There have been a lot of articles recently about AM radio and its impending doom. Apparently, some auto manufacturers are eliminating AM radio from their cars, but there continues to be a pushback from government and the private sector.Someone asked me the other day if I thought AM radio will be going away? My reply […]

Quite often men behave like, well, men. At least that’s my explanation for what I am about to reveal. Men relish the tough guy persona, of which the trait of never showing pain is one of the foremost measurements of the male sex. Of course, there’s a limit to how far this illusion can successfully […]

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. —It was a hot day in August when my coworker and I walked into a warehouse with 80s rock music bouncing wall to wall. A cheery face with a grin ear to ear stepped out from behind boxes of equipment and and greeted us with a firm handshake.“Hey! Are you […]

Aircrafts have changed our way of life. We can reach almost anywhere on the planet in two days or less, and this speed has taken our societies to new heights. It’s amazing to think about the sheer weight of a plane soaring in the air, however, an aircraft’s ability to simply roll down a runway […]

“You know those small feet on the bottom of a ladder?’ Yep, I answer “Well I started below those, at the very, very bottom. I tell people I was the dirt underneath them feet” says new North Dakota State Fair Manager Craig Rudland. 2023 would mark the 42nd fair for Craig Rudland. Craig was still […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) —The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2023 were recognized and honored during the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 9-13. The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year (alphabetically listed, by rank and command of assignment when selected) are: o Senior Master Sgt. Justin S. Cruz, […]

I came to write tonight with a different topic in mind but, as fate would have it, I’m sitting in my backyard watching the skies for the Northern Lights and realizing that I feel lucky to be at Minot. Now this is not something I ever thought I would say. I remember when my husband […]

You guys will hear me say this a million times over, the answer to making the most of any base is to build the community around you. I got the chance to sit with Randy McDonald, the Executive Director of the Minot Chapter of Together with Veterans and have a conversation with him about this […]

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas —Photographers of all ages and experience, get your cameras ready for the annual Air Force Photo Contest launched Sept. 15. The theme for this year’s contest, which runs through Nov. 14, is “101 Days of Summer.” “We’ve been asking patrons since June to capture the essence of summer through their […]

It’s a brisk fall morning. I grabbed a jacket on my way out the door knowing that more than likely it will be warmer this afternoon and the jacket will not be needed. It’s September in North Dakota, things are starting to change. Most of the birds that migrate south are gone. Above me is […]

About two weeks ago I stood in front of a group of Minot’s leaders at the Military Affairs Committee (MAC) meeting. A PowerPoint I’d probably spent too much time perfecting projected behind me. My palms were sweaty. I’d known about this day for a long time, and here it was. More than anything I wanted […]

There’s a 1941 school map of North Dakota that hangs in my garage. Knowing of my interest in geography, one of my wife’s friends gave me that map when she moved away. I look at that map every day when I’m in the garage and after six years of hanging there, it still hasn’t gotten […]

Old photographs have a way of bringing back to life events of years past. Recently I was looking through some photographs taken on the set of the movie “Dances with Wolves,” a 1990 big screen blockbuster in which I played an insignificant part as a Union soldier in the Civil War. I was one of […]

Minot Air Force Base, N.D. —The 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron conducted Operation Frontier Thunder at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming, Aug. 28-31.Operation Frontier Thunder was a readiness exercise designed to simulate a deployed environment and provided an opportunity for Airmen of the 91st MSFS to validate their expeditionary skills. “Operation Frontier Thunder is the culmination of […]

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — The Integrated Primary Prevention office held their third Annual Flag Planting for Suicide Prevention month, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 6, 2023.The IPP office and 62 volunteers planted flags along Missile Avenue to represent the 358 Airmen that lost their lives due to suicide last year. Alicia […]

One thing to know about me, I love to travel. More than that, I love to travel and share what I experienced with others to help them travel too. In the military life, we can see more of the world than most whether that be through PCSing, TDYs, or just planning a trip. We are […]

Terry Fator- now that’s a name you don’t see every day. And his job is unusual too: a singing ventriloquist that specializes in celebrity impersonations who won America’s Got Talent. That’s Terry for you. Fortunately for us, his unique entertainment style is coming to the Norsk Hostfest. Terry was born in a small town near […]

We all have memories from our childhood that define our path in life. For Terry Fator that memory takes him back to the church in his hometown, a small town outside of Dallas, Texas, where a young Terry was singing in front of a church filled with people. “I remember singing in front of a […]

Minot Air Force Base’s FSS is at it again with a fantastic event that hopefully comes back every year! On September 9th from 12-5pm, MAFB hosted its first Firefest with the help of Fire Events. This event was something new and different for the base because the gates were open for the local community to […]

I have lived in Minot for over 45 years. I arrived here a single, just graduated from college, fledgling journalist. This was my first job in my career field. I found an apartment, set up my household and soon discovered that I needed something, besides my job, to keep me busy. After looking around, there […]