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Oppidan breaks ground on $20 million development
Cash Wise Grocery, Alco, chinese buffet to anchor new retail complex
Post Office hires more staff to improve service
Customers see improvement in service
Christian Academy finishes remodeling
Five months after semi smashed into the school, students return to new classrooms
Students get ready to move into new school
Elementary students to be bussed to high school for lunch
Making Watford a better place
Roughrider Fund is pouring millions of dollars into community projects
Residents want U.S. 85 bypass west of Alexander
Route of U.S. 85 around Alexander to become part of four-lane highway from Williston to Watford City
Center opens to rave reviews
New wellness center sees jump in membership
Filter socks are unwanted garbage
City uncovers oilfiled waste in dumpsters
Developer pitches new high school option to school board
While the McKenzie County Public School District may be a few years away from deciding whether or not its growing student numbers will require the district to build a new high school, one developer thinks his company has the perfect solution.
It’s a gusher
New well north of Watford City producing 5,000 barrels of oil, 12 million cubic feet of gas a day
Outgrowing its space
Much needed remodeling project to add more jail and office space at County Law Enforcement Center
Legislation could help hospitals reduce bad debt charges
House Bill 1433 is proposing to send the state’s tobacco tax to the North Dakota Department of Health, and for $20 million of that money to be set aside as grants to help pay the bad debts of oil-impacted hospitals
Wolf Run ready for the next step
Oil companies donate $300,000 toward Wolf Pup Daycare project
Wellness Center ready to open
Connie Wold Wellness Center to offer access to state-of-the-art fitness equipment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Watford City's City Council approves preliminary subdivision map for a new residential area that could provide apartments, townhomes and single family homes for 502 people in the northwest corner of the city.
WAWSA seeks more money to finish project
The Western Area Water Supply Authority (WAWSA) was created as a result of the last North Dakota Legislative Assembly and has made tremendous progress since then.
Embracing technology
W.C.H.S. Geography class replaces textbooks with iPads
Bills look at putting more money into oil patch cities, counties
Three bills are being introduced in the 63rd Legislative Session that could greatly change the formula of oil and gas production taxes that are returned to impacted western North Dakota counties.
Gas outage affects 1,000 area residents
Natural gas service to Watford City and Arnegard was lost when a natural gas transmission line about 2½ miles east of Alexander was struck by a contractor who was working in the area on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 26.
A building boom coming
New housing, retail coming to Watford City in 2013
Joy Dental Design opens office in Watford City
Hazen dentist expands operations to Watford City
Study: Decades of oil development ahead
McKenzie County could have 8,636 wells by 2025
Herfindahl resigns as city police chief
There has been a changing of the guard at the Watford City Police Department following the surprise resignation of Slade Herfindahl as the chief of police and the appointment of Jesse Wellen as the city’s new police chief.
It’s almost time to work out
New Connie Wold Wellness Center nears completion
School Board struggles to determine future enrollment
Need for new high school in Watford City to be based on increased growth
Number of flu cases in county grows
The flu has received a lot of attention in the media lately due not only to its epidemic level proportions, but also the severity of its symptoms.
No service from the Postal Service
Watford residents demand better service, Postal Service officials say it will happen
Sanford hired as Chamber of Commerce executive
Like many entities in the Watford City area, the Watford City Area Chamber of Commerce has had to adjust to a changing, growing and developing community over the last two years.
City okays new emergency facility building
In order to meet a growing demand for new fire equipment and ambulances in Watford City, the Watford City City Council, at its Jan. 7 meeting, gave its blessing to construct a new six bay facility next to the Watford City Post Office.