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Votes coming in for school bond issue
Absentee voters already weighing in before March 11 bond issue vote
Posted 2/18/14 (Tue)read more »
Cherry Creek misted in oil after blowout
Whiting Oil & Gas contractors work to clean up oil mist south of Watford
Posted 2/18/14 (Tue)read more »
Growing to meet the demand
Assembly of God adds 26,000-square foot addition to meet increased growth
Posted 2/18/14 (Tue)read more »
Cold temps cut oil production
State’s oil, gas production down for the first time since January of 2012
Posted 2/18/14 (Tue)read more »
BND approves loan for new healthcare facility
$12.5 million loan is first step of financing package
Posted 2/11/14 (Tue)read more »
City, RTC agree on purchase of land for water tower
The Watford City City Council hashed out details over a land bargain for one of the two new water towers at the Feb. 3, meeting.
Posted 2/11/14 (Tue)read more »
Wolf Run Village to be honored with Housing Production Award
Wolf Run Village will be the 2014 NDHFA Housing Production Award recipient
Posted 2/11/14 (Tue)read more »
Gas shortage effects more than half of U.S.
Propane becomes scarce as industry corn drying grows to get Ethanol gas
Posted 2/04/14 (Tue)read more »
Wanting a bigger slice of the oil revenue pie
McKenzie County sees less than seven percent of oil and gas revenue being sent to state returned for local use
Posted 2/04/14 (Tue)read more »
Saddle Up is newest addition to South Park
Saddle Up Western Wear opens new location in South Park Plaza
Posted 1/28/14 (Tue)read more »
Henrikson remains in custody; bond pending
A five-time convicted felon, James Henrikson, 34, of Watford City, remains in custody at the Burleigh County Detention Center in North Dakota on a firearms charge.
Posted 1/28/14 (Tue)read more »
Yes there is a Santa
QEP’s $515,000 HIF donation saves Arnegard’s housing project
Posted 1/28/14 (Tue)read more »
School board lowers new school bond to $27 million
Property owners in the McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 will be asked to pay a smaller portion of a new school building than originally estimated. During a special school board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 21, the board set the new bond levy at $27 million versus the $31.5 million levy that had been approved a week earlier.
Posted 1/28/14 (Tue)read more »
Watford man arrested on firearm charges
Henrikson is a person of interest in Washington murder
Posted 1/22/14 (Wed)read more »
Rodenbiker sworn in as state’s attorney
Posted 1/22/14 (Wed)read more »
School to ask voters to approve building bond
At the Monday, Jan. 13 McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 school board meeting, the board approved moving forward with a $31.5 million dollar bond for the new high school in the Fox Hills development.
Posted 1/22/14 (Wed)read more »
County leads the state in traffic fatalities two years in a row
24 die in 22 fatal crashes on McKenzie County roads in 2013
Posted 1/22/14 (Wed)read more »
Landfill adapts to more growth
The McKenzie County Landfill is one of the five largest landfills in North Dakota
Posted 1/15/14 (Wed)read more »
Police chief wants to return to street
Wellen asks city to find new police chief
Posted 1/15/14 (Wed)read more »
Action trumps talk as Watford City continues growth in 2014
City to see construction boom in 2014
Posted 1/15/14 (Wed)read more »
