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Exclusive: Chapel Hill Council Member Allen Buansi Will Run for Rep. Insko's State House Seat

Exclusive: Chapel Hill Council Member Allen Buansi Will Run for Rep. Insko's State House Seat

Indy Week — When Allen Buansi was in seventh grade, bored in the way that only middle schoolers can be, he found his purpose in the pages of history books, reading about Black leaders making strides in both civil rights and politics.
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Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Discuss Staffing Concerns in Joint Me...

Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Discuss Staffing Concerns in Joint Me...

Indy Week — In a joint meeting last night between the Orange County and Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools boards and the Orange County Board of Commissioners, representatives from the two districts painted a picture of two school systems trying to stay positive and bounce back from a couple of rough years.
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Longtime Democratic Lawmaker Verla Insko Announces Retirement Plans

Longtime Democratic Lawmaker Verla Insko Announces Retirement Plans

Indy Week — Capping off 12 terms in the state House, Rep. Verla Insko (D-Orange County) yesterday announced plans to retire at the end of her term in December 2022. She's one of the longest-serving Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly, holding her seat for 24 years, or before the iPhone was invented, as she put it.
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Report: Anonymous Emails Raise Concerns Over Sex Offender Status of Husband of Chapel Hill Counci...

Report: Anonymous Emails Raise Concerns Over Sex Offender Status of Husband of Chapel Hill Counci...

Indy Week — A story published in The News & Observer on Tuesday brings to light a 20-year-old incestuous rape accusation against a Chapel Hill Town Council candidate's husband. Anonymous emails sent to the N&O and other local media organizations resurfaced the issue, muddying the waters for restaurant owner Vimala Rajendran's race.
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Bringing back bison: Herd could mean food sovereignty is on the horizon for Red Lake Nation | Bem...

Bringing back bison: Herd could mean food sovereignty is on the horizon for Red Lake Nation | Bem...

Bemidji Pioneer — "This is called the Red Lake Buffalo Ranch," she said, on a windy, hot day at the end of June. The area is now home to a starter herd of 11 "mashkode-bizhikiwag," or bison in Ojibwemowin -- which are part of a multifaceted food sovereignty initiative Red Lake Nation.
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Red Lake Boys and Girls Club expands and thrives with Thomas Barrett at the helm | Bemidji Pionee...

Red Lake Boys and Girls Club expands and thrives with Thomas Barrett at the helm | Bemidji Pionee...

Bemidji Pioneer — Two years ago, the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club was on a downward spiral, with membership declining and grant money dwindling. Then, Thomas Barrett landed what he called his "ideal career," as CEO of the club.
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PIONEER PERSPECTIVES: Another Hannah says farewell to Bemidji | Bemidji Pioneer

PIONEER PERSPECTIVES: Another Hannah says farewell to Bemidji | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Pioneer — I came to Bemidji right before the world turned upside down and I had a front-row seat to the resilience of this community. Though I didn't meet many of my regular sources face-to-face until months after I began, the people I spoke to in Bemidji for work or otherwise, always greeted me with a hefty dose of "Minnesota Nice."
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Teachers, students say farewell to Central Elementary, Bemidji's oldest school | Bemidji Pioneer

Teachers, students say farewell to Central Elementary, Bemidji's oldest school | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Pioneer — At 12:40 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, students took one final walk down the hall, spilling out the main doors and into the warm afternoon. With some excitedly running to greet parents and buses, some wiping away tears and hugging their classmates, Central's final class said "farewell."
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Resilience of nation displayed during Red Lake State of the Band Address | Bemidji Pioneer

Resilience of nation displayed during Red Lake State of the Band Address | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Pioneer — Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr., along with 14 department heads, addressed a small crowd gathered at the Red Lake powwow grounds on Friday to celebrate together in person and fully acknowledge the realities of what the community has lived through in the 16 unprecedented months since last year's State of the Band Address.
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Reflecting on a Herculean vaccine effort in Leech Lake | Bemidji Pioneer

Reflecting on a Herculean vaccine effort in Leech Lake | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Pioneer — Nearly six months after Leech Lake's vaccine distribution was launched, the unsung heroes reflected on the process since then. The team of vaccine staff at Leech Lake may not call themselves heroes -- but the community certainly seems to think so. The team has been pummeled with gratitude, requests for hugs, kind notes, baked goods and happy dances post-jab.
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Bemidji State graduate Serena Graves overcomes tragedy, finds fulfillment in Ojibwe language and ...

Bemidji State graduate Serena Graves overcomes tragedy, finds fulfillment in Ojibwe language and ...

Bemidji Pioneer — Through this journey, Graves said she went from being a relatively average student in high school to finishing at the top of her class in college, with plans to continue in pursuit of a doctoral degree. The motivated Indigenous studies and Ojibwe language student is graduating along with the Bemidji State University class of 2021 on Friday.
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Line 3 pipeline protesters block entrances to Enbridge offices in Bemidji | INFORUM

Line 3 pipeline protesters block entrances to Enbridge offices in Bemidji | INFORUM

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead — Several of the protesters locked themselves together, wearing "sleeping dragon" devices, attaching themselves to one another -- many lying on the ground in sleeping bags for warmth, while others were also locked to the fences outside of the entrances. The Minnesota State Patrol used saws to cut through the devices, which appeared to be made with reinforced metal bars.
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The 1987 murder of Anita Carlson in northwestern Minnesota remains unsolved 34 years later | Bemi...

