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7 businesses to join Bobcat at Northern Plains Commerce Centre

Not long ago, it looked like Bismarck’s investment in the Northern Plains Commerce Centre had gone bad. Industrial development had stalled after the city pumped millions of dollars into the … …

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7 businesses to join Bobcat at Northern Plains Commerce C...

Not long ago, it looked like Bismarck’s investment in the Northern Plains Commerce Centre had gone bad. Industrial development had stalled after the city pumped millions of dollars into the … …

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STATE POLITICS

(Submitted Photo) Water storage tanks in western North Dakota will be served by a new pipeline that was commissioned by the state Legislature during the 2011 session.

Water pipeline project underway, under fire

A $150 million water pipeline project that will bring clean drinking water to western North Dakota has surged forward despite a flood of concerns from independent water suppliers. The Western … …

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MANDAN NEWS

(Photo by Christi Stonecipher) Eve Kostelecky-Albrecht enjoys a coffee in her new clothing store, Brea, located in Mandan.

New clothing store brings California style to Mandan

It is rainy and cool outside, but stepping into Brea is like walking into the sunshine with its bright lights and displays of colorful clothes and strappy sandals. However, the … …

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ND in DC

(Submitted Photos) Pam Gulleson, Kevin Cramer and Brian Kalk are in a fundraising battle as they seek election to North Dakota's U.S. House seat.

National Democrats, PACs give big to Gulleson

Rick Berg’s decision to abandon his seat in the U.S. House and run for the Senate has opened the door to a whole new group of candidates seeking to join … …

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BUSINESS

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7 businesses to join Bobcat at Northern Plains Commerce C...

Not long ago, it looked like Bismarck’s investment in the Northern Plains Commerce Centre had gone bad. Industrial development had stalled after the city pumped millions of dollars into the … …

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PEOPLE

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Dakota Stage closes season with romantic comedy

Finding the right someone to spend your life with can be frustrating, tough, exhausting and time-consuming. But can it be funny? If you’re doing it at Dakota Stage, it certainly … …

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My review of Battleship without having bothered to see it

In the past, I’ve done a couple of reviews of movies on this here site, including The Avengers, The Hunger Games and Harry Potter and the Whatever the Title of the Last Harry Potter Movie Was, which were movie reviews in the sense that they were movies and I kind of just wrote stuff I was thinking about them without giving them grades or otherwise really doing anything besides being sarcastic. But to my credit, at least I’d seen those … …

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Mother’s Day is a good day to look at how life works it...

My daughter is a gift – the greatest gift of my life, without a doubt. That’s a big statement, but every tiny part of me knows it’s the total truth. My wife, my sweet Annette, gave me that gift; without her, my daughter wouldn’t exist. That’s more powerful than words express, and it puts her on a pedestal that no one else can ever reach, in my view. She is the mother of my child. Try and top that. Mother’s … …

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