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Mallard in full resplendent plumage

VIDEO: Avid hunter takes up photography during hunting off-season

Zach Johnson spends most of his spare time in the fall hunting waterfowl and deer, but the UND student has started chasing the birds with a camera during the off-season. The results to date have been favorable.

Tania Blanich, director of the Rourke Art Museum

All hung up: Learn the art of hanging art throughout your home

It’s the question that many decorators, artists and gallery dealers dread: What should I hang that will go with my couch?

Joan Anderson, left, gives her sister Jean Bojestad a hat

RYAN BAKKEN: Treasures big, small found rummaging

Among the many bargains Doug Thomasson has found during his time as a serial rummager, he said his hands-down best acquisition came in a garage in rural Warroad, Minn., in 2008.

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Grad party costs go beyond food and decorations

Buying cake and making punch are considered staples of preparing for a graduation party, but some hosts are going beyond securing the essentials for their graduates’ bashes.

Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks

Grand Forks’ Sen. Holmberg leads interim Legislative Management Committee

Despite grumbling from some conservative Republicans, Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he didn’t seek the chairmanship of the Legislative Management Committee, which acts for the North Dakota Legislature between sessions, to deny the post to House Majority Leader Al Carlson.

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Grand Forks gears up for a summer of construction

Construction is expected to be booming in Grand Forks this summer despite a late start and a shortage of workers.

Eric Olson, operator at the Williston landfill, sets aside a bag of filter socks containing radioactive material

Radioactive waste on the North Dakota monitor

Landfill employees here discovered at least two “hot loads” this week, illustrating why a group of North Dakota citizens is worried about the proper disposal of radioactive waste that comes with oil production.

Courtney Nygaard

Record Powerball prize inspires plans modest and grand

The multi-state Powerball jackpot hit $600 million Friday, surpassing the previous mark of $587 million prize. The Herald asked several people Friday in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks what they might do with more than $300 million — and whether they even can imagine that kind of money.

Starter Cory O'Connor drops the green flag to open the racing season

AUTO RACING: Green flag drops at River Cities Speedway

The fastest cars on the race track belonged to two of the younger sprint drivers at River Cities Speedway — Mitch Mack and Austin Pierce.

Billboard on I94 in Moorhead

Billboards designed to attract Minnesota businesses to N.D.

North Dakota is promoting its business climate at Minnesota's expense, and some politicians east of the Red River are not happy about it. The Greater North Dakota Chamber has started a campaign that mocks proposals in the Minnesota Legislature, including bills that would raise certain taxes.

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