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Fighting the cold to keep the lights on
Brrr. That temperature gauge just seems to be dropping lower and lower. Sub zero temperatures have been commonplace these days.
Police Department gets ready for big move
The New Town Police Department is close to moving into its new, permanent home.
Stories of the Year 2017
Bar and liquor store owners were caught in the middle of a dispute between the Three Affiliated Tribes and the State of North Dakota this year.
Legislators come to Reservation to discuss tribal taxation issues
Committees of the North Dakota Legislature rarely meet outside of the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck. But the growing tension between tribes and the state led the Interim Tribal Taxation Committee to hold a field hearing on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Groups sue over methane waste on public lands
A coalition of conservation and tribal citizen groups today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the Trump Administration’s suspension of the Bureau of Land Management’s Waste Prevention Rule and seeking to have these protections put back in place.
Population boom fuels school expansion
Edwin Loe Elementary School is close to bursting at the seams, figuratively anyway.
Meeting may resolve tribal tax quandary
A meeting between tribal and North Dakota legislative leaders could resolve a dispute that threatens to dry up alcohol sales on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Fair weather blesses Parade of Lights
It’s fair to say that in its 25 years of existence, the New Town Parade of Lights has witness just about every extreme of weather.
Tables of Christmas 2017
There was enough glitter and joy to get the 2017 Christmas Season off to a heartwarming beginning for those who attended the third annual Bethel Lutheran Women Tables of Christmas.
Black Friday is the new safari
Black Friday can seem to be a lot like a hunting expedition.
