The City of Williston and the State of North Dakota are fighting over mineral rights under the river and the lake in the Williston area. Can't we all just get along?
Update on North Dakota cattle flying to Kazakhstan. It turns out the cows will get frequent flyer miles which can be transferred to their bovine friends left behind. Black-out dates will apply, and the total number of miles will only get them from Bismarck to Minot. The cattle filled out their menu selections before takeoff; most ordered vegetarian, although several had chicken ("Eat More Chicken") and a few went kosher, thinking kosher, Kashagan, and Kazakhstan had a nice ring to it. [Original posting here.]
[Update, February 3, 2011: Fortune magazine on the Kows to Kazakhstan story.]
[Update, November 13, 2010: the cows got to Kazakhstan in fine shape.]
The Minot Daily News has a nice update on the water level of the river. This is really something for North Dakota. It seems so many of the years I was growing up in Williston, the water level was getting lower and lower as I got older and older.
