Bakken

Over Memorial Day weekend, a tornado swept through McKenzie County for only the fourteenth time in over six decades. While no one was killed, nine people were injured and 15 trailers were destroyed in a temporary camp set up by workers in the state's largest oil-producing county. Fortunately, thanks to new ordinances pushed through by local officials, the location of the "man camp" was k

Living in North Dakota, Oil has become a way of life. The Environmental Protection Agency is now considering measures that could potentially have a major impact on our state.

With drilling and extracting technology rapidly improving, what was once thought an impossible place to drill has become the 2nd largest oil production area in the United States.

North Dakota was one of the leading states with new millionaires according to USA Today.

In the opening of the TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies", Jed Clampett was just out shooting at some food when up from the ground came a bubbling crude.  After which he loaded up his family and they moved to Beverly...Hills that is...swimming pools and movie stars...