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Inside The Boom: North Dakota As A Large Blank Spot
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When I travel outside North Dakota, I like to ask people what they know about the state. Here are some recent conversations I’ve had.
Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/series/inside-the-boom/page/2/)
Emily Guerin came to North Dakota for the same reason as everyone else – to find work related to the huge oil boom transforming the state. This is an occasional series on her experiences living the boom.
When I travel outside North Dakota, I like to ask people what they know about the state. Here are some recent conversations I’ve had.
I was up on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota last week doing some reporting on how the oil boom is influencing the election for tribal chairman there. I was kind of winging it and didn’t have a plan of where to stay that night. I knew it might be hard to find a hotel room, but figured there’d probably be space in the tribally-owned casino. Wrong. Every single hotel in New Town was full.
It’s hard to be separated from the people you love–especially when it’s for work.
The Maah Daah Hey mountain biking trail goes through the heart of the Badlands–and the oil boom.
Highlighting original (and tired) coverage of the oil boom.
Emily Guerin visits Williston for the first time and learns what “hotsheeting” is from her hotel-mates.