Williston (North Dakota, United States)

Type: City

Name: Williston (North Dakota, United States)

Latitude: 48.16

Longitude: -103.629997

population: 11,971

First reported Jan 25 2013 - Updated Jan 25 2013 - 1 reports

Hegg Cos. tells Arizonians about oil boom opportunities

Hegg Cos. Inc. hosted its third conference to highlight business opportunities in the oil boom areas of North Dakota, but the most recent event was in Arizona.Peter Hegg, chairman of the company, is a part-time resident in Arizona.The daylong event Jan. ... [Published Argus Leader - Jan 25 2013]

Entities: Williston (North Dakota, United States), Minot (North Dakota, United States), Entrepreneur

First reported Jan 19 2013 - Updated Jan 19 2013 - 1 reports

REGIONAL BRIEFS: Court upholds Wisconsin limits on collective bargaining

A federal appeals court Friday upheld a controversial Wisconsin law that limits public workers’ collective bargaining rights.Credit: Forum News ServiceNorth DakotaTwo men injured in explosion at oil wellWILLISTON, N.D. – Two men were injured Friday afternoon ... [Published New Richmond News - Jan 19 2013]

Entities: Collective Bargaining, Prostitution, Fargo (North Dakota, United States), Sheila Harsdorf

First reported Jan 17 2013 - Updated Jan 17 2013 - 1 reports

NYT Attacks North Dakota Oil Town as Sexist Nightmare

As some of you may have already heard, the state of North Dakota is currently experiencing a politically incorrect and politically inconvenient economic boom in the midst of Obama's national economic program of stagnation. Thanks to the discovery ... [Published Breitbart Feed - Jan 17 2013]

Entities: Nightmare, Williston (North Dakota, United States), Economic Boom, Degrading, Rape

First reported Jan 16 2013 - Updated Jan 16 2013 - 1 reports

Oodles of Single Men May Not Be as Awesome as You'd Think

Young, single ladies: America is worried about you. You just keep going to college, moving to urban areas after graduation and finding yourselves outnumbering, sometimes dramatically, the available men of your demographic . How will you ever get married? ... [Published Slate - The XX Factor - Jan 16 2013]

Entities: Williston (North Dakota, United States), Hermit, Misogyny

First reported Jan 16 2013 - Updated Jan 16 2013 - 1 reports

Where the unmarried guys are.

Ladies, they are not on the east coast. Here 's a map to guide you, but of course, you won't go there. That's why the imbalance exists. You won't go there.But you guys, in New York and Massachusetts (and #1, my home state, Delaware), you have rich pickings ... [Published Althouse - Jan 16 2013]

Entities: Wyoming (Delaware, United States), Williston (North Dakota, United States), Degrading, Hydraulic Fracturing, Sexism

First reported Jan 16 2013 - Updated Jan 16 2013 - 1 reports

"I think the businesses that bring these men in should also be accountable for not providing opportunities that keep them busy outside of work."

"They should check their employees before hiring (if they don't already) and get rid of those who commit ANY kind of aggression toward women or men. Their social responsibility goes beyond the gate or the door. Maybe the answer is for the towns like Williston ... [Published Althouse - Jan 16 2013]

Entities: Williston (North Dakota, United States), Taxes, Police

First reported Jan 16 2013 - Updated Jan 16 2013 - 1 reports

In small midwest US towns, the fracking boom leads to a fracking boom, if you catch my drift

In the NYT today, a feature by John Eligon about Williston, North Dakota, a new fuel boom town situated atop rich shale oil formations. Migrant laboring men come here from all over, in search of jobs. And, sex . A growing number of female locals complain ... [Published Boing Boing - Jan 16 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Williston (North Dakota, United States), Sexual Assault, Hostile

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

Homeless In Williston, North Dakota Get One-Way Bus Tickets Out Of City From Salvation Army

A Salvation Army in North Dakota has seen its donations more than double in the past two years, and it’s using its funds to send homeless people packing. Jobseekers have been flocking to Williston, N.D ., for its alluring less-than-1 percent unemployment ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Williston (North Dakota, United States), Salvation Army, Unemployment Rate, Donations

First reported Jan 09 2013 - Updated Jan 09 2013 - 1 reports

REGIONAL BRIEFS: Crop crusher will serve time, pay for damages

WILLMAR, Minn. — Bronson Cody Evenson, 20, of Willmar, was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation, 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for driving his pickup through farms fields near, causing thousands of dollars in lost crop yields.Credit: Forum ... [Published New Richmond News - Jan 09 2013]

