Earlier this week, Phillips 66 and Bridger Pipeline announced plans to move forward with a joint venture known as “Liberty Pipeline”. The project was first announced in November of last year. According to reports, the proposed $1.6 billion pipeline project [read more…]
Last time we published anything about Mike Seminary, he had just been walloped by Steve Bakken in the June election for Mayor of Bismarck. That 20-point defeat earned Seminary the title of “Former Mayor of Bismarck”. It was a fitting [read more…]
Early last year an effort began to petition for the recall of Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary. By May the signatures that had been gathered were all turned in. But Bismarck City Administrator Keith Hunke held a press conference to announce that [read more…]
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has a new Chairman. Long-time Tribal Council member and former Wildlife Ranger Mike Faith defeated the well-known David Archambault in yesterday’s election. Not only did Faith win, but he did so with about 62% of [read more…]
Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) – the company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline – filed a lawsuit this week against multiple environmental organizations. Among other things, ETP claims the groups carried out “a campaign of misinformation for purposes of increasing [read more…]
Ever since the events of one week ago when groups of hate-filled people clashed in Charlottesville, Virginia – culminating in 20 year old James Alex Fields, Jr. driving his car into a crowd and killing 32 year old Heather Heyer [read more…]
Sept. 9, 2016 Rally Against The Pipeline /The Oceti Sakowin Run (Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary – Right Front & Bismarck Chief of Police Dan Donlin – Right Rear). Photo by Prairie Rose Seminole. I’ve been following the effort to recall [read more…]
The end appears to be near for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline issue. While the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes both have cases pending in their continued legal battle against the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) made the [read more…]
About a month ago the Army Corps of Engineers reversed the decision made under the Obama administration to prevent completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). They scrapped their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and issued the easement for the pipeline [read more…]
Point of View host, Chris Berg, had on Senator Lonnie Laffen (R – District 43) to discuss a proposal to create six new state run casinos in North Dakota. The proposal is a constitutional referendum that would be voted on [read more…]
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