N.D. Governor Extends Fuel Trucker Order (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Gov. John Hoeven has extended until July 28 an executive order dealing with commercial truck drivers who haul fuel, to help deal with an ongoing shortage caused by refinery problems in the Midwest....more...'Must-see' South Dakota (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By GORDON DICKSON HILL CITY, S.D. -- Huge pine trees form a canopy over our tent, which I've managed to set up just before nightfall. As the sun sets at Horse Thief Campground, eight miles west of Mount Rushmore, it's a comfy 70 degrees or so outside -- and delightfully dry. Corn soup bubbles in the Dutch oven over a wood fire. Getting here was a monstrous 18-hour drive from North Texas. Now ......more... Lotsa fish, and they're biting (Everett Herald)
Holy anchovies, Batman - what's a salmon angler to do? Suddenly there are fish everywhere, it seems. Kings and blackmouth on Possession; chinook in the San Juan Islands; sockeye in the Skagit; pinks and chinook at Sekiu; chinook in Elliott Bay and on and on....more... N.D. Gov. Extends Fuel Trucker Order Until July 28 (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Gov. John Hoeven has extended until July 28 an executive order dealing with commercial truck drivers who haul fuel, to help deal with an ongoing shortage caused by refinery problems in the Midwest. More Transportation News More Minnesota News ...more... Golfers from Across US Visit ND Courses (KXMA-TV Dickinson)
Western North Dakota is home to three golf courses that have been noticed by major golfing publications in the US. Bully Pulpit in Medora, Hawktree in Bismarck, and The Links of North Dakota near Ray are all highly-rated in magazines like Golf Digest and ...more... Williston commits $100,000 to highway development (Minot Daily News)
WILLISTON ? The Williston City Commission has committed $100,000 over the next four years to promote the development of the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway, a north-south route from Rapid City, S.D., to the Port of Raymond in Montana through Williston....more... Badlands--and beyond--beckon with iconic sites (Chicago Tribune)
Bison. Pronghorn antelope. Eleven-thousand-year-old mammoth skeletons displayed in situ. The graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Larger-than-life human sculptures at Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse Monument. The Badlands. And the wonderfully kitschy Wall Drug. ...more... Chamber finalizes (Tyndell Tribune)
President Eric Tycz called the Tyndall Chamber of Commerce meeting to order at 12 noon in Sportsmen's Rendezvous July 10....more... Tourism and Gaming (In Business Las Vegas)
Mark Becker has a passion for travel and a knack for finding low airfares. Now, he has a Web site. Becker said members of his family have long enjoyed the benefits of his ability to locate cheap fares on the Internet and parlay them into trips around the world....more... |