Nation Oct 20 Watch 5:48 What the return of high school football means to an oil boom town Like so many small towns on the Great Plains, Alexander, North Dakota, had been shrinking as more and more young people moved away. But for the first time in 28 years, Alexander has a football team, thanks largely to an… By PBS News Hour
Nation Jun 24 Watch 8:38 Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers When Brendan Wegner went to work in North Dakota's Bakken oil fields, his family had no idea it was so dangerous. On average, a worker dies every six weeks. On his first day on the rig, Wegner was killed by… By PBS News Hour
Nation Apr 23 Watch Explosive train derailments prompt U.S. to advocate for safety improvements of oil transport By PBS News Hour
Politics Dec 20 Watch North Dakota’s Sen.-Elect Heidi Heitkamp on Gun Control, Keystone Pipeline North Dakota's Sen.-Elect Heidi Heitkamp on Gun Control, Keystone Pipeline…
Sep 27 Watch In N.D., Oil Boom Brings Student Boom and Schools Struggle to Accommodate Williston, N.D. Oil Boom Brings Student Boom and Schools Struggle to Accommodate… Continue watching
Sep 27 Educating a Boom The schools in Williston, N.D., are facing a set of unique challenges. A rapidly expanding oil boom has created widespread prosperity in the region, but it has also given rise to a whole host of problems. Continue reading