SALT

Breads top list of salt sources in US diets

Trying to cut down on salt? Health officials have come up with a list of the top 10 sources of salt in the American diet — and bread is No. 1.

February 07, 2012

Cut down on salt, government says, and calories

January 31, 2011

Salty oil allegedly dumped in N.D.

The state Health Department is investigating a trucking company that allegedly dumped salty oil field wastewater on gravel roads in western North Dakota.

May 12, 2010

Trucking company investigated for illegal dumping

The state Health Department is investigating a trucking company that allegedly dumped salty oil field wastewater on gravel roads in western North Dakota.

May 11, 2010

Governments weigh deicing methods

Humans have armed themselves in the battle against Mother Nature’s icy storms. Some use shovels. Some use snow blowers. But nothing seems more powerful than salt. A snowstorm dropped record amounts of snow on the mid-Atlantic recently, closing shops and inhibiting travel. Other regions of the country, including the Northwest and the Midwest, have been pummeled by snow and ice this winter.

By By Ilana E. Strauss, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire , February 17, 2010

Arts Center receives second SALT grant

The Arts Center in Jamestown has received a second Schools and Artists as Learning Teams grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts using art as a problem solving tool. SALT is a professional development grant that supports and strengthens partnerships between schools, community arts organizations and artists. Through collaboration, teachers and artists create opportunities for students to achieve success using art as the learning tool.

By By Toni Pirkl, The Jamestown Sun , December 17, 2009

Officials ID oil wastewater for deicing

The state Health Department has identified sources of salty oil field wastewater that North Dakota communities can use to deice roads for free — some two years after halting the decades-long practice to test its environmental impact.

By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , October 19, 2009

Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new government study released Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey studied urban streams and groundwater for levels of chloride, a component of salt, in 20 states spanning from Alaska to the Great Lakes and Northeast.

By By Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press , September 17, 2009

Saltier water coming from N.D.’s Devils Lake outlet

North Dakota’s Health Department has changed a water quality rule to allow saltier Devils Lake water to flow nonstop into the Sheyenne River. Right now, the Devils Lake outlet can run as long as sulfate levels in the river itself don’t exceed 450 milligrams per liter of water. The change allows river sulfate levels of up to 750 milligrams per liter.

July 16, 2009

Firm to mine salt in N.D.

A Colorado company with backers in Britain has leased more than 5,000 acres in northwestern North Dakota to mine salt and store wind. Denver-based Dakota Salts LLC says it wants to use voids created by mining in Burke County to store compressed air to be sold to wind farms to generate electricity. The mining caverns also could store carbon dioxide from North Dakota’s coal-burning power plants or natural gas from the state’s oil fields, the company said.

By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , February 11, 2009

Delta president confirms flights direct from N.D. to Salt Lake City

BISMARCK — Delta Airlines will add daily direct flights from Fargo to Salt Lake City and from Bismarck to Salt Lake City, company President Ed Bastian confirmed in a meeting with state and local officials this morning. Bastian said the direct flights will begin in June, using Delta’s Skywest partner and will operate seven days a week.

By Janell Cole, N.D. Capitol Bureau , December 04, 2008

SALT again in schools

The Arts Center and Jamestown Public Schools are pleased to announce the receipt of a $5,000 grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts for the 2008-2009 school year’s Schools and Artists as Learning Team (SALT). Team members include Gussner Elementary teachers Tricia Gaffaney, Marlene Langbehn and Lori Hare, writer Bill Kennedy, bookmaker Bonnie Tressler, assistant Mary Kay Kennedy and administrators Taylor Barnes, Peter Carvell and Bob Toso. Team mentors are provided by the ND Council on the Arts through the Minnesota state arts education agency, the Perpich Center.

September 25, 2008