5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (436+ words) John Bayer is a reporter and columnist for The Journal. I hear a lot of people say that don’t want data centers around. Those people, of course, are lying. These are the same people who go on ChatGPT to make…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (130+ words) The North Dakota Industrial Commission will hold a public hearing at 9:00 AM CDT Thursday, September 24, 2026 at N.D. Oil & Gas Division 1000 East Calgary Avenue Bismarck, North Dakota. At the hearing the Commission will receive testimony and exhibits. Persons with any interest in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (127+ words) When North Dakota emergency physician Dr. Jon Solberg agreed to be the first to cross Greenlandu2019s ice sheet by vehicle with six other adventurers in 2018, all the lessons heu2019d learned through life came to bear. From his earliest midwinter campouts in snow…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (280+ words) District 2 communities are being confronted with the possibility of hosting a data center, and residents have an important opportunity to drop in and ask questions, learn more and help shape the future of our area. An upcoming public open house…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (566+ words) Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Steve Andrist, Bismarck, is a former publisher of The Journal and the co-chair of the North Dakota News Cooperative board of directors. This is an experimental column. It’s not so much experimental because of the content, but because…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (132+ words) North Dakota’s oil patch is responding to strong prices with more drilling rigs, robust completion activity and a new record for natural gas production. Nathan Anderson, director of the state Department of Mineral Resources, on Thursday reported June oil output…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (132+ words) The Crosby Swimming Poolu2019s 2026 season was its best in recent history, according to the city park board president. u201cThis is the smoothest year this pool has had since it has been built,u201d President Patrick Wolf said at the park boardu2019s monthly meeting Aug....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (169+ words) Divide County commissioners plan to travel to Tioga on Sept. 14 for a public forum about data centers. County Land Use Administrator Shari Bublitz also plans to attend the forum, which is being organized by state Sen. Mark Enget, R-Powers Lake....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (387+ words) The ND250 Commission, administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, is leading the state’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Throughout American history, generations of citizens have answered a call greater than themselves. They…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (129+ words) Divide County is moving to eliminate building permit requirements for most agricultural structures, following a joint meeting between commissioners and the planning and zoning board to clarify their policy. The county commission joined the planning and zoning boardu2019s monthly meeting Friday…...