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North Dakota has continued to produce more than a million barrels of oil a day, according to the most recent state
report released
in February.
Four years ago, 64 rigs were actively drilling in the oil field in North Dakota. As of Tuesday, 17 rigs were actively drilling.
The current downturn has had an impact on North Dakota’s oil patch but yet the state produced 1.083 million barrels of oil a day in February, the most recent numbers released by the state last month.
“Right now it’s all about staying within cash flow and staying within trying to survive and trying to restore some economic strength,” said Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council in Bismarck.
Manitoba teachers will soon be able to get their vaccines south of the border.
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Teachers and education workers in the province will soon be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines under Manitoba and North Dakota s Essential Workers Cross-Border Vaccination Initiative.
Premier Brian Pallister announced Thursday that the expanded program would allow those sector workers to join truckers, and drive across the international boundary to get their shot and come home. The isolation requirements that are normally there for people that return from the United States will not apply.remembering that the way this will work is that the person will go across the border, get a vaccine and must come immediately back, they re not going shopping in Grand Forks - let s be clear about that, says Pallister.
Hoeven presses corps to support continued operation of Dakota Access Pipeline
Alex Finken
Office of John Hoven
Senator John Hoeven this week pressed Brigadier General Peter Helmlinger, Commander of the Northwestern Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to help ensure the continued operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The senator stressed the impact a shutdown would have on the State of North Dakota and the Three Affiliated Tribes, which rely on DAPL for the safe and efficient transportation of Bakken crude to market.
Today’s conversation builds on Hoeven’s recent efforts to maintain the operation of DAPL. This includes the senator hand-delivering to President Biden letters from Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox and North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, emphasizing the need to keep DAPL operational while the Army Corps of Engineers completes its court-ordered review. The senator has also repeatedly spoken with Army Corps Chief Lieutenan
By Pat Sweeney
An alumnus of Williston State College is the new
president of the college.
Dr. Bernell Hirning was appointed today (Thu) by the State Board of Higher Education.
Hirning most recently spent 18 years as associate vice president of the northern region at National University in Fresno, California. He previously worked three years as a business professor at Mayville State.
Hirning grew up in Mott (ND). He got his associate degree at Williston State in 1985…his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Minot State…and his PhD at Capella University in Minneapolis.
Hirning begins his new job on July 1
North Dakota passes education bill SB#2304
Law requires all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools include curriculum on Native American history
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(Photo: courtesy National Indian Education Association)
Law requires all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools include curriculum on Native American history
News Release
National Indian Education Association
On Friday, April 23, 2021 Governor Doug Burgum signed the flagship education act, North Dakota Senate Bill 2304, into law requiring all elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools in the state to include curriculum on Native American history that will become effective on August 1, 2021.
Passed by the 67
th Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota in a 76-16 vote on April 19, 2021, the Bill sets a new precedent in the state of North Dakota and serves as an example of tribal-state partnerships in advancing Native education for all. The Bill includes an active timeline for i