Most people associate 4-H clubs with teaching young people responsibilities through raising farm animals. Although animal husbandry remains a …
Eric Gill
Journalist
FEATURED STORIES
Each year The Williston Herald highlights the people, businesses and organizations that keep our community moving forward. Explore those stories below and if you would like to see someone highlighted next year, please email editor@willistonherald.com.
Deborah Kemp is a Williams County native with a passion for helping children.
Eric Gill
Journalist
"Passing the Torch" a term hailing from the ancient Greek torch races has been used for centuries to describe a passing of responsibilities, a…
Brendan Saunders
Journalist
"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already." This quote from John Buchan…
Brendan Saunders
Journalist
Progress 2023: Looking beyond tomorrow
As a second-generation officer in the Salvation Army, Joseph Irvine represents the embodiment of future progress.
Eric Gill
Journalist
In 1975 Eckert Youth Homes opened their doors for the first time to boys needing a place to stay in Williston. The original home started as a …
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Gianforte strengthens curriculum for Montana students
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He returned to the US for his daughter’s wedding — he left with a $42,000 hospital bill
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Warm Williston weather attracts Bird Ride, as scooters appear everywhere
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Burgum welcomes Supreme Court’s ruling against Biden administration’s Waters of the U.S. rule
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Williston mayor announces new City Administrator
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American Legion to honor buried soldiers at Riverview Cemetery
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Western resort towns risk being ‘loved to death’
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Williams County: West Farm Safety Camp trains N.D. youth
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Backers drop plan for massive energy storage project at Missouri River site
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2-year-old Williston boy dies after falling from fourth-floor window
We were built to grow. It’s what our founding Sisters of Mercy envisioned when community leaders asked them to start a hospital more than 100 …
A consolidation that started 70 years ago in Williams County moved a step further in December.
Williston Research Extension Center’s NDSU Foundation Seed Program acquired an additional land lease of 320 acres and grew 24 different variet…
Oil and gas — and agriculture, too — have helped position northwestern North Dakota for the first expansion of the state’s beyond visual line …
As 2020 ended, the pandemic that marked its place in history sadly did not. But one thing positive that did come from the end of 2020 was the …
One of the things Americans have missed most during the pandemic has been the ability to attend events.
Paul Coler and Lisa Davis wanted to put a difficult year behind them.
As one of the area's primary healthcare facilities, CHI St. Alexius Health Williston has a commitment to the community they serve. That commit…
Starting a business is always a daunting task. Add a global pandemic to the mix and you'd think you'd have a recipe for disaster, but as Willi…
The COVID-19 pandemic has spared no one, and area schools are no exception.
There's no disputing that 2020 was a difficult year for a lot of Americans. But one surprising story to come out amid the shutdowns, mandates …
Montana and North Dakota have more than 160 years of oil and gas history. The first recorded mention of oil and gas in Montana goes back to 18…
Overall crop acres for hemp dropped in both Montana and North Dakota for 2020, but significant progress was still made in that sector despite …
The Bakken is the oil and gas field most people think of when they talk about oil production in the region. But it was born first out of the M…
Plow it under, dig it up, spray it down — nothing you try does much to bindweed. It happily grows — sometimes all the more — despite your best…
Aschochyta blight can cause complete crop loss in a field, even on fields that seemingly had no prior history of the disease.
Cyndy Aafedt loves Williston, and she wants everyone else to, as well.
Just like businesses and organizations around the world, local government had to figure how to stay open during a pandemic.
The American State Bank and Trust Company Innovation Academy started as a pilot project and ended up combining efforts toward both expanding p…