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In her 46th year of teaching, Sharon Klein remembers the first computers incorporated into her curriculum and the introduction of the internet.

Now, artificial intelligence (AI) is streaming into her classroom.

When the English teacher first encountered ChatGPT in 2023, “cheating” was her first thought, but she has changed her mind.

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From the oil pumped in western North Dakota to the light switch flicked on and off many times a day, technology is interwoven into society.

When the coordinator of the writing program at the University of North Dakota (UND), Anna Marie Kinney, goes to buy a hardcover book from the store – seemingly un-technological – she drives her car with her phone’s GPS. Once there, she pays with a credit card.

North Dakota Living was once again amazed by the photo entries for the second annual photo contest! There were 600 entries, double last year’s amount.

From North Dakota skies to North Dakota people and more, the photos captured North Dakota in all its beauty. The judges remarked how difficult it was to choose the winners.

Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to the winners of the 2026 North Dakota Living Photo Contest!

Beyond supporting North Dakota’s economy and feeding the world, farming and ranching is a lifestyle – and livelihood. It is a legacy built on generations of hard work, sacrifice and success.

To protect this legacy and family farms and ranches around the state, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension, in partnership with North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU), has developed succession planning workshops to help families transition operations to the next generation.

Both tariffs and electricity have been in the news a lot this year.

The president’s “America First” trade policies have led to new and increased tariffs on specific imports and entire countries.

Meanwhile, U.S. electric demand has soared to the highest levels seen in two decades.

Vietnam War veteran David “Dave” Logosz of Dickinson (read his story here) was one of 227 veterans from North Dakota who traveled to Washington, D.C., in September on the all-expenses-paid Western ND Honor Flight.

“It was quite an honor to go on the Honor Flight, and I would recommend it to every veteran to go, if possible,” he says. “It was very uplifting.”

The Western ND Honor Flight transports America’s veterans on all-expenses-paid trips to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials built to honor those who have served and sacrificed for the country.
 

HOW TO APPLY AND DONATE
Visit westernndhf.org to apply for your veteran or yourself, to donate today, volunteer or find Western ND Honor Flight events near you.

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam conflict, which concluded with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.

U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began in the 1950s and greatly escalated in 1965. In total, more than 8.7 million Americans served in the military during the Vietnam era, 2.7 million of whom were deployed to Vietnam.