She’s Not Around Here: Rewriting the Narrative
MINOT–I’m not an expert at many things. A lover of learning, I tend to soak up information and skills, without ever committing them to lifelong practice. This comes in handy because I know a little bit about a lot of bits. If I need to know more, I can usually find someone who is more […]
Upside Down Under: Highway Isolation?…
A View from Our Side: Getting Ready for the “W” Word
I have to tell you that last Sunday afternoon was an absolute perfect fall day. I was in the back yard checking over the apple tree to see how close we were to harvesting our small apple crop and the sunshine and fall colors reminded me of why I love the four seasons that North […]
Volunteers Walk or Drive to Fight Suicide
Movement of a Quarter of a Million People Joined by Local Participants in Minot Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, yet suicide can be prevented. Volunteers from Minot, ND are joining the quarter of a million people who are walking in towns across the United States to draw attention […]
Let’s get Hiking: Woodland Trail
Hiking is notably one of the adventurer’s favorite summer pastimes. Hiking, otherwise known as walking in nature-filled outdoors locations, is described by the American Hiking Society as having tons of individual benefits: “Walking is one of the lowest impact sports around. This means that while you derive all the cardiovascular benefits of other aerobic activities, […]
Storm Spotter Program
SKYWARN® to be held at Minot AFB
In most years, thunderstorms, tornadoes and lightning cause hundreds of injuries and deaths and billions in property and crop damages. To obtain critical weather information, the National Weather Service (NWS) established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with between 350,000 and 400,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local […]
Minot Air Force Base Chief Master Sergeant Selects
A native of Union City, Tennessee, Chief Master Sgt. Whitney S. Rogers has been in the Air Force for 17 years, following right in her father’s footsteps. “He was in the Air Force, and so I wanted to go to the Air Force,” shares Rogers. “To be honest, I joined the military because of the […]
Minot Air Force Base commemorates new combat arms training facility
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —On April 22, 2022, Minot Air Force Base leadership, Sen. John Hoeven, the Mayor of Minot, Shaun Sipma, and multiple other distinguished individuals attended the official opening of the new, fully indoor, combat arms range at Minot Air Force Base.Minot Air Force Base is home to over 1,000 first-term security […]
AFGSC Commander visits Team Minot
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — Air Force Global Strike commander leadership visted Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Nov. 6-7 to spend time with Airmen and see the missions of the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing first hand. Gen. Tim Ray, AFGSC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, AFGSC command chief, […]
Flash Fire Hero
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — In the dead of night, a lonely truck’s headlights swept across a quiet housing community. The lights fall upon a house unlike the others. Slowing down, he saw it, a yellow and orange light flickering inside of the house, a plume of gray smoke escaping from a window. “I […]
