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City Manager Mulling Options, Jamestown Wildlife Research Center, and U.S. House Fights Over Budget Bill

City Manager Harold Stewart Named Finalist for Same Position in Washington State Read it here Minot City Manager Harold Stewart is a finalist for the top administrative job in Lakewood, Washington, raising questions about potential leadership changes at a critical time for the city. In an internal email obtained by The Dakotan, Stewart described the […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 22, 2025

City Manager Harold Stewart Named Finalist for Same Position in Washington State

Minot City Manager Harold Stewart is among five finalists being considered for the City Manager position in Lakewood, Washington. The City of Lakewood, located 45 minutes south of Seattle, recently concluded a national search to replace its retiring city manager and will host a public reception for finalists on June 10, followed by interviews on […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 21, 2025

Minot to Host Public Forum with Police Chief Finalists

MINOT, ND – The City of Minot will host a public town hall on Wednesday, May 28, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at City Hall, offering residents the opportunity to hear directly from the three finalists for the position of Chief of Police. The event is part of the city’s transparent hiring process for its […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 20, 2025

16th Street SW Construction Begins May 27th

Drivers in southwest Minot should prepare for detours and delays as the 16th Street SW Reconstruction Project begins Tuesday, May 27. Following Memorial Day weekend, portions of 16th Street and the intersection with Burdick Expressway will be closed to traffic. The project includes pavement removal, storm sewer upgrades, and repaving along one of the city’s […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 15, 2025
GATX 47814 (car 19), above, and GATX 47982 (car 22), below, sustained catastrophic shell fractures. Car 22 hit the house visible behind and to the left.

The 2002 Minot Derailment: What Went Wrong, and What Came Next-Collom's Column

Following up from the last piece on this, we left off immediately following the ammonia disaster in January 2002. In the days and weeks following Minot residents searched for answers, and when the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its findings, those answers proved to be disappointing. Today, we will dive into why the derailment […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 12, 2025

Liquor License Cap Sees Heated Debate, Delay Decision Until September

MINOT — A decades-old cap on full retail liquor licenses in Minot took center stage Monday night during a charged public hearing at City Hall. The City Council heard extensive public testimony and debate between members, but declined to move forward with any immediate direction to staff, opting instead to revisit the issue in September, […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 6, 2025
Minot City Council meets May 5, 2025

Minot City Council Hears Public on Liquor Licenses and Discusses MPD/MSU Plan

MINOT — The Minot City Council met Monday evening to discuss a number of items, but most notably a public hearing on Liquor License caps in the city of Minot. With Interim Mayor Mark Jantzer attending the meeting via Teams, Council Vice-President Lisa Olson chaired the meeting. Following the City Managers report acknowledging HR Professional […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 5, 2025
Looking southwest at the derailment accident scene

No Warning: The Anhydrous Ammonia Spill of 2002-Collom's Column

MINOT, ND — Flashback to early 2002: 9/11 was still fresh in Americans’ minds, the New England Patriots had yet to win a Super Bowl, and the L.A. Lakers were in the midst of the Shaq and Kobe dynasty. In North Dakota, Governor John Hoeven was just into his second year, all three seats of […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 3, 2025

Alderman Paul Pitner Addresses Concerns about Liquor License Committee

Minot - Alderman Paul Pitner released a Live video to his Facebook page Friday afternoon addressing recent online discussion over the upcoming public input hearing on the liquor license cap at Monday's City Council Meeting. Following recent online posts discussing the merit of the committee, Pitner went live to provide background and history on the […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 2, 2025

Three-quarters of Americans oppose Medicaid cuts, poll shows

By: Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans, including most Republicans, oppose major cuts in federal funding for Medicaid, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan health research organization KFF. The survey shows that 76% of those questioned wouldn’t support  Congress slashing the amount of spending dedicated to the state-federal health program for lower-income Americans and […]
by K.L. Collom
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May 1, 2025
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