BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. —Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and Whiteman AFB, Mo., hosted senior officials representing national laboratories and academic institutions, providing them the opportunity to immerse with the mission and weapons systems of the nuclear enterprise, Oct. 17-19, 2023. Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, 8th Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, […]

Minot Area Chamber EDC (MACEDC) Task Force 21 led a delegation of North Dakota officials on a strategic military engagement with Minot Air Force Base (MAFB) and Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) to the 377 Test and Evaluation Group at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The visit included mission briefs, meeting with military leadership, […]

WASHINGTON (AFNS) —The U.S. Senate confirmed Gen. David W. Allvin Nov. 2 to be the 23rd Air Force chief of staff, partially breaking through a blockade on all military confirmations to install the decorated commander, strategist and pilot as the service’s highest-ranking officer and uniformed leader.The vote was 95 to 1. Speaking moments after his […]

Technology is great…when it works! Whether it’s old or new, a vehicle, building, equipment, or tool, the object will not function properly unless all the parts are doing their job. People are needed to maintain technology and they are required to plan, prepare, and execute a given vision. Two years from now, the final preparations […]

It was born in upstate New York, lived half its life there, the other half in Florida and died in Minot, North Dakota!!What did you ask? My wallet. I had been aware of its severe state of decline for some time and tried to replace it for at least 4 months prior to its ultimate […]

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. —Space Launch Delta 30 safely terminated an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean at 12:06 a.m. Pacific Time Nov. 1, due to an anomaly during a test launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.An anomaly is any unexpected event during the test. Since anomalies may arise […]

Rosehill Memorial Cemetery, in Minot, is physically set to receive over one thousand wreaths to remember veterans this fall, however, nearly four hundred wreaths still require sponsorship as of Monday. Volunteers from community organizations, including the Magic City Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, staked in 650 holders last month to place wreaths at gravesites in […]

For 75 years the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve has been the guiding light of the Toys for Tots program, locally serving over 3,000 families by delivering toys to make the Christmas dreams of less fortunate children come true. Shaun Lewellyn, now the local coordinator for Ward, Renville and Mountrail counties, is responsible for collecting enough […]

As a writer, this piece of information is, well, really stepping outside the box. It’s about an Australian magpie who took Melbourne by storm. Many of us know that Australians love their animals and one example is they worked feverishly to save as many koalas as they could following devastating fires that happened west of […]

Mr. Alberta Clipper blew through on Monday, bringing dropping temperatures, double digit wind gusts, and our first real taste of North Dakota wind chill. I must say that the past two weather events, last week’s winter storm and this week’s Alberta Clipper, have given us an introduction as to what we can expect this winter; […]

“What are the cookies for?” my husband asked as he picked one up from the counter. There were only a few left. All the others had been packed into tidy cellophane bags tied with baker’s twine. “The neighbors,” I replied. “I’m tired of waiting.” I had started thinking that neighbors coming over to introduce themselves […]

Paranormal activity? Hauntings? Ghosts? Possible? Not just possible, but true. At least that’s my view. In the words that follow I offer a few personal examples why I cannot dismiss encounters with the supernatural. A few years back I drove to Fort Laramie, Wyoming to participate in a “living history” week at the actual frontier […]

The holidays are quickly approaching, and that means most of us are looking forward to spending time with family and friends. But that’s not the case for everyone. Unfortunately, within our community, there are many people who may not have the opportunity to spend the holidays with their families. For some, that could lead to […]

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. —Initial efforts to clean polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from launch facilities at Malmstrom AFB are ongoing but seeing success, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) announced today. The clean-up effort was ordered by AFGSC commander Gen. Thomas Bussiere after PCBs were detected on surfaces in launch facilities at all three of […]

For Dr’s Matt Hanson and William Fielhaber, owners of CornerStone Chiropractic in Minot, growth was a good thing, at least until their patient numbers increased to a point where their old facility on 20th Avenue Southwest became too small. The answer? A remodeled office located just across the 2 & 52 Bypass near Dakota Square. […]

Volunteers from community organizations, including local Civil Air Patrol, teamed up on Saturday to prepare for December’s annual Wreaths Across America remembrance for veterans. Together, they staked in 650 wreath holders in Section 16, Rosehill Memorial Park, that will later hold wreaths, honoring veterans remembered there. On December 16, the group meets again for the […]

Somebody help me out here. I’ve been a football fan for a lot of years and honestly don’t know what is going on right now. Why is there so much hatred for Carson Wentz? My guess is it’s people who are hiding behind a computer screen and have never played football. I just don’t get […]

It is a special place. The fish are big. The memories bigger. Tobin Lake at Nipawin, Saskatchewan has long been a favorite destination of fishermen from both Canada and the United States. Every year anglers descend on the Canadian water with the expectation of hooking into a fish of a lifetime. The unique fishery delivers […]