The Oakland Tribune is a weekly newspaper published in Oakland, California, by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of MediaNews Group. From 2010 to 2016, it was published as an edition of the BANG flagship newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead or more recently The Forum is an American, English language daily newspaper. It is the daily newspaper for Fargo, North Dakota and the surrounding region, including Moorhead, Minnesota. It is the flagship of Forum Communications. The Forum, as it is commonly known, is the primary daily paper for southeast North Dakota, and also much of northwest Minnesota. Its average daily circulation is about 47,100 on Sundays and 37,500 on weekdays. The Fargo Forum was first published on November 17, 1891 by Major A. W. Edwards. However, it traces its lineage to The Republican, which had been founded by Edwards in 1878 and merged into the Forum in 1894.
Forum Communications Company is a media firm based in Fargo, North Dakota. The company prints a number of newspapers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Its premier newspaper is the Duluth News Tribune, and the company's namesake is The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. The company also owns Fargo radio station WDAY-AM 970 and four television stations in North Dakota, all affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the Marcil-Black family of Fargo. Norman B. Black bought the Forum in 1917; current chairman William "Bill" Marcil, Sr. is the husband of N. B. Black's great-granddaughter. His son, current president and publisher Bill Jr., is the fifth generation of the family to run the company.
The Duluth News Tribune is a newspaper based in Duluth, Minnesota. While circulation is heaviest in the Twin Ports metropolitan area, delivery extends into northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The paper has a limited distribution in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The News Tribune has been owned by Forum Communications since 2006.
The American News is a newspaper in Aberdeen, South Dakota, published by Gannett of McLean, Virginia. It's published six days a week, Monday through Saturday.
The Post Bulletin is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Rochester, Minnesota. Published five days each week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, it is the largest afternoon newspaper in the state. The Post Bulletin also offers an exact replica of the print edition online to subscribers.
WDAY is North Dakota's oldest radio station, having first signed on in 1922. WDAY is licensed to Fargo, North Dakota and is owned Forum Communications. Forum also owns ABC network affiliate WDAY-TV 6 and The Forum newspaper in Fargo. Forum Communications also owns ABC affiliate WDAZ-TV 8 in Grand Forks and several other newspapers and TV stations in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
WZFG is a 50,000 watt radio station serving the Fargo-Moorhead market, licensed to Dilworth, Minnesota. Its two-tower transmitter site is near Sabin, Minnesota. The station is owned by Bakken Beacon Media.
Radio Fargo-Moorhead (RFM) is a radio broadcasting company based Fargo, North Dakota. The firm has had two iterations, each centered on James Ingstad.
Richard Alan Berg is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2013. Berg served on the House Ways and Means Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before his election to Congress in 2010, he served in the state House of Representatives, with stints as Majority Leader and Speaker. On May 16, 2011, Berg announced his run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Democratic incumbent Kent Conrad but lost narrowly to Heidi Heitkamp on November 6, 2012.
Kevin John Cramer is the junior United States Senator for North Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives for North Dakota's at-large Congressional District from 2013 to 2019.
The Red Wing Republican Eagle or Republican Eagle is an American, English language newspaper in Red Wing, Minnesota. The publisher is Neal Ronquist and the editor is Anne Jacobson. The Red Wing Republican Eagle publishes two days a week – Wednesday and Saturday – and has a circulation of about 5,200. A weekend supplement has a circulation in excess of 20,000.
OPEN Magazine was a quarterly city and lifestyle magazine focusing upon fashion, style, entertainment, dining and culture for the Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota metropolitan areas. Feature articles generally cover local people, businesses, restaurants, entertainment, sports, home and travel.
Darrow J. "Duke" Tully was a former publisher of the Arizona Republic and the Phoenix Gazette newspapers, published in Phoenix, Arizona. Both were owned by Central Newspapers, Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the time. Central Newspapers was founded by Eugene C. Pulliam, grandfather of United States Vice President Dan Quayle.
The Brainerd Dispatch is a daily morning newspaper published in Brainerd, Minnesota. The newspaper was founded on December 22, 1881, and became a daily paper in 1883. In April 2004, the Dispatch became a morning paper. The paper is owned by Forum Communications. The paper is published by Pete Mohs.
The 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This would have been the first time North Dakotans selected a Governor under new voter ID requirements, in which a student ID was insufficient identification to vote, but a court ruling in August 2016 struck the down the provision, and the election was held under the 2013 rules.
The state of North Dakota has improved in its treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents in the late 1990s and into the 21st Century, when LGBT residents began to openly establish events, organizations and outlets for fellow LGBT residents and allies, and increase in political and community awareness.
Douglas James Burgum is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician serving as the 33rd governor of North Dakota since December 15, 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Bell Bank is among the largest independently-owned banks in the United States and is the largest privately-owned bank in the Upper Midwest with assets of more than $6 billion. Through its wealth management division, the company manages more than $6.5 billion in assets. Bell Bank, which employs 1,300 people is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, and does business in all 50 states, with banking locations in North Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona, insurance locations in North Dakota and Minnesota, and mortgage locations in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee and Arizona. State Bankshares is Bell Bank's parent company.
The Black Building at 114-118 Broadway in Fargo, North Dakota was a "pivotal" historic resource in the Downtown Fargo District, in the listing of that historic district upon the National Register of Historic Places. In 2016 it was also individually listed on the National Register, as its "owners chose to pursue the honor of individual listing for its architecture and for its association with George Mumford Black and his strategies in commerce and communications. Black had the upper floor of the Art Moderne building designed for WDAY radio and ensured the station signed off each show with “this is WDAY with from the Black Building, Fargo” and he is credited with creating the one-cent sale."
