High Plains Reader is published weekly from its offices in downtown Fargo, ND. HPR features the best in local news, arts and entertainment.

An invasion of ants and autocrats Gadfly | June 24th, 2025 By Ed Raymond [email protected] We need Paul Revere on a Harley: “ants and autocrats are coming!” The Asian needle ant has been nesting ...

Thompson Honors Legend Stone in ‘Sly Lives!’ Cinema | June 24th, 2025 By Greg Carlson [email protected] The June 9 death of musician Sylvester Stewart, known much better by stage name Sly Stone, ...

Magic — or the portrait of a skinny Dorian Gray? Wellness | June 19th, 2025 The drug that keeps re-purposing itself By Ellie Liverani [email protected] There is a drug that is getting a lot of ...

Vern’s view from the road: science and medicine save lives Last Word | June 19th, 2025 By Vern Thompson [email protected] Working in the Bakken oil fields of the Williston Basin is so ...

Mirror Lake Last Word | June 19th, 2025 By Jim Fuglie [email protected] I’ll never get used to spending the night in a motel room in Hettinger, North Dakota. After all, it’s my hometown. For more ...

Capitol Capital Corruption | High Plains Reader, Fargo ND Capitol Capital Corruption Gadfly | June 19th, 2025 By Ed Raymond [email protected] ...

There is a drug that is getting a lot of attention. It has various commercial names (Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus) but the scientific name is semaglutide.

We are landowners and township residents directly affected by the proposed 345kV transmission line from Jamestown to Ellendale.