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 […]
“A Celebration For Ellie”
Hello to Members and Friends of the Taube Museum of Art, Our names are Priyanka and Abhinn. We are kindly writing to invite and request your support for our upcoming fundraising event “A Celebration For Ellie”. Our daughter Elina, who we called Ellie, was such a joy in our lives! She was happy and healthy. […]
Disabled Veterans, Certain Caregivers Can Shop In-Store at the Minot AFB Exchange Starting Jan. 1
Minot AFB – The Minot AFB Exchange will welcome home disabled Veterans, Purple Heart recipients and certain caregivers with in-store shopping privileges beginning Jan. 1. Army & Air Force Exchange Service shopping privileges will expand to all Veterans with service-connected disabilities, Veterans who are Purple Heart recipients, Veterans who are former prisoners of war and […]