Looking back on a big year and laying out what comes next — neighbors in Minot will soon hear directly from city leaders about where the community is headed.

Starting April 1st, Minot's sanitation department is offering people a chance to add a second trash cart for $10 per month, instead of the previous $15-20, depending on the size.

For many students walking the halls of the Quentin N. Burdick Job Corps Center, the future can feel like a vast, undecided map. In 2012, Taylor Fedorenko was one of those students. A native of Max, ...