/tags/north-dakota North Dakota en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:00:00 GMT /business/2016-03-22/to-keep-you-eating-beef-ranchers-pool-money-to-promote-it Charles Bassett wants you to buy hamburgers made from his Missouri cows. That’s why the Missouri rancher wants to pay an extra dollar into an… Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:00:00 GMT /business/2016-03-22/to-keep-you-eating-beef-ranchers-pool-money-to-promote-it Harvest Public Media /business/2016-03-03/despite-known-hazards-of-storage-tank-vapors-oilfield-workers-still-face-exposure On a cold night in January 2012, Dustin Bergsing climbed to the top of a storage tank on a well pad in the North Dakotan Bakken oilfield. Bergsing was a… Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:00:00 GMT /business/2016-03-03/despite-known-hazards-of-storage-tank-vapors-oilfield-workers-still-face-exposure Emily Guerin /business/2016-02-25/with-oil-still-in-the-doldrums-wage-theft-claims-have-jumped-in-colorado Bankruptcies of oilfield companies large and small have grown as prices remain at their lowest levels in a decade or more. But company insolvencies aren't… Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:00:00 GMT /business/2016-02-25/with-oil-still-in-the-doldrums-wage-theft-claims-have-jumped-in-colorado Inside Energy /business/2016-02-03/north-dakota-is-feeling-the-pinch-of-the-commodities-and-oil-price-slide On the surface, North Dakota doesn't seem like a state full of risk-takers. It's conservative, faith and family-oriented. Yet many of the state's… Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:00:00 GMT /business/2016-02-03/north-dakota-is-feeling-the-pinch-of-the-commodities-and-oil-price-slide Emily Guerin /business/2016-01-20/as-oils-slump-continues-this-is-how-north-dakota-measures-the-bakkens-pulse Every month, the director of North Dakota's Department of Mineral Resources, Lynn Helms, unveils a series of indicators that paint a picture of the… Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:07:08 GMT /business/2016-01-20/as-oils-slump-continues-this-is-how-north-dakota-measures-the-bakkens-pulse Emily Guerin /business/2015-11-19/for-many-north-dakotans-the-clean-power-plan-feels-like-a-raw-deal North Dakota may be known as an oil state, but it's the state's coal industry that's feeling the heat from the federal Clean Power Plan. Under the final… Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:00:00 GMT /business/2015-11-19/for-many-north-dakotans-the-clean-power-plan-feels-like-a-raw-deal Emily Guerin /environment/2015-10-26/from-texas-to-north-dakota-the-glow-of-energy-development-has-dimmed-the-stars Manning a massive telescope at Theodore Roosevelt National Park's Dakota Nights Astronomy Festival, volunteer and astronomy-buff Jay Bjerke wasn't looking… Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2015-10-26/from-texas-to-north-dakota-the-glow-of-energy-development-has-dimmed-the-stars Emily Guerin /business/2015-06-01/demand-for-corn-ethanol-is-swallowing-north-dakotas-grasslands Ethanol is one of the most important industries in the Midwest, one that's about to change. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new targets… Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:24:53 GMT /business/2015-06-01/demand-for-corn-ethanol-is-swallowing-north-dakotas-grasslands Emily Guerin /business/2015-05-05/north-dakota-streamlines-industry-taxes-amid-low-oil-prices The oil and gas industry pays a ton of money in severance taxes to energy producing states like Colorado, Wyoming and especially North Dakota. When oil… Tue, 05 May 2015 11:00:00 GMT /business/2015-05-05/north-dakota-streamlines-industry-taxes-amid-low-oil-prices Emily Guerin /business/2015-04-02/oils-slump-has-one-worker-rethinking-her-role-in-north-dakotas-oil-boom In the past few years, workers from all over America flocked to jobs in the booming oil industry. Then the most recent price crash arrived. Since summer… Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:51:06 GMT /business/2015-04-02/oils-slump-has-one-worker-rethinking-her-role-in-north-dakotas-oil-boom Emily Guerin