Ray NewsLocal news for Ray, ND continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery- November 28, 2007 A second man convicted of armed robbery at a credit union in Ray has been sentenced to prison. via KXMB-TV Bismarckhttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/man-sentenced-for-armed-robbery?fromrss=1 Highway 2 Work Finished for Year- November 20, 2007 "It's all four-lane, 67 miles of it is four lane now, and the last 29 miles will be paved next year." It's a ten year project that is being done in half the time. The expansion of Highway Two to four lanes from Williston to Minot just finished its fourth year of construction. via KXMA-TV Dickinsonhttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/highway-2-work-finished-for-year?fromrss=1 Unusual Power Outage Leaves Thousands Without Power- November 19, 2007 Officials of the Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative say it was an unusual type of power outage. via KFYR-TV Bismarckhttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/unusual-power-outage-leaves-thousands-without-pow... Online Edition- November 17, 2007 "We narrowed it down to the substation that goes to Tioga" A blown transformer triggered a secession of power outages in the region early Thursday morning. via Williston Daily Heraldhttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/online-edition?fromrss=1 Judge frustrated with DEA's lack of action on industrial hemp- November 15, 2007 "Because of the nature of this state's regulation regime, there is no interstate cultivation." Marvin BakerMDN Eric Steenstra , left, the president of Vote Hemp, shakes hands Wednesday with Wayne Hauge , a Ray farmer who has applied to the federal government to grow industrial hemp. via Minot Daily Newshttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/judge-frustrated-with-deas-lack-of-action-on-indu... Farmers to ask federal court to dissociate hemp, marijuana- November 13, 2007 "It's kind of difficult to provoke me. I'm also a CPA, and I have had a tax practice in Ray for 25 years. I was an EMT for 18 years. And I'm not a person who smokes. I don't smoke anything. I exercise a lot and I'm pretty healthy." Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 ; Updated: 7:43 AM on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Wayne Hauge grows grains, chickpeas and some lentils on 2,000 acres in northern North Dakota. via St. Augustine Recordhttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/farmers-to-ask-federal-court-to-dissociate-hemp-m... North Dakota producers still awaiting court decision on industrial hemp- November 10, 2007 "There's absolutely no definition of hemp in the law" In this Farm & Ranch Guide photo of June 18, Ag Commissioner Roger Johnson explains why potential hemp farmers had to sue the DEA at a news conference held at the federal building in Bismarck, N.D.: radio ... via Farm & Ranch Guidehttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/north-dakota-producers-still-awaiting-court-decis... Industrial hemp lawsuit 2007 timeline- November 9, 2007 Compiled by Farm & Ranch Guide staff February 2007 - Producers state Rep. David Monson from Osnabrock and Wayne Hauge from Ray are issued N.D. licenses to grow industrial hemp from the N.D. Department of ... via Farm & Ranch Guidehttp://www.topix.net/city/ray-nd/2007/11/industrial-hemp-lawsuit-2007-timeline?fromrss=1 |