Williston Wireline -- 10K More Jobs; New Hotels; Grain Terminal; Billings Activity -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

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• The Bakken formation could create another 10,000 jobs in 2012. 
• Secretary of State Al Jaeger: the monthly number of business registrations has jumped 63 percent since June 2010; the backlog is at about 1,500 applications. Paperwork that used to take a week now takes five weeks.
• Two landowners recently made a joint application for a zoning change for a multi-million dollar grain terminal near Noonan. 
• Bakken Gold Suites opened its doors recently in Tioga.  The 98-room, three-story building was constructed over the past six months.  "It's amazing how much work gets done in a day here," said Ray Cody.
• The Best Western Golden Prairie Inn opened its doors April 1 in Sidney.  The four-story, $6.5 million project has 72 rooms and 17 suites, featuring high ceilings and 37-inch TVs.
• Gov. Jack Dalrymple plans to write a letter to President Barack Obama to ask for help addressing the housing needs on North Dakota reservations. During a news conference, Dalrymple said the FEMA trailers brought in to help Minot families after last summer's flooding could be put to additional use in North Dakota after those families move out.
• Like many businesses in Billings, when the economic recession hit in 2008, Sanderson Stewart Engineers looked around for new opportunities. "We looked to the east," said Rick Leuthold, an engineer and one of the firm's principals.  Leuthold's company found enough business in Williston, N.D., to establish an office a year and a half ago, and their business continues to grow, as does one of the largest oil and gas developments in the U.S. - perhaps the largest in the country's history.  

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