Notable Articles on 8/21/12

A Last Real Indians Interview with North Dakota Senate Candidate Heidi Heitkamp – LastRealIndians.com 

Fargo unveils preliminary update to FEMA’s flood plain map – Fargo Forum 

Head Start Revived – Minot Daily News

Abandoned homes in Minot face possible demolition – Associated Press

Survey finds North Dakotans give less – Grand Forks Herald

Cleanup underway at site of Williston oil well blowout – Grand Forks Herald

New bypass should improve life in Williston – Bismarck Tribune 

Bismarck-Mandan school enrollment on the rise – Bismarck Tribune 

Grant delayed to turn natural gas into fertilizer – Bismarck Tribune

Oil pipeline could set world record – Bismarck Tribune

Hettinger Count salt water disposal well approved – Associated Press

Mandan bond issue the topic at public forums – Bismarck Tribune 

UND students face housing crunch – Grand Forks Herald

Fracking sand depot in the works in Richardton – Dickinson Press

Higher education rate grows in Stutsman – Jamestown Sun

Fargo protection pricetag: $133 million – Jamestown Sun

Leave the renewable fuels standard alone – Politico

Deadline intensifies pressure on Mo. congressman – Associated Press

NYPD: Muslim spying led to no leads, terror cases – Associated Press

TV/Radio

Conrad Gives Farm Bill Update – KFYR -TV

TV Advertisements

New Majority PAC ad – “Sly One”

Columns & Editorials

OUR OPINION: Difficult but solvable — that’s Social Security – Grand Forks Herald

Solutions require compromise – Tribune Editorial

Letter to the Editor

Ellen Chaffee, Letter: Leadership vital for ND higher ed

Greg Stites, Bismarck, Letter: Get the facts on health care law 

Bill Wagner, Hazen, Letter: Obscuring the petition purpose

Greg Svenningsen, Valley City, N.D., letter: Berg’s vote on budget doomed farm bill