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  • Lake Region State College president to retire in 2025

    Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor|Dec 16, 2024

    The longest serving president in the North Dakota University System will retire next year. The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education on Thursday accepted Doug Darling's request for early retirement as Lake Region State College president. Darling will work through June 30, 2025. Darling was named president of the two-year college in Devils Lake in 2013. He had previously been vice president of instructional services at the college. During a review of Darling's work Thursday, Chancellor...

  • LRSC President Darling to retire

    Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor|Dec 9, 2024

    Lake Region State College president to retire in 2025 by Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor December 5, 2024 The longest serving president in the North Dakota University System will retire next year. The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education on Thursday accepted Doug Darling's request for early retirement as Lake Region State College president. Darling will work through June 30, 2025. Darling was named president of the two-year college in Devils Lake in 2013. He had previously been vice... Full story

  • James Buchli, first North Dakotan to fly in space, awarded state's top honor

    Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor|Aug 5, 2024

    Jim Buchli credited teamwork as a Marine in Vietnam and at NASA for the opportunity to become the first North Dakotan to fly in space. Buchli on Tuesday officially added another award to his list of accomplishments as the 49th recipient of the Rough Rider Award, North Dakota's highest honor. "NASA really allowed us to become team players," Buchli said in a ceremony on the University of North Dakota campus. "Working together for a year for a flight with a crew, you become one. You understand...

  • NextEra fertilizer plant to move forward

    Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor|Mar 18, 2024

    NextEra fertilizer plant to move forward; second plant withdraws from loan by Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor March 4, 2024 This story has been corrected to say that Prairie Horizon still intends to move forward with development of a fertilizer project near Dickinson. The NextEra hydrogen-based fertilizer production plant will move forward in Stutsman County, getting the full benefit of a $125 million state forgivable loan after a second fertilizer project decided not to accept its share of the... Full story