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Light up Harmon park parade gears up
Downtown Williston and Harmon Park are again ready to be bright and festive the evening of Nov. 27 as the Christmas season officially kicks off with the annual Light Up Harmon Park Parade.
School board OKs trip costs
The Williston Public School District 1 School Board voted 3-2 Thursday evening to pay the meal and lodging expenses for hockey coaches and bus drivers, along with substitute teacher costs that are needed in a coach's absence, to further clarify a memorandum of understanding with the Williston Basin Skating Club Inc.
Protecting the public
Upper Missouri District Health Unit officials are hoping a change in location, an expected decrease in future shipments of H1N1 vaccine and an expanded priority group prompts a stronger turnout of area residents for Friday's clinic in Williston.
State may fund social services
The Williams County Social Services provide a variety of child welfare, financial services and programs for the aging that are important for people who need assistance.
Safety first
Accidents don't happen to me; accidents happen to someone else.
Sales tax meetings are postponed
Formal committee work on a proposed 1-percent city sales tax for the Williston Parks and Recreation District is being pushed back to the start of a new year.
A strong market
Officials from the airline that provides commercial service to Williston discussed the company and answered questions of local officials and business leaders over breakfast Tuesday.
Working to solve a shortage
Staff Writer
Oil and trucking traffic damages county roads
With all the good that comes to the area from increased oil activity, it does create a few issues as well.
Hospital limits visitors
Staff Writer
Accident occurs Monday morning
A Williston man faces charges of driving under suspension and driving on the left half of the roadway not in overtaking after an accident Monday morning one mile east of Four Bears Casino near New Town.
Fueling area needs
Changes in state law governing oil and gas production tax allocations to oil-producing counties has created different procedures for where certain portions of it are dispensed and how certain entities can get some of the funds.
Saturday accident injures three
Three people were injured Saturday morning in a two-vehicle accident in eastern Williams County.
Housing concerns
Numerous factors including an anticipated increase in oil activity, extremely tight credit due to the foundering national economy and the issue of supply and demand have been fueling and complicating an already difficult housing situation locally.
Commission approves oil tax plan
The Williams County Commission approved a policy for taking applications and dispersing funds for oil tax dollars received by the county during its meeting Tuesday morning.
Interns are needed
The City of Williston is looking for high school seniors who want to be involved in the second year of a student internship program.
Teens are injured in Tuesday rollover
Three Williston teens were injured Tuesday night in a single-vehicle rollover accident outside the city.
Filling a need
With the holiday season approaching, residents will soon be seeing a familiar sight outside local stores: volunteers ringing bells and standing beside red Salvation Army kettles.
Commission applies for transportation grants
The Williston City Commission approved a series of requests by the Public Works Department to apply for North Dakota Department of Transportation grants during its meeting Tuesday evening.
Mercy officials explain switched babies
Officials at Williston's Mercy Medical Center explained the sequence of events surrounding how the wrong baby was given to a mother discharged from their obstetric unit in September.
Trailer plan continues
The Williston City Commission approved a series of motions involving efforts by the city to open up a small number of Cimarron Heights Trailer Court lots for use this winter during its meeting Tuesday evening.
County waits for road funds
The Williams County Commission approved a list of proposed 2010-11 Federal aid projects for roadwork with the condition of waiting for federal funds to become available during its meeting Tuesday morning.
Woman dies in Monday accident
A Kenmare woman was killed Monday evening in an accident in Mountrail County.
Mourning a loss
Among the 13 victims in last week's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas included a man who was born and grew up in Williston.
Coal-fired power plant project is scrapped
The now defunct Big Stone II power plant project near Milbank, S.D., was the biggest, best and lowest cost alternative on the table to produce electricity in the region.
Man pleads not guilty to sex charges
Staff Writer
A plan of action
At this time of the year with the flu season beginning to take hold, people are taking steps to avoid being in places or situations where they could come in contact with anyone sick.
County commission hears easement concerns
The Williams County Commission spent nearly 40 minutes at the beginning of Tuesday's meeting hearing concerns from a developer over an easement issue which was voted on in June.
Moving forward
Construction on Williston's new Northwest Youth Assessment Center is under way and the new building is to be completed and open for use by the end of the year.
Police outline tools for locating missing children
When it comes to cases of missing children, law enforcement have a variety of tools at their disposal as well as a variety of procedures to go through when working to find the child.
Fort Hood victim had local ties
(AP) — Capt. John Gaffaney, 56, was a psychiatric nurse who worked for San Diego County, Calif., for more than 20 years and had arrived at Fort Hood the day before the shooting to prepare for a deployment to Iraq.
Learning about history
Students and residents can see history come to life Monday evening when one of the country's most famous presidents and a former Dakota Territory governor speak about life in their time at Williston State College.
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