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With traffic on U.S. Highway 85 between Williston and Watford City increasing, the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT)will be moving forward with plans to extend additional passing lanes.
To seed or not to seed
An easy winter and mild spring have McKenzie County farmers wondering when to get back into the fields
City ups cost of building permits
Call it a sign of the times. It is getting more and more costly for everyone to provide services in western North Dakota.
First Lutheran Church Choir to perform Easter Cantata
Easter Cantata to be performed on Sunday, April 1
School board looks at building options
With the number of students attending McKenzie County Public School District No. 1 still on the rise and showing no sign of slowing up in the near future, the district school board is moving as fast as it can to come up with more classroom space.
Truck damages Long X Bridge
The Long X Bridge, 16 miles south of Watford City, was temporarily closed Sunday afternoon after a semi hauling a trailer and carrying an excavator repeatedly struck overhead beams of the bridge before finally breaking one of the beams from the bridge structure.
Local elections drawing few candidates
April 13 is deadline to file for city, county, school openings
City Council approves new housing developments
New homes, apartments and a new truck stop will soon be going up in Watford City.
County to spend $17.3 million to fix road
The McKenzie County Commissioners have just approved an award of $17.3 million to make badly needed repairs to County Road 10.
Mail carrier logs over a million miles
Knutson wears out 10 vehicles in 36-year career of delivering mail
Planning for new Watford
The last time that Watford City looked to its future it was a little over 10 years ago. At that time Watford City was a very different community than it is today.
Alexander residents prefer 85 bypass to go west of city
“Go West,” was almost the unanimous consensus of the nearly 75 Alexander residents who attended the first public meeting on a proposed U.S. Highway 85 bypass or truck reliever route around the community.
Allen shares his passion for basketball and life
Have you ever met someone and automatically thought, “This is a truly amazing person?”
Proposed High Prairie Pipeline will move 150,000 barrels of crude
It’s ‘open season’ right now for a Colorado company seeking shipping commitments from oil producers.
Library bustling with activity
Libraries aren’t just for quiet research and studying anymore, at least not in McKenzie County.
Group welcomes new moms to Watford
MOPS group helps new families connect to a new community
School closer to finalizing expansion plans
Students in McKenzie County are having to sit a little bit closer together than they were before.
Wellness Center still running toward finish line
The Healthy Hearts Wellness Center has recently received a face-lift.
School okays girls fast pitch softball
When the call goes out to “play ball” this spring, it won’t just be the boys that will be picking up their bats and balls at Watford City High School.
Proposed truck reliever route draws criticism
Residents along 24th Ave. SW say truck route would destroy neighborhood
Bakken keeps rock’n
State’s oil and gas industry sets new production records
County zoning board to begin work
County appoints members to new zoning board
County landfill nears capacity
Landfill taking in over 70 tons of garbage per day
Making the world a safer place
Karmen Lawrence, a 20-year-old native of Watford City, has spent the last six months of her life on an overseas journey, familiarizing herself with the global human trafficking industry and the victims it creates.
Housing is still No. 1 issue facing city
Watford City struggles to develop affordable housing
Long locks gone for a good cause
What began as a common battle between parent and child over hair has ended in an act of giving.
City, school officials have concerns about Measure 2
Proposed constitutional amendment would eliminate state's property tax
Extinguishing the gas flares
The bright lights of the burning natural gas flares that make western North Dakota visible from outer space are going to be a little dimmer now that the Garden Creek natural gas processing plant is online.
Getting oil trucks off the road
Last Friday, state and federal officials, along with a number of local industry leaders and landowners flocked to McKenzie County to celebrate the commissioning of Bridger Pipeline’s new Four Bears Pipeline.