Capital Electric Cooperative First Leased Its Electric Vehicle, a Chevy Bolt, in 2015 to Better Understand the Technology for Its Members. Photo Courtesy Greg Wheeler/basin Electric Power Cooperative

Why should I care about my energy footprint?

Brooklyn Hager, 15, is a freshman at Rugby High School, where she is involved in cross-country, volleyball, basketball and softball. She enjoys sports, writing and photography. Brooklyn is the daughter of Dustin and Angela Hager, members of North Central Electric Cooperative.

Have you ever been outside late at night and seen the sky full of bright, shining stars? How about a meteor shower or the dancing northern lights?

Al Gustin

You may have noticed all the semitrucks hauling hay last fall and this winter. That’s not surprising, given the 2021 drought.

Photos Courtesy N.d. Game and Fish Department

Before waters hardened, signaling the start of the state’s ice fishing season, Greg Power, N.D.

Josh Kramer

I recently read an article in which a large national food distributor proclaimed its “big step” toward reducing its carbon footprint.

Al Gustin

I was anxious to see the county-by-county figures from the 2020 North Dakota census.

Brittnee Wilson, who works in communications at Northern Plains Electric Cooperative in Cando, attends a Co-op Web Builder training workshop in October 2019 for regional co-op communicators from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming. The training was conducted by Touchstone Energy Cooperatives’ Sean Walker and sponsored by the N.D. Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. Photos by NDAREC/John Kary

Josh Kramer

As you grow older, time seems to speed up.