• North Dakota tribe hopes for shift with new leader

    North Dakota tribe hopes for shift with new leader

    Mark Fox is officially the leader of North Dakota's oil-rich Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation after he was sworn in Wednesday afternoon in New Town.

    November 06, 2014 8:48 am
  • The movement of rigs

    The movement of rigs

    Three plays at the forefront of near record rig activity

    November 05, 2014 3:18 pm
  • Waking the Sleeping Giant

    Waking the Sleeping Giant

    With all eyes on the Williston Basin's Bakken and Three Forks formations, attempts to drill four natural gas wells in Emmons and McIntosh coun…

    November 05, 2014 2:27 pm

Latest Energy News

Ground broken for $57 million high school in Williston

Construction is underway on a $57 million high school in Williston to accommodate a rapidly growing student body.

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Devils Lake, BNSF reach deal on train speeds

Train speeds were to begin increasing through Devils Lake on Wednesday under a deal between the city and BNSF Railway.

November 05, 2014 10:45 am

Williams County voters OK sales tax for safety

Williams County residents have approved spending more money on law enforcement.

November 05, 2014 10:42 am

Latest Energy News

Development grows at fast pace in Watford City

Watford City and McKenzie County officials recently took a bus tour to see what’s growing in their back yard.

November 05, 2014 1:16 am

Fox wins tribal chairman race

Mark Fox, of Parshall, was elected Tuesday to lead the Three Affiliated Tribes for the next four years.

November 04, 2014 11:57 pm

MDU plans to sell oil production company, add second refinery

After a drop in earnings, MDU Resources Group announced it plans to get out of oil production and consider a second North Dakota diesel fuel r…

November 04, 2014 12:53 pm Related

Natural gas pipeline leak shuts down part of U.S. 85

North Dakota officials say a section of U.S. Highway 85 south of Williston is shut down after construction breached a natural gas pipeline in …

November 04, 2014 12:38 am

ND’s newest power plant now running

Great River Energy's Spiritwood Station, North Dakota’s newest coal-fired power plant, started operations this week.

November 03, 2014 3:30 pm

New rail shipping route operational

The first railcars filled with North Dakota crops arrived in the Port of Vancouver Monday.

November 03, 2014 2:59 pm

2 Williams County department heads resign

Two Williams County department heads have resigned after being placed on leave following months of friction.

November 03, 2014 8:13 am

Main Street project in Williston is weeks behind

WILLISTON, N.D. — A Bismarck-based company is facing fines of $2,500 per day for a Main Street construction project in Williston that is behin…

November 03, 2014 8:11 am

North Dakota tribe to drill its own oil wells

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is planning to drill the first tribe-owned oil wells on its North Dakota reservation next year.

November 03, 2014 7:39 am

View the North Dakota Industrial Commission Department of Mineral Resources Oil and Gas Division oil well daily activity reports.

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