Erica Kingston
Bright Beginnings Daycare to open on WSC grounds
Childcare is hard to find. A shortage in capacity of childcare is a nationwide issue with no exception in the town of Williston. The waitlists are long, with often no movement. Janie Cox saw this need when she decided to quit her teaching job to stay home with her growing family. She opened Happy Families […]
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Hometown Healing concert joins the community with music
Fans enjoying Clay Walker at the Hometown Healing Charity Concert. Concert goers spread down the sidewalk of the Williston ARC as they purchased tickets and filed into the facility on Saturday night. The basketball courts had been transformed into an auditorium complete with suspended video walls and a stage for CHI Williston Foundation’s first ever […]
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Not Today campaign brings global speaker to talk on suicide prevention
Five years ago ConnectUs Therapy’s Katie Shannon spoke to the Williston high school cross country team about suicide prevention, birthing the Not Today campaign. Each year since, more students have participated in the event by wearing its t-shirts and walking together in honor those who have died by suicide. Through generous donors and the Williston […]
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Williston library hosts Tables of Contents fundraising event
The Williston Community Library is continually gathering the community to expand imaginations through books and creativity. On Sept. 10, the public is invited to come into the library to view creatively displayed table scapes decorated by community members at the Library Foundation’s 22nd annual Tables of Contents fundraiser. Over 20 tables will be set up […]
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Hometown Healing concert connecting the community through music
It can feel like the world has shifted in the past couple of years. Mental, physical and economical hardships hit and left feelings of separation and strain throughout communities. CHI St. Alexius Health Foundation in Williston has been working hard on an event that they hope will bring a communal connection to their town. In […]
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Sugar Bust Run raising funds for locals living with diabetes
As a nurse and certified diabetes educator, Bronson was looking for a way to help those in the community living with diabetes by alleviating some of the costs of what can be a very expensive disease. Thus, the Sugar Bust Diabetes Run event was formed. On Sept. 9, the second annual run will be hosted […]
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Challes donates childhood bird egg collection to N.D. state parks
Contributed by Marie Challes. Lewis and Clark Park Ranger Zach Audette and Marie Challes with the donated bird egg collection. In the mid 1960’s, Marie Challes, then in her early teens, and her father set their sights on the native birds around their family farm near Ray, N.D. For nearly two years they kept their eyes […]
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XWA Airshow takes to the sky Aug. 19
The skies will come alive this weekend at the Williston Basin International Airport as performers show off their skills and aircrafts for the third annual Williston Airshow. For this family affair, breakfast, aircraft rides, displays, world-renowned air show performances and pyrotechnics can all be seen at XWA on Saturday. The morning will kick off at […]
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Jer Bears Sno Shack Passionate About Giving Back
Throughout the summer months in Williston and the surrounding communities, a bright green trailer can often be seen, usually accompanied by a line of eager patrons. In parks, at company picnics or community events, Jer Bears Sno Shack has become a common staple over the years – a business run by familiar faces with a […]
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City of Williston offers Neighborhood Revitalization Program
With material prices at an all-time high and lending hard to obtain, doing home projects may be put on the back burner. But the City of Williston has formed a program to encourage property improvement in an affordable way. The City Commission passed Resolution 23-003 in February that allows certain homes the opportunity to apply […]
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Fort Union Hosts Indian Arts Festival
Traditional American Indian Dancer at Fort Union NPS Photo/Emily Sunblade Fort Union preserves the history of what was once a bustling fur trade post on the Upper Missouri River. Next weekend, the fort is hosting an event that brings that history to life. On August 5-6, the Indian Arts Festival will be held at Fort […]
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Ray Garden Provides for Food Pantry
Eric Viall stands next to the Ray community garden that provides for the local food pantry. Photo by Erica Kingston The plot on the corner of Score Street and Third Avenue in Ray, N.D. looks like a typical garden. The potato plant’s purple buds are blooming and the pumpkin vines are rapidly expanding. But this […]
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