North Dakota and Minnesota at odds over energy grid update, clean energy goals

NINA MOINI: This month, the utility companies Great River Energy and Minnesota Power broke ground in Becker on new power lines. It's part of a large project to update the region's power grid, which helps move along the state's plan to reduce its...

Northern Lights Forecast: 14 States Could Experience Aurora Borealis Tuesday

Topline A group of states along and near the U.S. northern border will have a chance at seeing northern lights Tuesday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has also predicted a minor geomagnetic storm. The...

City Of Sidney Approves 250 Grant Application, Repurposes Lagoon

Sidney City Council held their regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Oct. 20. at Sidney City Hall, 115 2nd St. SE. Mayor Rick Norby signed the Extra Mile Day proclamation, designating Nov. 1 as Extra Mile Day. Shannon Wicks, Sidney Area Chamber of...

Detroit seniors escalate fight against national corporate landlord

Senior tenants at River Pointe demonstrating as part of a growing tenant-led movement to fight back against corporate landlordism.| Cameron Harrison/People's World DETROIT—For Theresa McCormack, the dream of a peaceful retirement in a community...

Hill Top Hospitality plans benefit dinner featuring its seven head chefs

The chefs behind Hill Top Hospitality’s five restaurants will gather in one kitchen for a first-of-its-kind dinner event at River Bottoms Ranch in Midway. The multi-course “Farm Dinner” on Nov. 15 will feature every executive and pastry chef from...

METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Teams Up With GIBSON For Custom Raven Acoustic Guitar

One of the most iconic rock guitarists of our generation, Kirk Hammett — legendary guitarist of the multi-platinum-selling, nine-time Grammy Award-winning band METALLICA — continues his long-standing partnership with Gibson. Today, the iconic...

Comment | America’s public lands are the common ground where we come together

I drove more than 7000 miles this summer, from North Carolina to Montana and back, through vast swathes of rural America, tent camping most nights in state or national parks. This is what I learned: Americans from every zipcode, walk of life, and...

Little Big Screen: A Spooktober double feature of ‘Rear Window’ spoofs that (technically) take place in Iowa

Charley Brewster, played by William Ragsdale, from the 1985 horror film Fright Night — courtesy of Columbia Pictures The official Rear Window remake isn’t worth watching, even if you could see it for free through the floor-to-ceilings in a...

How to Watch the Northern Lights in These 14 States Tonight By Valerie Mesa

NEED TO KNOW The northern lights are expected to be visible across parts of the U.S. on Oct. 28 and 29, as fast solar wind from a large coronal hole on the sun interacts with Earth’s magnetic field NOAA forecasts minor to moderate geomagnetic...

Residents outraged by harmful impacts of billionaires' behavior: 'This is a nationwide problem'

"Depressing." by Misty LayneOctober 26, 2025 An influx of tourists seems like a good way to boost a town's economy, but that's not always the case, as A More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion) explained in its YouTube video on housing inequality in...

How California and New York are taking on the NIMBYs

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York — New York City voters are currently deciding on one of the most polarizing issues in decades. But it has nothing to do with 34-year-old democratic socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Instead, it will...

Destination Detours: 5 Off-the-Beaten-Path Trails Worth the Side Trip

A detour is where some of the best stories begin. Veer off-course in the best way possible with the all-new Detour-Worthy Trail Collection brought to you in partnership with Toyota Trucks. Built for the desert dwellers, beachcombers, and mountain...

Men’s Basketball Player Previews- Part 1

Welcome to the start of my annual player preview series as we rapidly approach the start of the Washington Men’s Basketball season. One exhibition game is in the books but the regular season begins on Monday, 11/3 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. This...

Now Is the Time…to Listen to Cookie Monster

The road to Sesame Street goes straight through Astoria, Queens, to an 8,000-square-foot soundstage in the historic Kaufman Astoria Studios. That’s where a group of Netflix executives found themselves in early June, strolling around one of the...

Controversial Eastview Village development flooded Greenleaf neighborhood

SNOHOMISH — Mike Putt was flying back from a vacation in Montana when he got a text on Oct. 12 from his neighbor saying their street was flooding. The first real rains of fall had hit the area that weekend, but the muddy water cascading down 79th...

Governor, federal delegation send letter to Interior targeting American Prairie

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, as well as all four members of the state’s federal delegation signed on to a letter last month claiming American Prairie’s bison restoration project is at odds with the state’s economy. The five men sent the letter to...

The Evolving Telepharmacy Dispensing Landscape

US Pharm. 2025;50(10):31-36. Telepharmacy, particularly remote dispensing, is emerging as a transformative solution to pharmacy deserts by expanding access to medications in both rural and urban underserved communities. Between 2010 and 2021, over...

Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike — new fossil evidence challenges extinction theories

Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike — new fossil evidence challenges extinction theories New research from New Mexico's San Juan Basin reveals dinosaurs were diverse and robust up until the asteroid impact 66 million years ago,...

Northern Lights in the USA: 12 Places Most Likely to Glow This Winter

The dance of the aurora borealis across American skies is about to reach spectacular heights. With solar maximum bringing heightened solar activity, promising dazzling displays, this winter presents an extraordinary opportunity for Americans to...

Real American Heroes Who Are Almost Forgotten Today - Part 2

Northern Cheyenne Chiefs "Little Wolf" (L) and "Morning Star" (R), who was also known as "Dull Knife." Photo by William Jackson, 1873. In Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to two famous Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne people, namely “Little...