UPDATE: At 2:13 today the North Dakota Senate killed HB 1255 by a vote of 6-41. But the battle's not over. Now we have to get money into the appropriations bill. Read on for the full story. I’m writing this story early Monday morning. I’m writing two lead paragraphs, one of which I will use … Continue reading Will We Defund Prairie Public?
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Is The Fish and Wildlife Service Office Threatened With Closure?
It’s beginning to look like the rumors on the street are true: The Trump-Musk-Burgum administration is setting the wheels in motion to close the North Dakota office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Bismarck. I’m told that about half a dozen “probationary” employees—those who … Continue reading Is The Fish and Wildlife Service Office Threatened With Closure?
A Modest Proposal (With Apologies To Jonathan Swift)
I’m going to write about Daylight Savings Time today. Let me say at the outset that I don’t like Daylight Savings Time. I am a morning person. I like it when the sun is up before me, so I can spend most of my time in the daylight. I am also old, and go to … Continue reading A Modest Proposal (With Apologies To Jonathan Swift)
Halfway Through A Winter Odyssey
For most of the last ten days there was at least 100 degrees difference in the temperature where I was eating, sleeping, and playing, and the temperature in my back yard in Bismarck. The colors are different too. White where I came from, green where I am now. That’s the reason Lillian and I came … Continue reading Halfway Through A Winter Odyssey
Tom Robbins Is Dead. Dang.
But Tom Robbins lived a long time. He was 92 when he died Sunday. Still . . . I wish he’d written just one more book. I could never get enough of him. I never met Tom Robbins. But I came close. It was long ago, back in 1990 or ‘91, when I was North … Continue reading Tom Robbins Is Dead. Dang.
Monday Morning Musings
A few years ago, Lillian and her sister and her niece took a long trip to England, about three weeks, I think. About two weeks in, I was folding laundry one morning, and when I was done, I looked down and noticed the laundry was all mine. Not a single thing of hers. … Continue reading Monday Morning Musings
‘The Future Of The Common People’
A little while ago I inherited a collection of North Dakota History magazines from some really old (well, older than me) neighbors, who moved away to assisted living and had to disperse a lot of things they had collected over the years. Some date back to as early as 1973. I aleady have a bunch … Continue reading ‘The Future Of The Common People’
Focus On Education
(My friend Darrell Dorgan is comfortably ensconced in his condo in south Florida, spending his days walking his dog Coco on the beach, but, as a lifelong newsman in North Dakota, he's keeping up with the news back home in Bismarck. He spent some time last week digging into what's going on in the North … Continue reading Focus On Education
Ukrainian swimmer gliding to success for DHS
DHS junior swimmer Bohdan Shevchenko prepares for his race at the West River Community Center. I'm reprinting this story from The Dickinsn Press. It's one of the most heart-warming stories I've found in a newspaper in a long, long time. By Jacob Cheris The Dickinson Press January 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM DICKINSON — DHS junior … Continue reading Ukrainian swimmer gliding to success for DHS
‘The New Boy Just Could Not Sing’
The new Bob Dylan movie (which was excellent) has generated a lot of talk about Bob, and newspapers and magazines are writing about it a lot. Here in North Dakota, The Forum has done a few stories, because Dylan did a brief stopover there between Hibbing and New York. He played with a couple of … Continue reading ‘The New Boy Just Could Not Sing’
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