Brenda and Matt McCasson

When you walk into Velva Fresh Foods, it feels like a small-town hug.

Members of the Future of Local News Initiative

“It’s such an interesting and unusual and walled-off world for independent newspaper owners.

Connie Bitz

Constance “Connie” Bitz, an electric cooperative leader from LaMoure and champion of rural co-ops, was named the 2026 Gaylord Olson Cooperator by t

Al Gustin

The U.S. administration has announced what it calls its Farmer Bridge Assistance Program.

Joanie McCormack

I sit in guidance class, scanning the careers that match my personality according to the test I took.

powerline

Forecasted rising electricity demand and a continued shift in the resource mix will affect the bulk power system (BPS) this winter, electric reliab

Swedish Meatball Bake

Capital Electric Cooperative director and rancher Sara Vollmer shares favorite family recipes from a cookbook she created for her daughters, “The F

Adrianna Aguayo and Cole Edwardson

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.

Duncan Marquart and Eric Sieg

Seventeen North Dakotans recently completed yearslong apprenticeships – requiring thousands of hours of on-the-job training – in the electric trade

Troy and Sara Vollmer

Sara Vollmer is living out her dream. “You can’t not love the ranch,” she says.