I'm Not Superstitious About "Friday The Thirteenth," But ...

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Fire destroys two nearly completed apartment buildings in the Harvest Hills subdivision. I am not superstitious about "Friday the 13th," but I cannot recall a bigger property loss story in the Bakken in the past year (not including some oil-related stories). And this happened early, very early, on the morning of "Friday the 13th."  Shortly after midnight.

Sand Creek Town Centre is taking shape.

Famous Dave's BBQ opens in Williston.

A tax agreement that standardized the rules and spurred oil drilling on an American Indian reservation in North Dakota is bringing in more than $40 million monthly for the state and tribal members, up from zero five years ago, state Tax Department records show.  Since the accord between the Three Affiliated Tribes and the state was first signed in 2008, the number of horizontal wells on the Fort Berthold Reservation jumped from one to more than 1,000. To date, the state has collected $445.4 million, with the tribes getting $315.3 million.

After finding cute, affordable clothes in the small town of Brea, Calif., while attending grad school, Dr. Eve Kostelecky knew she could bring the same type of fashion to her home state of North Dakota.Several years later, Kostecky recently opened up her second BREA location in Dickinson, about a year and a half after opening a store in Mandan.

Bitter wind chills, frozen water lines and icy drafts are just some of the problems facing those who choose to brave a North Dakota winter in campers, 5th wheelers and motorhomes.  Many of the "camping" residents arrived from warmer climates in search of work, then were brutally slapped in the face by the cold hand of winter. For many, the cold is simply too much to bear.