Mountrail County News

A Palermo native is being inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame in Colorado for his work in revolutionizing gold exploration.

A COMPANY CALLED ``FIRST AMERICAN CORE-LOGIC'' ASKED MOUNTRAIL, FOSTER AND ADAMS COUNTIES FOR COPIES OF EACH COUNTY'S PROPERTY TAX AND ASSESSMENT RECORDS.

The far reaches of northwestern North Dakota offer a wealth of space. Green countryside.

Mountrail County has hired an outside firm to store some records electronically.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says three counties broke North Dakota`s open records law by trying to overcharge for copies of tax records.

Legislators say they want to raise caps on the amount of state aid to oil-producing counties, to help the counties keep up roads and bridges.

It's newly good to live in places like Williston, North Dakota. About one homeowner a day in such places is becoming a millionaire at current oil hyper-prices. They are, of course, the people whose houses sit ...

A native of Palmero who helped revolutionize gold-deposit exploration will be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame in Leadville, Colo.

Northern Oil and Gas Inc. , Wayzata, Minn., plans to acquire oil and gas leases in the Bakken shale of North Dakota from Houston-based Woodstone Resources LLC for $9.3 million.

But they haven't been appearing on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation until now.

By JILL SCHRAMM, Staff Writer jschramm@minotdailynews.com A number of city and county tax measures await area voters who will be casting ballots Tuesday.

Oil, gas permit numbers increasing rapidly By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor, eogden@minotdailynews.com BISMARCK Oil activity in North Dakota is stepping up immensely, including on the Fort Berthold Reservation.

Leslie Roy Norstedt, 80, Bismarck, North Dakota, passed away on May 31, 2008. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Faith Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with Rev.

An oil tax increase this summer is unlikely to slow drilling in western North Dakota's promising Bakken oil shale, which is leading the state toward an oil production record, industry officials say.

The skyrocketing oil prices of recent months have pumped millions of dollars into North Dakota 's economy.

By DAVE CALDWELL, Staff Writer dcaldwell@minotdailynews.com STANLEY Real estate decisions frequently depend on three things: location, location, location.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. Bismarck , N.D. A Bismarck company is planning a 100-mile-long pipeline to carry natural gas from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana to an existing pipeline that ...

Thursday's deadly oil rig accident has captured the attention of a major governement agency The Occuaptional Safety and Health Administration or OSHA is investigating the oil rig accident that killed a Montana ... via KXMA-TV Dickinson

Authorities in Mountrail County, North Dakota say a Montana man died after falling 15 feet from an oil rig while trying to change a gasket. via KMOT-TV Minot

“Hopefully, the rain will continue and we won't have to worry about it anymore. We hope that this will allow the people to get done what they need to get done”

KATINA TENGESDAL, Staff Writer, ktengesdal@minotdailynews.com The burn ban in Ward county was lifted as of 8:30 a.m. Saturday and until further notice, said the chairman of the Ward County Board of ... via Minot Daily News