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New Town boy to meet LaBron James
Paul Staples wondered what was going on as a troop of people, including his family trooped into the gymnasium as basketball practice ended. The 16 year old freshman at New Town High School was about to find out that, sometimes, dreams do come true.
TAT Boys, Girls Club takes to the runway
In 2001, the Three Affiliated Tribes Boys and Girls Club was officially chartered. A dozen years later, the club has facilities in all six segments of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and has provided recreational, education and leadership opportunities for hundreds of youth in New Town, Parshall, Four Bears, White Shield, Mandaree and Twin Buttes.
Council ponders 2014 projects
With the weeks in year rapidly fleeting, the New Town City Council mulled over plans for projects it hopes to accomplish in the New Year.
Finding a way to prosperity
From two miles below the surface, a river of black gold climbs to the surface of the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Vision West document to be released in December
The Vision West North Dakota Committee is in the process of finalizing its regional for the North Dakota Legislature. The committee has been holding meetings this spring and summer in the 19 energy producing counties in western North Dakota.
Bank Robber nabbed near New Town
A fire call produced an unexpected result for a Mountrail County Sheriff’s deputy.
1804 to get major upgrade
A dozen or so concerned citizens were in attendance for a public information meeting at the New Town Civic Center on Nov. 7 to hear about the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s plans to replace about 2.5 miles of North Dakota Highway 1804 stretching from the junction of North Dakota Highway 23 to the planned truck bypass to the north.
FBCC dedicates faculty housing
As the Fort Berthold Community College faces many of the same challenges as any business in the Bakken Boom these days. Chief among those is "where will our employees live?"
Missouri River Resources to host energy summit
The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, home of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara nations, is now the source of more than half of all the oil produced on Indian Reservations in the United States.
Vision West meetings will finalize plans
Vision West ND Consortium members are very close to finalizing the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development.
