Local, state and federal agencies responded in April to the Horse Pasture Fire on the Little Missouri National Grassland, located just north of Theodore Roosevelt National Park – North Unit, that burned 5,000 acres. Extreme drought has exacerbated the fire threat in western North Dakota this year, where McKenzie County is experiencing its fifth driest year in 127 years. PHOTO COURTESY NEAL A. SHIPMAN/MCKENZIE COUNTY FARMER

After watching his father fight fires in western North Dakota during a 20-year firefighting career, Eric Hellandsaas learned a thing or two about s

Josh Kramer

A few months back, our editor, Cally Peterson, shared with me a story idea chronicling her personal experience as an 11-year-old in our nation’s ca

Sloane McCray

Throughout human history, the acquisition of knowledge was a tedious and most painful objective.

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PHEASANTS

Al Gustin

Drought is depressing. Drought is different than other natural disasters. Hail, tornadoes, flash floods – they often come with little warning.

Sarah Schaper, age 11

AROMATIC CATCH

Al Gustin

Our daughter in New York sent me a BBC article she came across about the future of farming.

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Have I mentioned I hate math?

Edgeley/Kulm/Montpelier's Alex Huber (24) lays one up against Grafton defenders in the semifinal game of the 2021 North Dakota State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament. Huber and the Rebels went on to win the game by three points, earning a place in the state championship game. Photo courtesy Rhonda Tjernlund/Tjernlund Photography

That’s when Edgeley and Kulm shook hands to form the first of an ever-expanding sports co-op that eventually stretched to Montpelier for basketball

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I thought, too, of ranch wives as business partners. Our neighbor married a small-town girl from Minnesota.