Entities: Fargo (North Dakota, United States), Steve Gibson, Moorhead (Minnesota, United States)

First reported Nov 28 2012 - Updated Nov 28 2012 - 1 reports

Oneok Partners reported it will not build its proposed Bakken Crude Express Pipeline

Oneok Partners LP reported it will not build its proposed Bakken Crude Express Pipeline, having received insufficient long-term transportation commitments during the project’s open season, concluded Nov. 20.The company said it was disappointed with the ... [Published Oil and Gas Journal - Nov 28 2012]

Entities: ONEOK Partners LP, Pipeline, Williston (North Dakota, United States), Oneok Inc, Bakken Shale

First reported Nov 28 2012 - Updated Nov 28 2012 - 1 reports

My grandma, the fracking matriarch

This summer, James West and I hopped in our mud-caked rental sedan and followed the oil tankers out of Williston, N.D. On my notepad was a scribbled address, a spot deep in the North Dakota prairie, just off the shores of serpentine Lake Sakakawea, ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Nov 28 2012]

Entities: Nana, Mineral Rights, Williston (North Dakota, United States), Bakken Shale, ConocoPhillips Company

First reported Nov 27 2012 - Updated Nov 27 2012 - 2 reports

My Grandma, the Fracking Matriarch

This summer, James West and I hopped in our mud-caked rental sedan and followed the oil tankers out of Williston, ND. On my notepad was a scribbled address, a spot deep in the North Dakota prairie, just off the shores of serpentine Lake Saka ... [Published MoJo Articles | Mother Jones - Nov 27 2012]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Nana, Lakota (North Dakota, United States), Williston (North Dakota, United States), Bakken Shale

Quotes

"I think the businesses that bring these men in should also be accountable for not providing opportunities that keep them busy outside of work."

"I think the businesses that bring these men in should also be accountable for not providing oppo ... [Published Althouse - Jan 16 2013]

"Your mother said, 'You're supposed to split it with us'" Cynthia

My Grandma, the Fracking Matriarch [Published MoJo Articles | Mother Jones - Nov 27 2012]

"Monday before school started we had one quit and then the day before school started we had another quit without any notice, so we had to scramble" Guglich said

In Rural Williston, N.D., Bus Drivers Act as School's Eyes and Ears [Published PBS - Sep 27 2012]

"Those that come in range from the guy who ran away with the circus at 16 ... to just last week we had a gentleman in here who had an [engineering] doctorate" Sanford said

Educating a Boom [Published PBS - Sep 27 2012]

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In Rural Williston, N.D., Bus Drivers Act as Sc... [Published PBS - Sep 27 2012]
Educating a Boom [Published PBS - Sep 27 2012]

Blogs

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NYT Attacks North Dakota Oil Town as Sexist Nig... [Published Breitbart Feed - Jan 17 2013] As some of you may have already heard, the state of North Dakota is currently experiencing a politically incorrect and politically inconvenient economic boom in the midst of Obama's national economic program of stagnation. Thanks to the discovery ...
Oodles of Single Men May Not Be as Awesome as Y... [Published Slate - The XX Factor - Jan 16 2013] Young, single ladies: America is worried about you. You just keep going to college, moving to urban areas after graduation and finding yourselves outnumbering, sometimes dramatically, the available men of your demographic . How will you ever get married? ...
"I think the businesses that bring these men in... [Published Althouse - Jan 16 2013] "They should check their employees before hiring (if they don't already) and get rid of those who commit ANY kind of aggression toward women or men. Their social responsibility goes beyond the gate or the door. Maybe the answer is for the towns like Williston ...
In small midwest US towns, the fracking boom le... [Published Boing Boing - Jan 16 2013] In the NYT today, a feature by John Eligon about Williston, North Dakota, a new fuel boom town situated atop rich shale oil formations. Migrant laboring men come here from all over, in search of jobs. And, sex . A growing number of female locals complain ...
Where the unmarried guys are. [Published Althouse - Jan 16 2013] Ladies, they are not on the east coast. Here 's a map to guide you, but of course, you won't go there. That's why the imbalance exists. You won't go there.But you guys, in New York and Massachusetts (and #1, my home state, Delaware), you have rich pickings ...

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Out of Work? North Dakota Oil Jobs Pay Up to $90k [Published WSJ.com Video - News - Dec 24 2012]

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Bakken Briefing and Field Tour Provide Particip... [Published PR Newswire: Heavy Industry & Manufacturing - Jan 31 2013]