Minneapolis StarTribune

Meeting Residential and Business Needs in North Dakota Will Take Time

By Paul Hegg on January 31, 2013

The rapid growth and challenges related to development of North Dakota’s vast oil reserves continue to draw national attention. One of the most recent news stories appeared in the Sunday, Jan. 27 issue of the Minneapolis StarTribune, under the headline “North Dakota Struggles to Cope with Prosperity.” The story, which carried a Watford City, N.D. more »

Oil Boom Fueling Population Growth in North Dakota

By Paul Hegg on January 2, 2013

Challenging economic conditions have been holding down population growth in the United States, as a whole. North Dakota is a notable exception. North Dakota’s population is soaring, thanks to oil development in the Bakken. National population numbers “show that the oil boom in North Dakota has sparked a people boom that made the state the more »