Looking back at the 2010s
What would you choose as the biggest story of the decade? What do you think will be the big story for the next 10 years?
We asked people from different walks of life what they'd chose as the biggest story of the 2010s and what they think is coming for the 2020s.
Think we missed something? Have a better idea? Email news@willistonherald.com with your thoughts.
Bart and I think the biggest things in agriculture for the region in the last 10 years were the lower market prices for crops we grow in the M…
The most significant event in the last decade, in my mind, was the release of the updated USGS report on the Bakken and Three Forks. It provid…
I would say the opening of the new Williston Basin International Airport has been the most important event of the decade for the city. It’s pl…
One great thing that has happened in the past few years has been the building of new facilities for our sports teams. Like the Williston ARC a…
Certainly from 2010 on would be the oil boom in our area which had the most significant impact that I’ve ever seen to law enforcement in our a…
The connection of our city with the 18th Street underpass was a project that kept our children safe and brought east and west together.
The first thing that comes to mind for me is state championships, and that makes me think of the WHS boys cross country team.
It is not a single event or achievement, but I believe the most important feat of the decade is Williston’s municipal infrastructure developme…
I think the opening of the Williston Area Recreation Center approximately six years ago has to rank right up there near the top. Regarding the…
Technology advancements and exploration of the oil and gas industry within the Bakken shale play have created unique economic opportunities fo…