Williston, N.D. – On September 10, Williston will be hosting the Bakken X Trek in Spring Lake Park. Runners can register for this obstacle and terrain 5k race at a reduced rate through the end of April. The Bakken X Trek course features two dozen obstacles through natural park features including mud, water, swamp and hills as well as some ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Petroleum Council’s annual Pick Up the Patch campaign is slated to begin in Minot and New Town on Friday. The effort is aimed at cleaning up garbage that’s littering the oil patch in western North Dakota. It’s being organized by community leaders and oil and gas companies operating in the area. Similar clean-up ...

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A faulty valve has caused a spill of more than 114,000 gallons of a mixture of saltwater and oil near Williston. The state Department of Health says the spill occurred Sunday at a site operated by Zavanna, LLC, about 4 miles northeast of Williston. Initial estimates show that about 114,786 gallons of what’s known as produced ...

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Kennedy Mugemuzi is done moving. After leaving Congo to live in Nashville for a few years and then coming to North Dakota for the opportunities of the oil boom, he is among the many staying put in Williston — even though depressed crude prices have spurred an exodus of thousands of drillers and others seeking new prospects ...

Bakken X Trek, northwest North Dakota’s premiere and homegrown obstacle terrain race, announces its first annual Obstacle Design Challenge to honor professional and amateur designers who want to make their mark by submitting a design concept for our region’s “filthiest 5k.” In its inaugural year in 2015, the race featured 30 obstacles offering a range of difficulty for participants. The ...

Williston, N.D. – The 31st Annual Sport & Recreation Show will be held at the Raymond Family Community Center March 18-20, 2016. The show is produced by the Williston Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) each year as a fundraiser, with proceeds benefiting the Williston Police Department, community events and event equipment for Williston. “We have some great returning vendors who ...

Investigators are looking into a series of heroin-related overdoses that occurred in Williston over the course of six days, reports the Forum News Service. One man is dead and eight others were treated for opioid overdoses. On Saturday between 1 and 9 p.m. first responders were dispatched to five different locations where they found four men, aged 28 to 31, ...

WILLISTON, N.D. — City commissioners in Williston are considering cracking down on adult entertainment venues. The Williston Herald reports that a public hearing is scheduled Jan. 12 on measures that might restrict the location of clubs with live adult entertainment and their ability to serve alcohol. Williston has two clubs on Main Street that have offered exotic dancing. They’re among the ...

WILLISTON, N.D. — The Williston STAR Fund board of directors has extended the deadline for 2016 Community Enhancement grant applications. The grant program helps nonprofit groups fund activities and projects that improve the quality of life in Williston. The deadline for applications is to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Grant recipients in the past include Williston Sea Lions, Boy Scouts and ...

Williston, N.D. – North Dakota’s oil regulator on Wednesday identified Lime Rock Resources as the buyer of Occidental Petroleum Corp’s North Dakota oil operations, confirming what Oxy’s executives had yet to disclose publicly. The deal, worth about $600 million, is expected to close by the end of the month. Reuters first reported in October that Oxy had agreed to sell ...