Despite a 5-to-1 Do Not Pass recommendation from the Senate Education Committee, the full Senate voted 33-14 this week to approve legislation that would offer scholarships to oilfield workers and members of their families.

Construction for the Bakken Area Skills Center kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony July 18. This is a big step for the center as it has been in the works since 2016.

Legislators in Bismarck are looking at a bill that would create a new scholarship for oil and gas workers.

The North Dakota Petroleum Foundation awards 10 scholarships of up to $2,000 each school year.

The long-term outlook for jobs is positive throughout North Dakota and especially in Region 1, which includes Williams County.

North Dakota is suing the federal government over millions of dollars of royalties the state is losing because the Biden administration has frozen oil lease sales on federal lands.

The State of North Dakota filed a lawsuit this week against the US Department of Interior and the Bureau of Land Management over the cancellation of seven quarterly federal oil and gas lease sales in the state the past two years.

The North Dakota Board of University and School Lands (Land Board) today announced full completion of the Missouri River Acreage Adjustment Project, which in total returned a net of approximately $130 million to North Dakota private mineral owners and oil and gas operators. Part I of the project totaled $120 million and was completed earlier this year. Part II totaled $10 million and was completed last week.