December 20, 2015 Walmart in this tiny town beats Seattle’s minimum wage A tiny town in the midst of North Dakota’s oil boom raised local wages without forcing the issue through city ordinances or state laws — looking at you, Seattle.
December 18, 2015 Laid off from oil patch job, North Dakota woman gets Christmas help after Facebook plea The oil industry slump is leading to layoffs in North Dakota's oil patch, but one resident has found some surprising support.
January 8, 2015 Jamaican DJ to plead guilty in lottery scam targeting older people in North Dakota, elsewhere A prominent Jamaican disc jockey charged for his role in a lottery scam targeting older people in the Dakotas and elsewhere is scheduled to plead guilty.
January 8, 2015 South Dakota teen allegedly forced to wear 'gaytard' label files discrimination complaint A gay South Dakota teenager allegedly forced by his boss to wear a name tag that read "gaytard" filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week, claiming his former employer discriminated against him and violated his civil rights.
