Month: August 2016

Note: This story has been updated since it was originally posted Friday evening. Late Friday, North Dakota's governor, Jack Dalrymple, declared that a state of emergency existed in south central North Dakota, due to a large gathering, in temporary campgrounds, of opponents of the placement of the Dakota Access Pipeline under the Missouri River on … Continue reading Sorting Out the Good Guys and the Bad Guys: Pipeline Project in Limbo

Here’s how Darrell Dorgan described the events on North Dakota Highway 1806 south of Mandan this afternoon: “140 years ago, the Sioux took down Custer and the 7th Cavalry. Today, the Sioux took down the North Dakota Highway Patrol. But this time, the Highway Patrol was smart enough to get the hell out of there … Continue reading Learning From History: No Bloodshed This Time