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• Fargo, North Dakota, is a new AI hub in the emerging Midwest tech boom -- Forbes
• Two renewable projects win big with $700K NDIC grant program funding -- KX News
• Developer asks ND judge to halt Greenpeace lawsuit in Europe -- North Dakota Monitor
• Olson and Leier: Halting carbon capture would hurt North Dakota -- Bismarck Tribune
• McKenzie County remains top oil producer; state sees slight decline in May -- McKenzie County Farmer
• PSC holds hearing for potential NGL pipeline northeast of Tioga; would reduce flaring -- KFYR - TV
• Energy CEOs make case to state officials for $500M gas pipeline financial backstop -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota-based energy firm receives $1M LIFT program loan for oilfield technology -- KX News
• North Dakota's energy landscape is increasingly defined by a clash of investment priorities -- KX News
• Industrial Commission opens new $25M oil tech grant program amid energy transition debate -- KX News
• North Dakota Public Service Commission approves waiver for Badger Wind Farm near Wishek -- KX News
• North Dakota DOGE task force highlights accountability in inaugural meeting -- Bismarck Tribune
• Armstrong's federal disaster declaration request for North Dakota remains unanswered -- KSJB AM 600
• US Supreme Court is likely to take on North Dakota tribes' Voting Rights Act case -- Dickinson Press
• Hail storm leaves 40+ mile long scar in southwestern ND visible from satellites -- The Weather Channel
• ND to roll out new emergency alert systems to combat high rates of missing Indigenous people -- InForum
• North Dakota Legislature to boost program oversight with twenty-five new hires -- North Dakota Monitor
• Commerce Dept. announces 6 companies approved for $2.16M in development fund loans -- KX News
• North Dakota Emergency Services renames Homeland Security, State Radio departments -- Dickinson Press
• Highway Patrol to have stricter enforcement as ND interstate speed limit goes to 80 -- Dickinson Press
• New law capping property tax increases lead to 23% property tax hike in Minot budget -- Minot Daily News
• Five-year strategic priorities plan has been adopted by Williston City Commissioners -- Williston Herald
• Third of Velva city park trees downed by weekend storm resulting in major loss to community -- KFYR - TV
• Lions Club offers $15K grant and supply trailers for storm disaster responses in western ND -- WZFG
• Divide County commissioners again adjust state funding requests for four road projects -- The Journal
• In past year, Western North Dakota farmers endure major drought, drenching rain, severe hail -- KFYR - TV
• City of Dickinson to close major stretch of Villard Street August 1?6 for utility work -- Dickinson Press
• $5B in federal education funding released in nick of time for North Dakota school year -- Bismarck Tribune
• From freeze to whiplash: The uncertainty facing North Dakota's rural schools -- North Dakota Monitor
• Dickinson State University taps Kayla Noah as new vice president of student affairs -- Dickinson Press
• Surrey Public School teachers, staff pen letter addressing concerns about school operations -- KFYR - TV
• Surrey Public School hires high school principal, releases statement on superintendent position -- KFYR - TV
• Watford City schools blaze trails with cellphone ban, bolstered by new state law -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Schmidt re-elected as CSPS board president; portfolios reassigned at July meeting -- The Center Republican
• Beulah Public Schools Board assigned portfolios to members during regular meeting -- The Beacon
• Kansas Attorney General alleges that Chinese govt is funding US environmental litigation -- Fox News
• US oil production from onshore federal lands soars to record high of 1.7M barrels per day -- Oil Price
• Interior push to fast-track mineral extraction from mining waste projects faces backlash -- E&E News
• More American energy needs more minerals and meaningful permitting reform -- RealClearEnergy
• US LNG producer gains climb as EU agrees to $750 billion in energy purchases -- Reuters
• Japanese power firm plans to build country's first new nuclear reactor since Fukushima -- Reuters/CNN
• Renewable geothermal energy is heating up. It's going to need more geologists. -- Wall Street Journal
• The very real human impact of coal plant closures; blackouts are a growing threat -- RealClearEnergy
• Oil climbs on EU trade deal, potential US-China tariff truce extension, deadline for Russia -- KFGO
• Chevron scaling back its Permian footprint as it approaches production plateau in the basin -- Oil Price
• Despite oversupply concerns, US crude production rose to record 13.49M barrels-per-day in May -- Reuters
• Skyrocketing tech industry demand will drive US energy industry's expansion, says Burgum -- Oil Price
• Renewables expected to overtake coal as world's top source of electricity by the end of 2026 -- E&E News
• Electricity generated from wind and solar cannot replace fossil fuels; baseload needed -- America Out Loud
• How fossil fuels powered the greatest leap in human progress, improved quality of life -- Irrational Fear
