Mountrail County Record News
North Dakota leaps to fourth in oil production
North Dakota’s oil production took a huge leap and is now fourth in the nation, surpassed only by Texas, Alaska and California.
Biofuel Blast
Mountrail County 4-H teamed up with the Parshall High School ag department to bring biofuels education to students last Thursday.
County commissioner explains $250,000 to Stanley Rural Fire District
A $250,000 funding request back in August to the Stanley Rural Fire District has some people wondering why the other fire departments in the county weren’t notified of the fund or its budget.
A series of weak controls led to several inconsistencies in the accounting of the Parshall School District, says an accountant who investigated the issues.
Chairman Marcus Levings of the Three Affiliated Tribes was elected by tribal leaders from across the Great Plains Wednesday to serve as the regional vice president of the National Congress of American Indians and Dr. David Gipp, president of the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, was elected to serve as the Great Plains Region alternate to Levings.
A groundbreaking ceremony of the Parshall-Three Affiliated Tribes regional water supply project Saturday afternoon is an important investment that will provide clean water and help the local economy.
Mountrail bustling with economic activity
Despite a downward trend in taxable sales and purchases across the state from the first to the second quarter of 2009, Mountrail County continues to go against the grain with a robust increase in taxable sales and purchases.
First doses of H1N1 vaccine on the way
The first doses of H1N1 vaccine should be arriving in northwestern North Dakota within the next few days, however, priority groups will be the first to get the shots, according to Daphne Clark, public information officer for the Upper Missouri District Health Unit in Williston.
A proposed Parshall Elementary School expansion that would cost at least $5 million didn’t get a lot of support during a public meeting held Tuesday night.
Refinery’s final environmental impact statement a daunting read
Nobody ever said the federal government wasn’t thorough.
