Editorials

Let the construction begin. Now that the ceremonial first shovels of dirt have been turned, it will soon be time for the real work to get underway on Minot's new airport terminal. And it can't happen quickly enough. The new terminal project, located east of the current terminal...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos and buffalo chips this week: *Bravo to Jamestown, Carrington and Edgeley public school districts for receiving grants for technology. JPS received a $25,000 grant, and Carrington and Edgeley each received a $10,000 grant. And bravo to the...

In an ideal world, elements of the Affordable Health Care Act ("Obamacare"), including health exchanges that began running Tuesday, would be delayed or scrapped. It didn't happen. Therefore, the best option for individuals and families is to access information to help negotiate the...

As U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer mulls how to respond to the government shutdown and debt-ceiling crises, he should remember something: He's not like other Republicans in the House. Other Republicans in the House -- a great many of them, anyway, especially the most conservative members...

Larry Skogen, president of Bismarck State College, is the right choice for interim chancellor of the North Dakota University System. The state Board of Higher Education confirmed Skogen over former Commerce Commissioner Shane Goettle in a dual vote that went from 5-3 to unanimous. Both...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: * Bravo to the increase in residential construction that Jamestown is seeing. Fourteen building permits have been issued in 2013 as of last week, including 13 single family homes and one 12-plex apartment. That compares to five...

Congratulations to the Jamestown and Edgeley schools that have been nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. William S. Gussner Elementary School in Jamestown and Edgeley Elementary School were two of 286 schools nationwide to be honored as National Blue Ribbon...

City officials in North Dakota might prefer to downplay it, but major cities in the state are competitive. That's especially true of Fargo and Bismarck. The state's capital city is growing and, as the state's second city, is in a civil but serious competition with Fargo. Bismarck...

It is beginning to look like the city of Williston will put a six-month moratorium on mobile businesses, with a plan of studying the issue before allowing new businesses to apply. We support the moratorium. It is always a good idea to take a step backward and take time to understand...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: * Bravo to David Yearwood and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, which are partnering together to donate 100 refurbished computers to schools and learning centers in Nimba County, Liberia. Yearwood, a University of North Dakota...

North Dakota State University football fans who are grousing about ESPN's decision to broadcast its "College GameDay" program from downtown Fargo are an embarrassment to the university, the city and themselves. It's utter nonsense to bite a hand that feeds you, but that's what alleged...

Patrick Gass was the kind of fellow you want at your back in times of trouble. He was a key member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. His journal of the expedition was the first published by the explorers. And now the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center has one of those rare first editions. It's...

North Dakota does its share of things wrong. But here's a fairly recent decision that the state did right -- so right that West Virginians are traveling to Bismarck to see for themselves. "A delegation of Democrats and Republicans from the West Virginia Legislature traveled to North...

No matter the outrage most North Dakotans feel about a white supremacist's attempt to take over the small Grant County town of Leith, Craig Cobb has broken no laws thus far and is exercising his rights within the strictures of the U.S. Constitution.

Five Minot State University football players have been charged with crimes, four of them with misdemeanor crimes of possession of marijuana and ingestion of a controlled substance. They have been suspended from the team indefinitely. But the circumstances surrounding the fifth player,...