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EPIC COMEBACK! NORTH BORDER ERASES 20-POINT DEFICIT IN SECOND HALF TO BEAT M-M

EPIC COMEBACK! NORTH BORDER ERASES 20-POINT DEFICIT IN SECOND HALF TO BEAT M-M

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EPIC COMEBACK! NORTH BORDER ERASES 20-POINT DEFICIT IN SECOND HALF TO BEAT M-M

News Staff
Thursday, January 23, 2025
The North Border Eagles had a big second half to beat Richland in a boys basketball game at Colfax, winning 63-40 by outscoring the Colts 37-22 after intermission. The third-ranked Eagles took that big finish to another level when they hosted #8 Midway-Minto in Walhalla on Jan. 21.

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Blades win two of three junior gold games on western road trip

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
The Langdon junior gold hockey team was looking to get back on the ice after having a weekend off. The Blades got back to business and played three games on their annual western road swing to Watford City, Richland and Crosby the weekend of Jan. 18-20.
North Dakota Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille, D-Mandaree, speaks during a news conference Nov. 22, 2024, in Bismarck. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld legislative subdistricts in North Dakota, including one she represents. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille, D-Mandaree, speaks during a news conference Nov. 22, 2024, in Bismarck. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld legislative subdistricts in North Dakota, including one she represents. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)

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Supreme Court upholds North Dakota’s majority-Native legislative subdistricts

Mary Steurer/the North Dakota Monitor
Thursday, January 23, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court settled a North Dakota voting rights case last week, leaving in place two majority- Native American subdistricts challenged as unconstitutional.
Bill aimed at ‘kratom’ defeated

Bill aimed at ‘kratom’ defeated

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Bill aimed at ‘kratom’ defeated

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
as a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Kratom, which comes from the leaves of an evergreen tree called ‘Mitragyna Speciosa,’ is sometimes sold as a nutritional supplement or in smoke shops and affects the brain’s opioid receptors.
Legislative update

Legislative update

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Legislative update

Janne Myrdal, District 19 Senator
Thursday, January 23, 2025
While winter is showing its fury with bitter cold, we finished the second week of the legislative session. We have gavelled in only six days and acted on mostly 'easy' bills. However, as always, some that are before us are controversial. I will share about some of these here.

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Legislative updates

News Staff
Thursday, January 23, 2025
The North Dakota House has approved a measure which aims to replace drones made in China which are owned by the state. The decision to replace over 300 drones from the state’s fleet arose over continuing concerns about the devices potentially transferring data to Chinese adversaries.

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DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Power Plant

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
January 29, 2025 – On this date in 1940, more than 800 people gathered in Park River to discuss a proposed power plant in Grand Forks.
DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Burlington Subsistence Homestead Project

DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Burlington Subsistence Homestead Project

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DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Burlington Subsistence Homestead Project

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
January 30, 2025 – The town of Burlington, eight miles west of Minot, was a coal-mining town since its founding in 1883. The first Burlington mines were small operations that provided lignite coal for the local area and some for shipment to Grand Forks.
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