SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 23, 2018
NEW RECORDS In May, ND cruised to new records for oil and gas production, as well as the number of producing wells. Oil production increased 1.4 percent to 1.24 mbd;…...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Thursday, July 19, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 16, 2018
FEWER CHURCHES ON THE PRAIRIE Sunday’s Star Tribune had a lengthy article on the decline of Protestant churches in Minnesota. — there is every reason to be expect a similar…...
Thursday, July 12, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 11,2018
SALES INCREASED, BUT . . . ND reported a taxable sales increase for the first quarter of 2018 compared to the prior year. The report shows an unusually bifurcated…...
Monday, July 02, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 2, 2018
MANY RED CAPS The rally had the chance to book the 24,000-seat Fargodome, “and we should have taken it,” President Trump said, saying thousands didn’t make it into the 6,000-seat…...
Monday, June 25, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 25, 2018
GRAND FORKS HAS UAS MUSCLE: The Grand Sky Technology Park, the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, the UND aerospace school, the Customs and Border Protection UAS facility and the Grand…...
Monday, June 18, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 18, 2018
SNAKE IN THE GRASS GF Herald Publisher Korie Wenzel began his column with an innocuous discussion of “Regeneration.” He used an example of how Sears, which is closing in Grand…...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 12, 2018
WILL ND GET A SECOND CHANCE AT A BOOM? Lawmakers are wary about proclaiming a second oil rush, but there are noticeable increases in oil and gas tax collections. Gov.…...
Thursday, June 07, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 5, 2018
THE HEIDI DILEMMA "We all thought a lot about Heidi, but I believe she betrayed our people. We really needed someone we could trust.” — Char White Mountain, retiree on…...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 29, 2018
ZINKE IN ND “I just think we’re very fortunate to have someone in that role who grew up next door and understands North Dakota, appreciates North Dakota and wants…...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 22, 2018
THE BAKKEN IS BACK A Wall Street Journal article furthers that notion. The WSJ says the number of oil rigs in ND rose from 24 in May 2016 to 57 in May…...
Monday, May 07, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MAY 7, 2018
BUSINESS CONDITIONS BRIGHTEN A Creighton University survey indicates business conditions in nine mostly Great Plains states reached a decade high. ND is doing its part — oil tax revenues for…...
Monday, April 30, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 30, 2018
GOV. BURGUM TO SHAKE UP ND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM by cutting more than $50 million from its 2019-21 budget. He points out the system is graduating many students who have trouble…...
Monday, April 23, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 22, 2018
MORE URBAN THAN YOU THINK ND used to be considered the most rural state. Don’t know how that stands today, but the state is becoming significantly more urban. Take the…...
Monday, April 16, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 16, 2018
CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY HAS ROOTS IN SD On March 26th, Jen and Sarah Hart drove off a cliff in Northern California with their six adopted black children. Jen Hart and Sarah…...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 10, 2018
THE OIL PATCH leads an economic resurgence. “Aside from the numbers and graphs that are showing growth, if you are in Williston, you can see and feel the increase in…...
Monday, April 02, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - APRIL 2, 2018
T. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY “It will be important that the two buildings link to each other in meaningful ways—both serve to capture dual aspects of Roosevelt's character, his outdoorsman aspect and…...
Monday, March 26, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 26, 2018
THEY HAVE THEIR MOMENTS Former VP Joseph Biden energized the ND Democratic convention in Grand Forks. As he ended his remarks, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp handed him a signed Carson Wentz…...
Monday, March 19, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 18, 2018
A POLL BY SURVEY MONKEY measured approval ratings for political figures. In ND, Gov. Doug Burgum was on top with a 84% rating followed closely by Sen. Hoeven at 77%. …...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 12, 2018
AAHAH! There was always an element of mystery surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. What formed such distorted images of local authorities? Why were protesters glorified? A report issued by…...
Tuesday, March 06, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - MARCH 4, 2017
“THE GOAL, which has been lauded by many as the most important ever scored in U.S. women’s hockey history, was the result of countless hours behind the scenes in The…...
Monday, March 05, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: BASIC GOVERNMENT IS SELF-GOVERNMENT
Life is complicated and it becomes more so when government gets involved. There are two conceptual forms of government – external and internal. External government is easily identified as civil…...
Thursday, February 22, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 20, 2018
JOCELYNE & MONIQUE, the Lamoureux twins, were UND women hockey stars from 2010-2013, likewise, in the 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Olympics. They are back for the third time in…...
Monday, February 05, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - FEBRUARY 5, 2018
BROWERVILLE, MINNESOTA, is a town of 750 midway between Fargo and the Twin Cities. The mother of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady grew up in Browerville as a…...
Monday, January 29, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 28, 2018
BUDGET BOOGEYMAN Gov. Doug Burgum sees a bright future for the state, but indicated the budget is still the big challenge in the shorter term. In his State of the…...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 22, 2018
THE MAIN STREET ND SUMMIT will be held in Bismarck Feb. 12-13. The event kicks off Gov. Burgum’s main street initiative and is intended to bring national development experts in…...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 16, 2018
THE NCAA FCS CHAMPIONSHIP returned to Fargo as NDSU edged past James Madison 17-13 in Frisco, Texas, a match described by the Bison coach as “a great football game between…...
Thursday, January 11, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 8, 2018
PERSON OF THE YEAR is UND President Mark Kennedy. The GF Herald chose him for decisive management in a turbulent year. A UND professor said Kennedy “hit the ground running”…...
Monday, January 08, 2018
SCHMID: THE TOP NORTH DAKOTA STORIES OF 2017S
DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE PROTESTSThe protests were last year’s big story, but their long tails dragged through 2017. Over 300 pipeline-related criminal cases remain open. Some defendants are pleading a “necessity…...
Thursday, January 04, 2018
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JANUARY 4, 2017
GOV. DOUG BURGUM sorted through 230 applicants and selected 14 for his Higher Education task force. They are a distinguished and representative group and do not seem to have been…...
Thursday, December 21, 2017
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 20, 2017
THE NDSU FOOTBALL TEAM ran over Wofford College 42-10 last week in a FCS playoff. Tonight, the Bison play Sam Houston State (Texas) in a semifinal game at the Fargodome…...
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