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North Dakota
An oil-worker family vows to make North Dakota home
by
Todd Melby
Aug 4, 2015
Kendra Hill saw only dust when she looked up her future home on Google Maps. Now there's a town there.
Looking for the bright side in Bakken's bust
by
Todd Melby
Jul 29, 2015
North Dakota oil worker has had enough of the area's greed.
Lawyers find success in the Bakken
Jul 16, 2015
The booming population of young men is helping fuel the need for attorneys.
North Dakota oil town: Is it a bust or a slowdown?
by
Annie Baxter
Jun 3, 2015
Some developers are pushing ahead in Williston despite lower prices per barrel.
The oil economy, as measured in hot dogs and U-Hauls
by
Annie Baxter
May 25, 2015
What unusual metrics tell us about North Dakota.
Oil downturn takes men out of 'man camps'
by
Annie Baxter
May 12, 2015
Housing planned during North Dakota's oil boom is now short on occupants.
Quitting the Bakken: one oil worker walks away
Mar 23, 2015
With hours cut, work in the Bakken oil fields don't seem worth it to one worker.
For public good, not for profit.
Pipeline spill exposes a fracking cost
by
Molly Wood
Jan 22, 2015
Wastewater spill is a huge reminder that fracking generates contaminated water.
With oil prices down, small companies feel the squeeze
Jan 14, 2015
When oil prices drop, size and location matter to the survival of oil companies.
In North Dakota, the oil boom changes politics
Oct 30, 2014
Out-of-state political contributions are fueling what used to be low-energy politics