Aleisa Tanner

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte ordered the return of the 200 Montana National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., after he says thousands of men and women in uniform there were treated poorly.

This is the first week Freshmen and Sophomores at Williston High School are attending five day a week, face-to-face classes this school year.

The Sidney Health Center has administered 388 COVID-19 vaccinations to healthcare workers and long-term care residents since Dec. 22.

Williston’s first brewery is opening Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m.

A man in Williston is facing 17 felony charges after being arrested for breaking into two homes and allegedly stealing Christmas presents and guns on Christmas Eve.

Fifty residents and 55 staff members received a COVID-19 vaccination at the Bethel Lutheran Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Tuesday.

A one hundred and eleven year-old building in Powers Lake has recently been renovated into what it was originally used as; a hotel.

Williston’s first Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were administered Tuesday at CHI Saint Alexius Health.

Police in Williston are investigating a break-in that occurred at a coffee shop last night.

People in Watford City took on a huge project to bring Christmas joy to residents at the Good Shephard Nursing Home.

Voters in school districts 1 and 8 are deciding Tuesday whether or not to reorganize and combine their school districts.

Art in Business is a month-long event in Watford City that promotes the sale of local artists’ art in Watford City businesses.

Kids of all ages are participating in the City of Williston Community Christmas Tree Ornament Contest.

What started as a mission in 2013 to help people moving to McKenzie County during the boom has become a non-profit that assists anyone.

wenty-five-year-old Rasul Jamal Ali Shaw Jr., who police say stabbed and killed 24-year-old Ricky Waitman last year in Williston, changed his plea to guilty of negligent homicide and disorderly conduct Tuesday.

North Dakota will be the first state in the country with a state-wide drone network that allows pilots to fly unmanned aircraft systems beyond their visual line of site.

Williston has had a great voter turnout so far.

Williston Public School District #1 received an $11,865 grant that teachers will use to buy STEM equipment for elementary students.

In 1931, McKenzie County became the last place in North Dakota where a lynching took place.

In Williston, 18-year-old Ian Laboyd pleaded guilty to Manslaughter and Aggravated Assault Thursday in a plea deal with the State.

The City of Williston announced Wednesday that two new restaurants, Slim Chickens and Pizza Ranch, are coming to the Williston Square, and the first road into the development is complete.

The North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force says since 2015, they’ve served 327 trafficked adults and 107 minors. The focus of this rally was bringing awareness to youth who are sold for trafficking.

Nurses in Williston are administering flu shots in a different way this year to prepare for mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics.

Last month, we told you about farmers in Divide County who rallied together to finish their neighbor’s harvest after he had a heart attack.

Williston’s airport is the first in the state to start a program where the non-travelling public can go through TSA and use the XWA’s amenities.

A family-owned Mediterranean café just opened in Williston, offering unique foods you usually wouldn’t be able to find in town.

A full-scale mass casualty and hazardous materials exercise will be held in McKenzie County Thursday to prepare first responders if those events occur in the future.

A small group of eight students and parents protested mandated mask-wearing Tuesday in front of Williston High School.

Around 60 farmers in Divide County put their own harvesting on hold to cut 1,000 acres for a neighbor who suffered a heart attack after his combine caught fire last week.

Williston’s newest school, the ASB Innovation Academy, welcomed students and teachers through its doors for the first time this week.

T hand-painted mural on main street incorporates many of the things that make the area unique. Beth and Jessie Veeder worked with an artist from Jamestown, Linda Roesch, who planned and completed the mural within three weeks.

The Little Buddy Foundation presented a $135,000 bionic arm to a student in Crosby, North Dakota today.

An active shooter drill was conducted for the first time at the Williston Basin International Airport.

Williston State College is reporting that a member of its campus community has tested positive for COVID-19.

This is Williston State College’s first week of face-to-face classes since the campus shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In Williston, the jury found 27-year-old Justin Crites guilty of manslaughter in the death of Jay LePage last May. After two days of deliberation, the jury reached a verdict Tuesday after they re-heard testimony from one witness.

A free Women’s Health and Wellness Event, created to connect people to others, will be held in Williston.

A foundation that rescues and places cats in homes in Watford City is now busier than ever, but is lacking funds to support operations.

Tuesday marks the second day in the jury trial for Justin Crites, accused of manslaughter in the death of Jay LePage.

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a 15-year-old girl from Trenton who ran away around 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Williston Police Department is looking for a 16-year-old girl who was reported missing Thursday.

The Williams County Sheriff’s Office says they have identified the body involved in a cold case from 1982.

As early as next year, farmers may be able to purchase higher quality seed from the Williston Research Extension Center, as construction is underway at its new seed cleaning plant.

About a third of farmers in Williams County have started their harvest season, but it's a couple weeks earlier than usual due to drought conditions.

n Watford City, a single mother and her four children lost almost everything they own in a house fire last week.

Law enforcement in Williston disinterred a body at the Riverside Cemetery Monday morning, hoping to solve a 38-year-old cold case using DNA analysis.

Most teachers are back in their classrooms preparing for a unique start to the school year.

The Williston Senior Center has reopened three months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced its closure.

A group of women in Williston have organized a petition that already has more than 1,000 signatures, asking the City of Williston to repeal or restructure its ban on pit bulls.

Drone-technology is making it easier for oil companies to assess the land where well pad remediation is taking place.