opinion

Take care with your words, one day you may have to eat them. I overhear many conversations centered on the unparalleled gathering occurring at Cannonball. Sadly, they reflect an ignorance I’ve come to expect from North Dakotans. This battle is much bigger than Dakota Access. This...

Many of us will be enjoying this long weekend at barbecues, parades and family gatherings. We should remember, too, that Labor Day is truly a celebration of workers and working families, the backbone of North Dakota and the nation. We celebrate Labor Day to honor the men and women...

To hear the protesters near Standing Rock Reservation talking about their actions against the Dakota Access Pipeline, you would think that oil is something we can live without as a society. That is just simply not the case. It seems that the participants themselves use plenty of oil-based...

It’s become the place to be in September. It’s the Community Block Party, and it’s today on First Avenue in Jamestown. The event to welcome University of Jamestown freshmen is also just as popular with residents, and if you’ve attended before, you know why. It’s fun -- and...

North Dakota's in good company. Even Norway is feeling the pinch of low oil prices and is making withdrawals from its sovereign wealth fund. In North Dakota, as Forum News Service reported last week, state leaders "are signaling a growing willingness to use earnings from the state's...

When the initiated proposal for Marsy's Law, backed by California billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III, appeared in North Dakota, native commentators worried about out-of-state meddling in the state's initiative process. One of the opponents of Marsy's Law pinpointed the issue at a Bismarck...

For folks who are still on the fence regarding the upcoming presidential election, I offer some help. If you wish to have every aspect of American life continue to be ruled by political correctness, vote for Hillary Clinton. If you are obsessed with global warming and agree with...

What on earth went wrong at the North Dakota Department of Human Services? The audit findings of shockingly lax procedures in the child care licensing and monitoring programs are a disgrace. But here’s something even more troubling: It would be one thing if the negligence was...

The Prairie is where I grew up. The land has taught me many lessons about myself and our earth. Summer and winter have taught me that in order to flourish we must endure times of dormancy and go within ourselves. Spring and fall give us an opportunity to appreciate regrowth and recreation....

The short answer to the headline's question is "no." North Dakota's political climate is as hostile to public lands as it has ever been. If Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the state's only national park, did not exist in the Badlands and was proposed today, it would be shouted down....

I read with interest a letter to the editor by Judy Stahl of Valley City urging North Dakota legislators to reverse calls for an Article V national convention for proposing constitutional amendments. This led me to Lloyd Omdahl's lengthy column stating a convention will never happen...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: * Bravo to Kulm's new high school addition. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $6.2 million project was celebrated this week in the community. The addition is 41,655 square feet and includes a gym, classrooms, cafeteria, commons area,...

Keep your eye on the Hansen Arts Park in the coming weeks. Over the next two months, a sculpture created by sculptor Owen William Fritts will take shape in the park that will help redefine the space for the public. We are looking forward to seeing the finished product. Fritts and...

I must preface this by saying that I do not envy the job the City Council and administration have before them in determining the city budget, particularly this year. The reduction in state funding has left the city between a rock and several hard places, and the budgeting task is...