Locator: 49564QUICKCONNECTS.
Alison's quick connects:
• Hennen: North Dakota can become the North American capital of compute -- InForum
• North Dakota natural gas daily production reaches all-time high in Sept -- Minot Daily News
• State could see construction of its first utility-scale solar farm in 2026 -- Minot Daily News
• Oil and gas prices hold steady for another month, but frac crew numbers fall -- KFYR-TV
• Electrical outage causes hundreds of barrels of produced water to spill northeast of Medora -- KX News
• Divide County experiences another increase in oil and gas production in September -- The Journal
• Senate reversal of Biden policy that blocked Wyoming coal mining heads to Trump -- Bismarck Tribune
• LEC Jonathan Fortner: Giving thanks for the lignite coal power that keeps North Dakota going -- InForum
• Cerilon gas refining project gets loan extension from North Dakota energy board -- Bismarck Tribune
• State investing $7M in Grand Farm to promote research on autonomous agriculture -- North Dakota Monitor
• Bank of North Dakota commits $400 million 'lifeline' to state's agricultural producers -- North Dakota Monitor
• Governor Kelly Armstrong is set to visit Standing Rock leaders with goal 'to find action items' -- KX News
• Rare T. rex found in North Dakota; mammoth fossil digs 'significant' for research -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota's Indigenous community shares its art and culture at Capitol showcase -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Crothers notifies Armstrong of retirement date -- Office of the Governor
• Pre-holiday storm moves into North Dakota with no travel advisory issued in northwest -- Bismarck Tribune
• Registration opens for 2026 North Dakota Transportation Conference set for March 10-11 -- KX News
• Mandan Republican Keith Boehm announces launch of Senate reelection campaign -- Bismarck Tribune
• Reconstructed scenic loop opens grand views at Theodore Roosevelt National Park -- Bismarck Tribune
• Budget hole: McKenzie County transfers $300,000 to shore up E911 services -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Williston's annual community Christmas tree lighting ceremony will take place on Black Friday -- KFYR-TV
• Dickinson Rural Fire Department misses out on $640K due to missed budget deadline -- Dickinson Press
• State investing heavily in its tourism infrastructure and rural communities -- McKenzie County Farmer
• McKenzie commissioners vote to immediately implement soft hiring freeze -- McKenzie County Farmer
• North Dakota's new school superintendent Levi Bachmeier to tour every district in the state -- KX News
• 'It's all about the seniors': Minot elementary students craft Christmas cards for senior citizens -- KFYR-TV
• 12-member committee named to lead search for next Bismarck State College president -- Bismarck Tribune
• Glenburn Public Schools buys new playground following student coin drive, booster club effort -- KFYR-TV
• Stanley High School forensics class goes to court, students participate in mock trials -- ND Court System
• Ray Public School tweaking policy language to clarify open enrollment restrictions -- The Journal
• Universal school lunch could achieve a broader tax base with smaller, more efficient government -- InForum
• Ballot measure effort seeks to provide free school meals to North Dakota students -- North Dakota Monitor
• Turtle Mountain College receives $22 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott -- Minot Daily News
• Former State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler sworn in for her new role in Trump administration -- KFYR-TV
• MHA Nation and Killdeer High join for first-ever assembly highlighting indigenous culture -- Dickinson Press
• Energy Information Administration projecting bear market for oil prices; fuel prices could stay low -- KFYR-TV
• Nuclear reactor developer X-energy secures $700 million to finance expansion of US projects -- Reuters
• China is launching a global cooperation initiative on green minerals with developing nations -- Oil Price
• Trump administration restructures DOE, dropping clean-energy offices in favor of hydrocarbons -- World Oil
• 2025 elections showed us that energy matters to voters ahead of next year's mid-term -- RealClearEnergy
• US Supreme Court to weigh in on "climate lawfare," consider disputes over jurisdiction -- Washington Times
• Coal-fired plants kept online to power artificial intelligence as Trump rolls back pollution rules -- E&E News
• States, Native American tribes and federal programs to share $14.6B from energy revenues -- E&E News
• China's LNG imports fall for thirteenth straight month as domestic output, pipeline imports surge -- Oil Price
• Trump's Department of Energy just nuked Biden's wasteful climate bureaucracy into oblivion -- RedState
• A sobering reality: Fossil fuel demand continues to rise as "green energy transition" stalls -- NoTricksZone
• Climate apocalypse crumbles, COP30 flops, activists cry mercy, fossil fuels thrive -- Manhattan Contrarian
• Building out the grid on solar power is 10 times more expensive than gas, wind 7x more -- RealClearEnergy
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US-85
US-85
To be widened to four lanes, from Long X Bridge south of Watford City, ND, to ND Highway 200, south of Watford City, at the cutoff to Killdeer, ND, probably encompassing the most prolific area of the Bakken.
