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Voters to fill city, school seats in June election
McKenzie County voters will be asked to decide on who they want to serve on their city councils, park boards, and school boards in the June 14 election.
Posted 6/01/16 (Wed)read more »
Alexander museum to house Link exhibit
Arthur Link was a McKenzie County home-town boy.
Posted 6/01/16 (Wed)read more »
Zubke family still seeking closure
Grassy Butte soldier went MIA during Vietnam War in March of 1971
Posted 5/24/16 (Tue)read more »
Oil production continues its downward slide
McKenzie County’s production of oil and gas still on upward trend
Posted 5/24/16 (Tue)read more »
Dental clinic under new ownership
Dr. Monty Bulzomi purchases Maisey Dental, renames as Legendary Smiles
Posted 5/24/16 (Tue)read more »
City has no money for golf course expansion project
After eight years of planning and design work, Fox Hills Golf Course will remain nine-hole course for now
Posted 5/17/16 (Tue)read more »
Board okays $140,000 for new elementary school design
Enrollment growth will determine if school moves forward with the building of second elementary school
Posted 5/17/16 (Tue)read more »
County: State needs better monitoring of radioactive waste
McKenzie County officials aren’t happy with the way that the North Dakota Dept. of Health is monitoring the landfills in the state that are accepting radioactive waste.
Posted 5/17/16 (Tue)read more »
Residents cry foul over bad gas smell
The smell of leaking H2S from oil wells in the Keene area has residents concerned for their safety.
Posted 5/17/16 (Tue)read more »
Alexander museum at risk of closing down
Lewis & Clark Trail Museum faces hard times with aging building and lack of people willing to serve on board
Posted 5/10/16 (Tue)read more »
City moves forward with WAWSA baseline agreement
City agrees to forego approximately $800,000 in lost water sales revenue to help WAWSA meet bond payments
Posted 5/10/16 (Tue)read more »
Coming together for a good cause
Picnic in the Parking Lot raises $8,500 for Bakken Oil Rush Ministry
Posted 5/03/16 (Tue)read more »
Recycling project to start in Watford
Pilot program will start with collection of cardboard boxes, office paper
Posted 5/03/16 (Tue)read more »
Woman charged with Reckless Endangerment
A 28-year-old Alexander woman was arrested and charged with a handful of offenses following an incident with her ex-boyfriend early Thursday morning, April 21.
Posted 5/03/16 (Tue)read more »
Protesting more radioactive waste
County residents fear proposal to increase radioactive material standards at solid waste disposal site north of Alexander would harm lives, water supplies
Posted 4/26/16 (Tue)read more »
County wants funds held in escrow by defunct man camp
Commissioners want to make sure they have funds needed to clean up site
Posted 4/26/16 (Tue)read more »
Oil production leveling off
After several months of decline, North Dakota’s oil production has started to level off
Posted 4/26/16 (Tue)read more »
Farmers get an early jump on spring seeding
Low wheat prices have farmers planting other crops
Posted 4/19/16 (Tue)read more »
Prairie Rose Gala to raise funds for nature park project
Posted 4/19/16 (Tue)read more »
Taxable sales plummet in 2015
Watford City, McKenzie County’s taxable sales down 27 percent from 2014 to 2015
Posted 4/19/16 (Tue)read more »
