In a 3-2 vote, the Fargo City Commission approved a 2025 budget that grows 11% over this year’s budget and provides 4.5% raises for city staff. Mayor Tim Mahoney claimed…
Look to Europe for a taste of the U.S.’ future — give or take a few years. Today, the United Kingdom’s last coal plant goes offline. The birthplace of coal-fired…
The House passed H.R. 8790, the “Fix Our Forests Act,” which intends to reduce the risk of wildfires and promote forest health. Projects proposed to thin overgrown forests of fuel through…
On November 5, North Dakota voters will once again be presented with the choice to legalize recreational-use marijuana in North Dakota. Previous ballot initiatives have been presented, and have failed,…
After years of declining enrollment on some state campuses, the number of students attending North Dakota colleges and universities shot up more than three percent this fall. The Grand Forks…
The Wall Street Journal published an article last week titled “Renewables, and Good Luck, Prop Up Power Grid Through Extreme Heat.” The authors are right that ‘good luck’ is propping up…
Representatives of the Department of Energy and Department of Commerce told attendees at RE+, an energy trade conference recently held in Southern California, that the U.S. solar supply chain faces severe hurdles.…
The respected national financial firm Moody’s has lowered the city of Fargo’s credit outlook from stable to negative, increasing pressure on city commissioners to take another look at cuts to…
Constellation Energy and Microsoft announced an agreement last Friday to restart Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It’s a victory for reliable energy and shows the…
Over the past 24 months, with little fanfare, more than 423,000 Haitian nationals are known to have entered the United States. The island nation has a population of around 11…
Last month, my 2004 Ford Expedition wouldn’t start in a grocery store parking lot. I troubled a helpful stranger for a jump start with no success. I had it towed…
Unlike the assassination attempt of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania in July, authorities have released very few details on the assassination attempt against President Trump this past Sunday in West Palm…
A North Dakota judge has temporarily blocked a new Bureau of Land Management rule that would restrict natural gas venting and flaring. The injunction would block enforcement of the rule in North Dakota, Montana,…
Two weeks after city commissioners passed an ordinance banning camping on city property, Fargo police have started implementing the measure. While the camping ban officially went on the books, commissioners…
The U.S. is seeing growth in electricity demand for the first time in a decade thanks to new pressures like data centers and artificial intelligence. ICF, a strategic consulting firm, expects a…
The free-for-all over Fargo’s next proposed city budget may be getting most of the limelight, particularly since city commissioners voted to eliminate the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Department, among other…