Bills seek to close schools on election days and encourage teaching languages in elementary

By Ann Estvold, NDNA Legislative Intern Schools make for great polling places but having them open to the public on election days causes security concerns, says a legislator who advocates closing schools on days they are used for voting.Rep.

State Board of Higher Education sets policy to reduce textbook costs

By Billie Jo Lorius, Ph.D.

Lake Region State College receives grant to expand Renewable Energy Program

The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced this week that a total of $420,176 of the State Energy Program grant funds were awarded to Lake Region State College’s (LRSC) Devils Lake Solar/ Renewable Energy Initiative.

From the pastor’s desk

Psalm 128 opens with a blessing – “Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.”He then procedes to list what some of those blessings are. The last one is, “Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children...” (v:6).

Prism of prose

I recently spent our two coldest day binge watching the first four seasons of “The Chosen” from Angel Studios. It gives a depiction on First Century life under Roman rule. It centers on the Gospel story where Jesus walked the earth. Jesus met people from all walks of life.

Reverse snowbird

Hello Dakota friends and neighbors. I had my weekly writing all planned out until I heard these words that changed my direction: “A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person has only one.” RFK Jr.I am first a poet and that makes me a sponge that soaks words into my being.

SEW much fun at Drayton Public School

A sewing club for all agesShelly Quimby, FACS teacher at DPS has organized an after hours sewing club in her classroom. The club is free and open to anyone in the area, any age and any skill level.

Lady Titans fall to Aggies

The Drayton-Valley-Edinburg (D-V-E) Titans girls’ basketball team struggled to find some offense and it resulted in 47-19 loss to the Park River-Fordville-Lankin (PR-F-L) Aggies Friday, Jan. 24 in Crystal.The was a match-up between teams going in different directions at this point in the season.

Armstrong supports legislation creating incentive program to attract value-added agriculture projects

Gov. Kelly Armstrong has announced his support for legislation creating an incentive program to attract valueadded agriculture projects to North Dakota.