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Growing to meet a bigger congregation
Mormons to build 16,000-square foot meetinghouse
Burgum names Sanford as running mate
Brent Sanford, Watford City’s mayor, has been selected by Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum as his lieutenant governor running mate in North Dakota’s June 14 Primary Election.
Putting value of care above volume of care
McKenzie County Healthcare System joins pilot program to provide better, more cost-effective care to Medicare patients
Gearing up for kindergarten
Elementary program designed to help reduce student, parent anxiety
Filing deadline looms for local elections
Candidates for city, county and school positions have until April 11 to file necessary paperwork
Traumatic brain injury has forever changed Omlid’s life
Family struggles to find support to provide the 24/7 care needed for Omlid following motor vehicle accident
Conference room named in honor of fallen police officer
Keith Braddock, a 16½-year veteran of Watford City Police Department, was slain in line of duty 20 years ago
Deputy pleads not guilty to Reckless Endangerment
Cpl. Travis Bateman was accused of purposefully hitting a speeding motorcyclist with his patrol vehicle following a high speed pursuit
Watford City teen charged following weekend shooting
A Watford City teen, Colton DeFoe, has been charged with two counts of Reckless Endangerment and one count of Criminal Mischief following a shooting at Tobacco Gardens
County imposes fire ban
Two grass fires on March 13 burn over 1,100 acres in McKenzie County
County gets tough on water pipeline companies
Companies without Conditional Use Permits have until March 22 to come into compliance or face injunction, lawsuit or pipeline removal
Park to see $670,000 expansion
Park District renames Nature Park, the Kent Pelton Nature Park
Feeling the pinch of fewer city sales tax dollars
Roughrider Fund Committee puts a hold on future projects
State’s oil production continues downward slide
While oil prices started showing signs of a minor rebound in March, low oil prices in January continued to have a downward effect on the state’s oil production
Bakken Oil Rush Ministry hanging on by a thread
Without funding, ministry that has served over 1,100 families could close
Radioactive waste landfill in county raises concerns
Indian Hills Disposal Solids Management LLC, an oilfield landfill located just north of Alexander, is the first facility in North Dakota to propose accepting radioactive waste under new rules.
Construction of $29.9 million Phase II of roadway to begin this Spring
Kinder Morgan contributed $300,000 to McKenzie County Healthcare Systems’ (MCHS) new medical campus
Foreman pleads guilty to sex abuse
Watford City man faces three more charges of sexual abuse of a child