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Looking for the bright side in Bakken’s bust

North Dakota oil worker has had enough of the area's greed.

Thousands of workers moved to rural North Dakota to take jobs in the Bakken oil field. Now, with global oil prices half what they were a year ago, there are fewer rigs, fewer trucks on the country roads and fewer jobs. Don Williams, who lives and works in Ross, says the bust could have at least one positive aspect.

Click the media player above to hear the interview with Don Williams.

Todd’s series, “Black Gold Boom,” is an initiative of Prairie Public and the Association for Independents in Radio.

 

 

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