SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 10, 2018
STALLED Grand Forks residents are fishing around for hopeful signs about their economy, which seems to be slowly going south. The city’s GDP (the sum of all economic activity), taxable…...
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Sunday, March 17, 2019
Monday, February 25, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 25, 2019
EXPECT MORE TULIPS The greater Grand Forks area faced discouraging news last year — continuation of a soft farm economy, a weak Canadian currency and the closure of major retailers. …...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 18, 2019
HAND IN THE TILL “There are unique characteristics of a tribal school district that hinder traditional means of ousting bad agents.” — Mother of a student at a Belcourt school…...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 12, 2019
UAS SYNERGY ND has embraced the UAS industry and there is little doubt the industry will play a large role in the state’s future. The UND Aerospace School, the Northern…...
Wednesday, February 06, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 5, 2019
ENOUGH! Dangerous cold covered ND — midweek temperatures dipped into the minus 30s and wind chills into the minus 50s — the state ground to a halt — schools closed…...
Friday, February 01, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 28, 2019
HWY 52 BLUES U.S. Highway 52 is the key transportation corridor for north central ND. The route angles southeast from Portal on the Canadian border through Minot to Jamestown, where…...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 22, 2019
MEGAKOTA was the name jokingly included in an online petition to combine ND and SD. The petition has over 10,000 signers. St. Paul journalist David Montgomery analyzed the economic effects…...
Monday, January 14, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 12, 2019
THE F-M FLOOD DIVERSION moved forward a step when it received a permit from the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources. The permit came with 50 special conditions. The $2.75 billion…...
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
SCHMID: TOP 10 STORIES OF 2018
SENATE BARNBURNER IN FARM COUNTRY That was the description given to the U.S. Senate race between Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer by the Wall Street Journal. It reflected…...
Monday, January 07, 2019
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 31, 2018
SOMETHING’S HAPPENING In the first half of 2018, taxable sales in ND grew at a respectable rate of around 9.5 percent, then boom, third quarter sales rose 18 percent. As…...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 26 2018
HISTORIC RUN “I’ve been involved in the most special run in the history of college football.” — Bison head football coach Chris Klieman. NDSU overcame South Dakota State 44-21 to…...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 18, 2018
JACKRABBITS will be the Bison’s football opponent at the Fargodome in the FCS semi-finals at 7 p.m. (CST), Friday, December 14 on ESPN2. NDSU whipped Colgate 35-0 last week and…...
Monday, December 10, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 10, 2018
GOV. DOUG BURGUM unveiled his proposed budget for the next two-year cycle. His conservative budget assumes oil prices and production will be “fairly flat.” After several years of budget cutting,…...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 5, 2018
THE COMMON SCHOOLS TRUST FUND in ND has $4.5 billion in assets and provides a growing share of state aid to public schools. The state’s 111,000 public school students are…...
Friday, November 30, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 29, 2018
ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS are much easier from Canada than Mexico. U.S. border agents stopped Alfredo Santana, a U.S. citizen, at the Pembina Station as he was crossing into ND. There…...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 17, 2018
ELECTION OUTCOME “We take no satisfaction in noting that, with Heidi Heitkamp’s defeat in the U.S. Senate race, North Dakota Democrats soon will not hold any statewide offices.” — Forum…...
Monday, November 12, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 11, 2018
THE MOST-WATCHED RACE in ND was the U.S. Senate contest which also drew national attention. Kevin Cramer won with a 11-point margin over incumbent Heidi Heitkamp, making ND’s first dual…...
Monday, November 05, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 4, 2018
WE AREN’T THEM “It’s beyond ugly out there. But at least… we aren’t them – peddling hate, tolerating violence, too afraid of disagreements to visit our own favorite coffee shop.”…...
Friday, November 02, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 28, 2018
DEVELOP AN AUTHENTIC ND BRAND Among advertising professionals there is general agreement that a successful advertising slogan or brand must be genuine. The advertising must reflect the real reputation and…...
Monday, October 22, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 21, 2018
WAS IT A DRAW? The much anticipated debate between U.S. Senate candidates Heidi Heitkamp and Kevin Cramer appeared to end in a draw. It was not likely to change the…...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 16, 2018
A NEW ROUGH RIDER “Hill says growing up in North Dakota instilled in him the values of hard work, dedication and integrity, and he's honored to be recognized by his…...
Monday, October 08, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 8, 2018
APPLAUSE FOR THE TRADE DEAL “The deal with Canada this week is a huge step in the right direction.” — Minot Daily News editorial. The GF Herald was equally enthusiastic…...
Monday, October 01, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
LUCKY NODAKS “As North Dakotans, we just won the geology lottery.” — Gov. Doug Burgum after an announcement at the Petroleum Council’s conference that the Bakken Formation (largely in ND)…...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
SALES TAX COLLECTIONS in ND’s second quarter rose 10 percent from the prior year. The gains were concentrated in Oil Patch cities, while ND’s other large cities were flat, with…...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
EYES ON ND It’s no secret why President Trump and much of his cabinet have been in Montana and ND. He senses Democratic Senators Jon Tester of Montana and Heidi…...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 27, 2018
ALREADY ANEMIC GRAIN PRICES are further weakened by trade disputes. A Creighton University economist reports weak farm commodity prices and income are a drag on rural parts of the…...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 21, 2018
BIG SALES JOB AHEAD “We consider a historic investment in UND and NDSU a legitimate, innovative and even realistic request that will benefit not just UND and Grand Forks, but…...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 12, 2018
THROWING IN THE TOWEL The R.D. Offutt Companies in Fargo have a long reach. Among other businesses, they are the largest John Deere equipment dealer in the U.S, as well…...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AUGUST 7, 2018
THE BAKKEN IS BACK Tom Rolfstad, the retired director of Williston Economic Development, described the remarkable impact of the Bakken on ND’s economy in the last decade. The recent monthly…...
Thursday, August 02, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 2, 2018
THE DAKOTA ACCESS PROTESTS began in August 2016 and continued into 2017. The pipeline went into service in June 2017. About 1,400 law enforcement officers were needed to control the…...
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