SCHMID: TOP NORTH DAKOTA STORIES OF 2020
CORONAVIRUS Yes, of course, the virus dominated the news for the last ten months of the year. Early on, there was a certain complacency in the state about the pandemic…...
Schmid: Looking Back From the Left Coast
Monday, January 04, 2021
Monday, December 28, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 28, 2020
SHOWING IMPROVEMENT “I feel so far, North Dakota has navigated pretty well on the balance of saving lives and saving livelihoods . . . (of) keeping kids in school and…...
Thursday, December 24, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 21, 2020
GOOD JOB, BUT “Something remarkable has occurred in North Dakota over the past two months – we’ve gone from being the state with the worst COVID-19 numbers in the country…...
Monday, December 14, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 14, 2020
COAL CREEK As a well-known public figure is fond of saying “Here’s the deal.” Great River Energy in Minnesota wants to get out of the coal industry by closing or…...
Monday, December 07, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - DECEMBER 7, 2020
GLORIOUS TEN DAYS Through Wednesday, ND had 10 days of consecutive declines in active coronavirus cases. Active cases were down to 5,236. This took ND out of the national news;…...
Monday, November 30, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 30, 2020
GLIMMER OF GOOD NEWS People where I live know I’m from ND — recently, they have been greeting me with “what’s happening in ND?” They are referring to discouraging reports…...
Monday, November 23, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 23, 2020
UNDERESTIMATING RISK ND broke into the national news with per capita coronavirus cases and deaths, which were not only the highest in the nation, but were among the highest in…...
Monday, November 16, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 16, 2020
YES, IT’S A CRISIS The coronavirus has a stubborn hold on ND; the state has the most cases and deaths per capita in the nation and a shortage of hospital…...
Monday, November 09, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 9, 2020
ELECTION RESULTS in ND can be summed up “no surprise, no change.” Republicans easily held all statewide offices and the Legislature (4:1 Senate, 5:1 House). An election across the Red…...
Monday, November 02, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - NOVEMBER 2, 2020
PLEASANT SURPRISE Rob Port says columnists are often reluctant to report good news, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. He said ND’s unemployment rate dropped from 9.2% in April to 3.8% in…...
Monday, October 26, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 26, 2020
WORST OF THE WORST Last week, the mayors of ND’s five largest cities signed a letter urging residents to wear masks. A GF Herald editorial today said, “Unfortunately, in the…...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 20, 2020
GET OUT OF THEIR WAY "I just think it's worth a try. This is the Great Northern Plains. It’s not like we're in downtown San Francisco trying to order Dilly…...
Monday, October 12, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 12, 2020
FRIGHTENING Before last week, the Good Samaritan nursing home in Bottineau was on cruise control — no coronavirus deaths. Then BOOM, 11 died from the virus, leaving another 28 infected.…...
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - OCTOBER 5, 2020
TAKE BACK BROADWAY Jack Zaleski is a peppery, often unpredictable columnist for the Fargo Forum. This week he was dismayed by the negative impact of homelessness and bar patrons on…...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
HANGING ON "That is our expectation ... that the general fund for the current biennium (ending June 30, 2021) will have adequate revenues to finish with an adequate balance to…...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
UNWANTED DISTINCTION Last Saturday, ND and SD led the nation in new coronavirus cases per capita for the preceding two weeks. Within ND, among the larger counties, the most active…...
Monday, September 14, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
THE DIRT DEVIL GOT HIM Anyone who has spent time around ND fields is acquainted with dirt devils, the seemingly harmless little twisters that meander fields and throw up clouds…...
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
BLINKING AMBER LIGHT ND continued to set records for coronavirus new cases and active cases. Along with SD and Iowa, ND is one of the few states where new cases…...
Monday, August 31, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AGUST 31, 2020
IOWA COULD BE A TAIL WIND ND is a commodity state and its two large commodity sectors, oil and ag, have been in a slump. The ag sector may be…...
Monday, August 24, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AGUST 24, 2020
A CUTE BUFFALO CALF caught the attention of a 55-year-old Iowa woman with a group of Sturgis Rally motorcyclists in South Dakota. Despite numerous signs and warnings about keeping a…...
Monday, August 17, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AGUST 7, 2020
FOOTBALL SEASON SHRINKS UND and NDSU are both members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference which will be playing no league games this fall. UND’s former conference, the Big Sky,…...
Monday, August 03, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - AGUST 3, 2020
DAPL DEVELOPER ENERGY TRANSFER and the Army Corps of Engineers are asking the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia to keep the pipeline operational during their appeal of…...
Thursday, July 30, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 27, 2020
FORMER UND PROVOST TOM DILORENZO was murdered in Charleston, S.C., his new home after retiring this spring following seven years at UND. DiLorenzo worked with several UND presidents — a…...
Monday, July 20, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 20, 2020
LEGAL BATTLES BEGIN The Washington D.C. federal judge who ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline also denied a hold on that decision. The matter moves on to the…...
Monday, July 13, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 13, 2020
THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE was ordered shut down by a federal judge in Washington D.C. until an Environmental Impact Statement is completed. Judge James Boasberg acknowledged that his order "will…...
Monday, July 06, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JULY 6, 2020
CHRIS MAGNUS (59) served successfully as Fargo police chief from 1999 to 2006. At that time he became police chief in Richmond, California, a city about the size of Fargo…...
Monday, June 29, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 29, 2020
CRYSTAL BALL IS FOGGY “The coronavirus is going to blow a hole in North Dakota’s budget.” — Columnist Rob Port. His alarm was based on the state’s May revenues which…...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 15, 2020
MONIQUE AND JOCELYNE LAMOUREUX have been named the 45th and 46th recipients of the Rough Rider Award -- ND's highest commendation. The award recognizes Nodaks who have achieved national recognition…...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - JUNE 8, 2020
TALES OF TWO CITIES “In one city, the community has rightfully rallied to the fallen officer . . .offering support and thanks for doing a difficult and often dangerous job.…...
Thursday, June 04, 2020
SCHMID: LOOKING BACK FROM THE LEFT COAST - jUNE 2, 2020
COMPARISONS A good way of comparing states’ coronavirus experience is a per capita comparison (number per 100,000 population). On that basis, the national per capita infection rate is about 500…...
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