North Dakota boom towns…
Marvin Baker
It’s obvious that in the last decade, Williston, Watford City, New Town and Stanley have been boom towns because of all the oil activities that was going on there.
Williston grew so fast that the population ballooned to 38,000 and the economy almost caught Fargo’s, with its population of 120,000.
Likewise with Watford City. The population there went from 1,300 in 2000, to about 8,000 by 2015. There were people all over, Dollar General stores were popping up and local law enforcement had to hire lots of cops because there were some bad hombres in Watford City during the boom.
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GRAND FORKS, ND – Vantis, North Dakota’s statewide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) network, recently signed a long-term agreement to house the Vantis Mission and Network Operations Center (MNOC) at the Grand Sky business and aviation park. The MNOC is an essential component of Vantis – as the name suggests, it is the focal point to provide secure network operations monitoring and administration, customer coordination and support, performance and safety data reporting, and other critical functions.
“The MNOC is an indispensable part of the infrastructure of Vantis,” said Nicholas Flom, executive director of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, which oversees Vantis. “We’re putting together all of the technology necessary to accomplish our lofty goals, so as physical remote infrastructure is deployed, the MNOC is ready to go to connect the network.”
Digital Adventure Lab offers new way to explore Turtle River State Park
According to Erika Kolbow, interpreter at Turtle River State Park, Adventure Labs differ from traditional geocaches in that there’s no physical cache, or container, for users to find. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
Erika Kolbow, naturalist at Turtle River State Park, prepares to release a Monarch butterfly in July 2019. Turtle River State Park recently launched an Adventure Lab, which uses a smartphone app to provide an outdoor experience similar to geocaching. (File photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald)
Visitors to Turtle River State Park have a new option for getting outside to explore and learn more about the park’s rich history.