Williston News

On June 12, North Dakota could become the first state to eliminate property taxes.

The state has awarded nearly $17 million in energy impact money to three cities in North Dakota's booming oil patch to help with infrastructure needs.

Highway 85 is a major transit route for oil trucks between and beyond Williston and Watford City.

It was about this time last year that Senator Hoeven was in the Bismarck/Mandan area touring areas that were starting to be impacted by the rising flood waters.

Photo: #In this 2011 file photo, Austin Mitchell, left, and Ryan Lehto, work on an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. In this 2011 file photo, Austin Mitchell, left, and Ryan Lehto, work on an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. State statics show a record 214 rigs were drilling on Friday and more than 95 percent of them are targeting the ... (more)

The city of Williston, N.D., at the epicenter of the state's oil boom, is seeing its historic downtown fill up - with employee housing.

Tom Metcalfe left Mississippi with his pickup, a tiny Chihuahua named Peanut and a trailer full of power washing equipment, with the hope of saving his cleaning company by moving it to North Dakota's prolific oil patch.

The commission gave first-round approval Thursday to an ordinance that would make a violation subject to a fine of $500 a day.

Along Highway 85 near Williston, N.D.., litter, pollution and crime have become growing problems as drillers rush to tap crude oil.

Feb. 10: Born to Caleb Leung and Tomi Steck of Vernon, a boy, 8 lbs. 7 oz., named Maddex Benjamin Leung .

As more people move into the Bismarck-Mandan area, just about every industry is feeling the effects of the growth, including the medical community.

With the promise of jobs and the Bakken`s potential of recoverable oil, the oil play in western North Dakota is drawing international crowds.

Oil has brought enormous economic prosperity to the busiest city in North Dakota's booming oil patch but also has exacerbated problems in housing, infrastructure and traffic, even pushing some "stressed out" older residents to move away, Williston Mayor Ward Koeser told industry and government officials Tuesday.

Authorities investigating the shooting of an Idaho man in the North Dakota oil patch city of Williston have issued an arrest warrant for another Idaho man.

North Dakota`s economy is almost the polar opposite of much of the rest of the country.

A 24 year old mother of two has died after a shooting in Williston over the weekend.

Williston, N.D., is growing faster than any small city in America. Last year, the city issued $358 million worth of building permits, an increase from $45 million in 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A man walks back to his temporary housing unit outside of Williston, N.D., on July 26, 2011.

A BUSY PLACE Drive past the Minot International Airport nearly any time of the day and it's easy to tell the facility is busy.

The Judson Executive Lodge near Williston opens in mid-June and the expansion to the Stanley Hotel in Stanley opens in mid-July. Target Logistics' Judson Executive Lodge, located on U.S. Highway 2, west of Williston, will house 100 people.