The 1987 murder of Anita Carlson in northwestern Minnesota remains unsolved 34 years later | Bemi...

Bemidji Pioneer — In July 1987, the city of Bemidji was shaken by the murder of a young woman with a promising future. Anita Ann Carlson, 22, was a recent Bemidji State graduate who disappeared while working a night shift at the Pete's Place West convenience store.
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Indigenous artist Brian Dow finds success 'painting for the people'

Indigenous artist Brian Dow finds success 'painting for the people'

Yahoo! News — When Brian Dow was starting out as an artist, he tried to sell his paintings in the Walmart parking lot to make ends meet. Passersby laughed at him. "There are hundreds of times that I wanted to give up," Dow said. "I told myself, 'I'm going to prove to these people that I'm going to make it,' because they laughed at me. I thought while you go to work 8 to 4:30, (and) you don't like your job, I'm doing what I like to do."
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Indigenous voices express opposition to Line 3 during Congresswoman Ilhan Omar visit to Bemidji |...

Indigenous voices express opposition to Line 3 during Congresswoman Ilhan Omar visit to Bemidji |...

Bemidji Pioneer — The group, which was hosted by the Giniw Collective and included voices from organizations MN350 and the RISE Coalition, showed the representative around some landmarks near Park Rapids and Bemidji, taking Omar to an opposition camp, a proposed river crossing and a pipeline equipment storage area.
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Flocking to the polls: Beltrami county residents vote in general election | Bemidji Pioneer

Flocking to the polls: Beltrami county residents vote in general election | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Pioneer — Twenty miles north of Bemidji, in a more than 100-year-old school-house-turned-town-hall, Alaska township voters cast their ballots from within handmade red and blue star-covered curtains, under the warmth of a wood-burning stove.
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Unprecedented push for Indigenous voter participation could shake up election in Minnesota | INFO...

Unprecedented push for Indigenous voter participation could shake up election in Minnesota | INFO...

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead — RED LAKE, Minn. -- Through a seemingly unprecedented voter registration effort, 5,500 people were registered to vote in Red Lake Nation over the course of eight days, many for the first time. Thousands more were registered on the reservations of Leech Lake and White Earth in northwest Minnesota, with estimates of around 8,000 in total between them all.
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An uncle's promise leads to a revolutionary solar project in Red Lake Nation | INFORUM

An uncle's promise leads to a revolutionary solar project in Red Lake Nation | INFORUM

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead — Bob Blake is at the heart of the Red Lake Solar Project - he sees it as a spark for a movement he hopes will sweep the nation. The project is in the early stages of a one-of-a-kind undertaking, with the ultimate goal of achieving energy sovereignty for the Red Lake Nation, while creating jobs and a more sustainable way of life for future generations.
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A look inside a distant classroom: School within the designated distance learning team | Bemidji ...

A look inside a distant classroom: School within the designated distance learning team | Bemidji ...

Bemidji Pioneer — Some fidgeted in their desk chairs, some wore oversized headphones, others displayed their breakfasts, while more turned their microphones on and off. Appearing in a neat video grid was Nancy Neis' first-grade distance learning class -- who have given themselves the moniker, the Monarchs.
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Epidemic within a pandemic: Region sees uptick in drug overdoses | Bemidji Pioneer

Epidemic within a pandemic: Region sees uptick in drug overdoses | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Pioneer — BEMIDJI -- While the world grapples with a viral pandemic, a quieter epidemic is still raging. Drug overdoses have seen a large uptick in the area in recent months. Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force Commander Joe Kleszyk and Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin weigh in with numbers, potential reasons and preventative measures.
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Until we meet again: Visiting scholar from China reflects on time at BSU, COVID-19 in online gall...

Until we meet again: Visiting scholar from China reflects on time at BSU, COVID-19 in online gall...

Bemidji Pioneer — BEMIDJI -- Despite the cruel hand 2020 has dealt him so far, Xiaoming "Sean" Huang isn't willing to waste what he considers his once in a lifetime chance to learn in America. It would be understandable to be bitter. But he isn't.
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COVID-19, the Sanford center, term limits and more: Four mayoral hopefuls debate over Zoom | Bemi...

COVID-19, the Sanford center, term limits and more: Four mayoral hopefuls debate over Zoom | Bemi...

Bemidji Pioneer — BEMIDJI -- Four of the six candidates vying to be the First City on the Mississippi's next mayor faced off in a Zoom forum Wednesday night, moderated by Larissa Donovan of Bemidji Now and Matthew Liedke of the Bemidji Pioneer.
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80-year-old Navy vet goes for paddling record on the Mississippi

80-year-old Navy vet goes for paddling record on the Mississippi

Pioneer Press — BEMIDJI, Minn. - Stan Stark doesn't plan to sit around wasting his golden years. As he puts it, "he aims to wring every bit of joy out of the rest of his life like a washcloth."
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