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Law enforcement clash comes to a head
New Town has a new police commissioner as disagreements over the handling of city police department boiled over at the regular New Town City Council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
Posted 12/24/13 (Tue) read more »
School absenteeism still a problem
Students will have one less opportunity to make up absences in the New Town School District.
Posted 12/18/13 (Wed) read more »
Weather creates dangerous road conditions in area
As the region settles in for a second week of a cold snap, icy roads have created hazardous conditions that have led to accidents on area roads.
Posted 12/12/13 (Thu) read more »
Lend a hand with a one can
A little competition, it is said, is a good thing. Two oilfield companies have set up a competition for local businesses across the oil patch with the intention of doing a very good thing for hungry people across the Bakken.
Posted 12/12/13 (Thu) read more »
TAT Boys, Girls Club takes to the runway
In 2001, the Three Affiliated Tribes Boys and Girls Club was officially chartered. A dozen years later, the club has facilities in all six segments of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and has provided recreational, education and leadership opportunities for hundreds of youth in New Town, Parshall, Four Bears, White Shield, Mandaree and Twin Buttes.
Posted 12/05/13 (Thu) read more »
New Town boy to meet LaBron James
Paul Staples wondered what was going on as a troop of people, including his family trooped into the gymnasium as basketball practice ended. The 16 year old freshman at New Town High School was about to find out that, sometimes, dreams do come true.
Posted 12/05/13 (Thu) read more »
Finding a way to prosperity
From two miles below the surface, a river of black gold climbs to the surface of the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Posted 11/27/13 (Wed) read more »
Council ponders 2014 projects
With the weeks in year rapidly fleeting, the New Town City Council mulled over plans for projects it hopes to accomplish in the New Year.
Posted 11/27/13 (Wed) read more »
Bank Robber nabbed near New Town
A fire call produced an unexpected result for a Mountrail County Sheriff’s deputy.
Posted 11/21/13 (Thu) read more »
Vision West document to be released in December
The Vision West North Dakota Committee is in the process of finalizing its regional for the North Dakota Legislature. The committee has been holding meetings this spring and summer in the 19 energy producing counties in western North Dakota.
Posted 11/21/13 (Thu) read more »