Business growth in the heart of a downturn

March 15, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interviews: Kevin Black, co-founder and president, Creedence Energy Services Black discusses their niche service in the oil and gas industry and how they have been able to grow their company despite unfavorable market conditions.

ND air travel down 11% in 2016

January 20, 2017 jasonspiess 0

  North Dakota’s commercial service airports finished calendar year 2016 with a statewide total of 1,049,457 passenger boardings.  This is an 11% decrease from 2015’s airline passenger boarding count of 1,176,043.  In 2016, the state also saw 1,053,199 passenger deplanements for a grand total of 2,102,656 passengers that have set […]

PULSE crops emerging in the Upper Midwest

June 3, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union Talks about the emerging PULSE crops (peas, lentil, chickpeas) in the United States and the PULSE processing plant being built in Minot, ND.   The current plans call for the largest PULSE plant in North America and possibly the world.  He also talks about […]

Commissioner Goehring on Energy, Hemp and Flaring

May 14, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview: North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner and Industrial Commission member, Doug Goehring In this special interview, Goehring discusses public comments on private land in North Dakota and how it is creating some issues in the energy world. He also comments on the recent flaring numbers and how $50 oil could impact […]

Why not Minot?

April 17, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Stephanie Hoffart, CEO, Minot Economic Development Corporation Gives an update on the job market in Minot involving the oil field service companies and post flood construction.