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Christmas season off to a fast start
Parade of Lights kicks off Watford's holiday season
‘Giving Tree” offers a chance to help
Residents asked to help fill the needs of others this Christmas season
Healthcare system looking forward to growth
This past year’s accomplishments and the optimistic future of the McKenzie County Healthcare Systems (MCHS) were the highlights of this year’s 2014 Report to the Community luncheon and meeting that took place Friday, Nov. 21.
Parade of Lights to start Christmas season
Watford City kicks off holiday festivities
Bringing a new look to county commission
Skarda, Best will officially join the county commission in December
Bakken Oil Rush Ministry running out of funds
Immediate goal is to find a temporary building for Mobile Free Thrift Center
Board looks to build second elementary school
Existing school too small to meet new student growth
Drilling activity slows
Drilling begins shift to the “Heart of the Bakken”
Post Office is overwhelmed and understaffed leading into holidays
With the holidays fast approaching, the local Watford City Post Office is feeling the pressure of trying to adequately meet the needs of their customers with an insufficient amount of staffing and an enormous amount of mail volume.
Voters elect first female county commissoners
Schwartzenberger elected sheriff; Skarda, Best to serve on McKenzie County Board of County Commissioners; Republicans head to State Legislature
Woman arrested after shooting man in the face
Shooting incident results in four being arrested for involvement in drug ring
Brother, sister charged with kidnapping their uncle
Niece had uncle sign over oil well rights, loan her and her family more than $20,000 before kidnapping him
Watford City bypasses finally open
Opening of U.S. Highway 85 and N.D. 23 bypasses reroutes 5,000 trucks per day from city’s streets and intersections
Fedorenko earned a Purple Heart during Korean War
County commission, sheriff races will be key local races
Nov. 4 election will decide fate of state, local candidates
A lot is taking shape in Watford City’s ‘backyard’
Over $110 million in housing projects currently underway in 10 subdivisions
Sanford donates $1 million to new hospital in Watford
A healthcare partnership in Watford City is expanding to greatly enhance growing community’s needs
Falling oil prices could hurt state’s drilling activity
McKenzie County will be least impacted as oil prices fall
Four-story office building going up on Watford’s Main Street
Developer breaks ground on 40,000 square foot new office, retail building
Work begins on new high school
With footings and foundation work underway for the new Watford City High School, members of the McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 School Board spent last Monday discussing options that they have to increase the maximum capacity of the school to 800 students.
Levang named healthcare system’s Woman of Excellence
Levang credits the MCHS staff for being the ‘glue of the organization’
County okays $188.8 million budget
With budget approval, county plans to add 45 full-time employees to staff
City approves record $104 million budget
The Watford City City Council gave its go-ahead to spending $77 million to construct a new wastewater treatment facility and a new community Events Center.
A crime that affects not only the victim, but the community
Domestic violence becoming a bigger problem throughout the oil patch
Costly road closures
Rain-closed roads cost the state’s oilfield over $50 million per day
Firefighters give of their time to serve their community
Watford City volunteer firefighters are on pace for responding to approximately 275 to 300 calls by the end of 2014.
40 percent of Watford elementary students considered “homeless”
Lack of permanent housing and living conditions of many area residents are factors in “homeless” classification
$500,000 donation ‘kicks off’ healthcare system’s fund drive
First International Bank & Trust makes its largest donation to any single community project