorities are investigating a death at an oil rig in northwestern North Dakota.
By Associated Press , May 28, 2013
North Dakota Oil Patch not Wild West, researcher says
WILLISTON, N.D. – Police activity is busier in western North Dakota, but it’s not the Wild West, says a researcher studying the impact of the oil boom on law enforcement.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 27, 2013
Western ND rookie cops get ‘thrown into the mix’
WILLISTON, N.D. – Cops in the Oil Patch say one year of experience there is what they’d see in five years elsewhere.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 27, 2013
Williams County cracks down on crew camps where two homicides, stabbing have occurred
WILLISTON, N.D. – Oil-field crew camps where two homicides and a stabbing have occurred need to beef up security or be forced to shut down, according to Williams County officials.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 26, 2013
After stint in oil industry, Williston cop returns to force
WILLISTON, N.D. – High wages in the oil industry lured Williston police Officer Caleb Fry away from his calling.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 26, 2013
Three North Dakotans among latest Bush Fellows
GRAND FORKS – International refugees resettled in Fargo, American Indians living in Bismarck and North Dakotans wrestling with effects of an oil boom and looking to boom-experienced Norway for sage advice – all are subjects to be tackled by some of the latest recipients of Bush Fellowships, given to people working to solve community problems.
By Chuck Haga, Forum News Service , May 25, 2013
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