Regional Business News

Officials from Gulfstream International Airlines say they’ll carefully consider a pitch to add direct flights between Billings and Williston, N.D., the epicenter of a historic oil boom that has sent thousands of people flocking to western North Dakota and Eastern Montana.

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Rates of disability in rural America are 80 percent higher than in the cities.

Built mostly during the late 19th and early 20th century*, much of the country’s water infrastructure–from wells to dams and reservoirs; from storage tanks, aqueducts, and treatment plants to pipes and valves–is rapidly failing.

Never heard of it?

You’re not alone. Even within gun circles, the Freedom Group is something of an enigma. Its rise has been so swift that it has become the subject of wild speculation and grassy-knoll conspiracy theories.

Denver-based Excellere Partners plans to start investing $465 million in private equity it raised late last year.

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Native American Affairs helps to ensure that American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians who want to start or grow a small business have access to SBA’s entrepreneurial development tools, and lending and contracting programs.

New mapping software designed for use on GPS units is available that gives detailed landowner information for the state of North Dakota and also has special features for the Bakken Oil Formation and Williston area http://www.huntinggpsmaps.com/north-dakota/northdakotabakkenoilfieldmaps.html .

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TransCanada’s offer to fund a $100 million performance bond if it fails to clean up a future oil spill in Nebraska’s sensitive Sandhills might sound like a hefty sum.