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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A powerful storm that pummeled much of the West is promising to bring its chaotic mix of snow, sleet and ice to much of the Dakotas on Thanksgiving Day. The system closed roads and delayed flights from Anchorage to Salt Lake City on some of the busiest travel days of the year. Meteorologists warned residents in the Dakotas to expect a range of messy wintery weather, from freezing drizzle in the eastern two-thirds of South Dakota to a possible blizzard in eastern North Dakota. "Like the Boy Scouts, y... Full story
White pelicans at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge in central North Dakota have baffled biologists in recent years with no-shows, massive die-offs and hurried departures. The big-billed birds' expected return to their nesting grounds in a few days may add to the mystery, said Paulette Scherr, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist. "The birds are going to return," she said. "But will they have problems? We don't know that." The white pelicans — among the largest birds in North America, measuring six feet from bill to t...
Recreational boaters are back and the fish are biting in the u p p e r r e a c h e s o f t h e Mi s s o u r i Ri ve r sys t em. Hundreds of miles downstream, fully laden barges are again plying the Big Muddy without worry of hitting bottom. Low river levels caused by a decade of dry conditions in the Missouri River basin have been reversed by rains and robust snow runoff, and the warring over water among downstream and upstream states has ebbed until the next drought hits. Now, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages... Full story
A Montana man believes he has found the perfect place to compost oil sludge with cow manure and other organic waste: North Dakota. Environmental regulators in Montana forced Dale Leivestad to close an operation that turned manure, straw and unsalable crude oil to compost, saying it made a mess. So Leivestad wants to start a sludge-to-compost facility a few miles over the border in sparsely populated Bowman County, where he has the blessing of the state Heal th Department. "It's going to be a very safe place to ply our...