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Fisher Group strives to be ‘best in class’
Four years ago, Mike Fisher set out to bring a handful of companies he ran together under one roof. Today, The Fisher Group employs an estimated 250 people at a more than a dozen area businesses and...
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Men of steel: Mott’s Roadmaster makes impact for energy, ag industries by...
Roadmaster manager Corey Johnson stands in the shop the company moved into last December. MOTT — Mott sits on the outer edge of western North Dakota’s Oil Patch. Still, the small town of about 800...
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Co-op store vital to Regent
The Regent Co-Op Store’s facade has barely changed over the years. It opened in 1936 and continues to serve the small community today. REGENT — Darrel Remington remembers when Regent supported three...
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B&A Global Energy sets sights on ending flaring in Bakken
Photo by Jonathan Pezza / Special to The PressJack Kelley, president and CEO of B&A Global Energy of Tulsa, Okla., left, speaks with Michael Wu, inventor of the Energy Capturing Operating System...
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Gatekeepers of the refinery: Lab chemists play large role in Dakota Prairie...
Holly Dalen, laboratory supervisor at Dakota Prairie Refining, shows how to use a flash point analyzer on Thursday inside the lab on the refinery’s site west of Dickinson. In a windowless room inside...
View ArticleTrial Runners continues to expand
Few Dickinson businesses felt the impact of the Great Recession. As stock prices fell, the national housing market crashed and consumer confidence dipped, southwest North Dakota largely weathered the...
View ArticleSafety first: MBI offers unique training program — slowly
BELFIELD — Troy Ohlhausen never lets the needle on his pickup’s speedometer go beyond 10 mph when he’s on an oilfield site — even if the site where he’s driving is nothing more than a simulation. As...
View ArticleFor New England, reaching state tournament is ‘dream come true’
http://uds.ak.o.brightcove.com/1094142117001/1094142117001_4108770064001_29470e3e-98e6-4cfc-9c7c-cdfcfe7b978a.mp4 NEW ENGLAND — The party didn’t stop after the post-game celebration. In New England,...
View ArticleTechnology changing how grain elevator operates
RURAL TAYLOR — When he first began working for Southwest Grain several years ago, Kent Candrian said there were days when he would walk about a mile or more at work — all of it in a 20-square-foot...
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Bringing back Bailey: Couple reunites with lost golden retriever 2 months...
Luke Rodenbough, of Blaisdell, and Staci Moore, of Dickinson, sit with their dog, 13-month-old golden retriever Bailey, on the steps outside of their Dickinson apartment building on Wednesday. They...
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Hike with Mike: Actor Michael J. Fox joins Parkinson’s fundraiser trip up...
Submitted Photo by Roxee JonesActor Michael J. Fox, middle, walks with Denise Lutz of New England, left, and Sam Fox, who is bicycling throughout the country raising money for the Michael J. Fox...
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Aaron Tippin, a country music great, arrives Thursday night for unplugged...
Submitted PhotoAaron Tippin, singer of “Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly,” poses with his signature American flag guitar. Aaron Tippin is different than most country music stars. He spent...
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The $3.8 million question: As the DSU Foundation heads toward dissolution,...
Fans sit in the stands during Dickinson Trinity’s football game against Kindred on Friday afternoon at the Henry Biesiot Activities Center in Dickinson. The DSU Foundation, which had been paying the...
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Cutbacks in the Bakken: Baker Hughes layoff of 117 employees biggest signal...
Baker Hughes’ Dickinson facility. Falling oil prices and the resulting oil drilling slowdown in the Bakken Oil Patch has led one of the world’s largest oilfield services companies to make major...
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Year of change in Oil Patch: City leaders move forward after unexpected crude...
An oil well pumps on the outskirts of northwest Watford City on Oct. 14. Despite the decline in oil prices, a hectic way of life continues in many Oil Patch cities, though some city leaders say 2015...
View ArticlePermanent Fix: Richardton-Taylor School Officials Propose $15 Million Remodel
Brent Bautz walks out of his office at Richardton-Taylor High School and points to the ceiling. There, the school superintendent shows where brick is cracked, displaced and appears to be pulling away...
View ArticleMissing The ‘life Of The Party’: Dickinson Businessman DJ Charbonneau...
The happy hour crowd at Liquid Assets bar in Dickinson had a solemn tone for a few moments on Wednesday evening before giving way to laughter, backslapping and storytelling. The atmosphere was just the...
View ArticleAging Of The Guard: Color Guards In Southwest ND Consist Of Mostly Retired...
BELFIELD — Larry Johnson points to a grouping of six 4-by-6-inch photographs taped to a wall of a room in the Belfield American Legion Hall. The photos show the Belfield Legion Color Guard in formation...
View Article‘Pokémon Go’ Craze Strong In Dickinson, Causes Few Problems
Ashley DeWitt and Alyss Kovash walked about Prairie Outpost Park on Thursday afternoon, their heads bobbing up and down between the historic buildings and their smartphones. Soon, one pointed to the...
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