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The light of hopeDecember sweeps across the prairies of North Dakota with wind and blowing snow. The daylight shrinks in retreat and darkness dominates the landscape.December also starts the Christian rituals associated with Advent.
Staff members decorated Mr. Babinski's door with scenes from the movie “A Christmas Story” for the school wide door decorating contest. Photo by Lyle Van Camp

Staff members decorated Mr. Babinski's door with scenes from the movie “A Christmas Story” for the school wide door decorating contest. Photo by Lyle Van Camp

Tribal College Campus and Facility Improvements in North Dakota

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Erin Oban announced on Wednesday that USDA is investing over $1 million in Tribal college campuses and facilities across North Dakota.
Thank you, North Dakota

Thank you, North Dakota

Thank you, North Dakota

For eight incredible years, Kathryn and I have greeted every day with enormous gratitude for the opportunity to serve the citizens of North Dakota as governor and first lady.
Along the way | Tapestry of trails

Along the way | Tapestry of trails

Along the way | Tapestry of trails

|In the grace filled stories of this existence there lies the powerful knowledge of the sacredness beyond grief and the gratuitous nature of our memories. Stepping through the doorway of restoration and renewal, the mirrors of acknowledgment are awakened.
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Life in the slow lane?| If only...

There are times when I wish I could be in more than one place at the same time. I am sure that I may not the only person who feels this way from time to time.There are times when I am in Arizona when I think if I could only be in North Dakota for a day or a few hours.
Valley News & Views

Valley News & Views

Prairie doc perspective: Plastic surgery

Transforming lives inside and outWhen many people hear the term plastic surgery images of Hollywood stars trying to fight back the effects of aging come to mind. It is easy to assume that plastic surgeons just deal in vanity.
Participants may either take part in self-paced online modules beginning Jan. 8 or attend face-to-face classes in Grafton and other locations in North Dakota.

Participants may either take part in self-paced online modules beginning Jan. 8 or attend face-to-face classes in Grafton and other locations in North Dakota.

Extension to offer Nourish program in-person and virtually

North Dakota State University Extension is offering online and in-person classes in winter 2025 focusing on physical well-being.Nourish is a free program, aimed at adults age 50 and older living in rural North Dakota, that provides information and strategies about nutrition and health.
From the pastor’s desk

From the pastor’s desk

From the pastor’s desk

Atheist author and historian, Tom Holland, “while studying the ancient world...realized something. Simply, the ancients were cruel, and their values utterly foreign to him. The Spartans routinely murdered ‘imperfect’ children.