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Park visits down

Kim Fundingsland/MDN • These bison found the grazing to their liking Sunday near the entrance to the visitors center at the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The number of visitors to the park this summer has declined from previous years.
August 28, 2008

MEDORA – Visitation to North Dakota’s National Parks has been both up and down this summer.

Park officials are not sure why, but if North Dakota is following a trend that has been developing in the rest of the country this summer, the increasing cost of travel might be to blame.

The decline in visitation has been most noticeable at the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Visits were down a whopping 30 percent in June as compared to a year earlier.

“That’s really been a dramatic drop in visitation for that park.

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Minot bus services to continue under new operator

August 28, 2008

Souris Basin Transportation of Minot will take over the transit service of the Minot Commission on Aging under an agreement being developed between the two agencies.

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Schafer defends ethanol, promotes technology

August 28, 2008

BISMARCK (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says a backlash against ethanol production could be easing as consumers realize the alternative fuel’s value and begin doubting arguments that it is to blame for soaring food prices.

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Too much vacancy

August 28, 2008

While the oil boom is creating a critical shortage of housing in many northwestern North Dakota towns, a different type of housing crisis exists in some other Minot-area communities.

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