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RYAN BERRY While Yellowstone and Glacier national parks call from the west, to the east lies another park with much to offer. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, just inside the North Dakota border about four hours from Billings, is a beautiful representation of everything the northern Great Plains has to offer. The park was my respite on the first night of a cross-country road trip, though it is certainly worthy of a multi-day stay for hikers and sightseers looking to experience the land that helped inspire Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation efforts. The sun rakes across the ba...

(Update: adding video, info, comments from Deschutes Basin watermaster) Irrigation districts, customers will be running out of water BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- In the 75-year history of the Wickiup Reservoir, water levels have never been this low so early in the summer. Water is commonly measured in acre feet. Deschutes Basin Watermaster Jeremy Giffin said Friday the reservoir west of La Pine is at 28,000 acre-feet of water. To put it into perspective, Giffin said it would be measured at 130,000 acre-feet in a normal year. One acre-foot is about 326,000 gallons, or enough water to cover an acre of ...

Free, 1-4 p.m., July 3, 3527 Atwood Ave. Madison-born songwriter, hip-hop guitarist and music producer Adem Tesfaye will play at the jazz club Cafe CODA this Friday. Tesfaye is a skilled storyteller, with experience producing music rooted in hip-hop, funk, reggae and blues. He has previously released two solo albums, D-iz-III “the Sickness” and “Athedage,” though his most recent work includes the Black Poet’s Society Reunion and a blues-funk-hip-hop band Binx. Free, 5:30-8 p.m., July 2, 1224 Williamson St. Experience all the fun at this family-friendly July 4 parade, with opportuni...

The meeting was no 'ax-ident': Robot compels popular YouTubers to go ax-throwing with North Dakota governor. 6:31 pm, Jun. 14, 2021 × North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum prepares to throw an ax during a competition with YouTube creator Thomas Brag at Rough Cut Social in downtown Fargo on Monday, June 14, 2021. Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service FARGO — Before last week, Thomas Brag had never stepped foot in North Dakota. By Monday, June 14, the well-known YouTube video creator had seen a bison for the first time, watched the Medora Musical and thrown axes with Gov. Doug Burgum. The se...

The town was founded in 1883 by French nobleman Antoine Amedee Marie Vincent Manca de Vallambrosa. He named it for his wife, Medora Von Hoffman, daughter of a New York investment banker.