text: GNPD | The Dickinson Press
  Letter: Commissioner already has mind made up
  Wayne Fisher's letter to the editor ("All risks associated with mine must be considered," Dec. 16) really made me think. How can Kevin Cramer be trusted to make decisions for the good of the people when he is getting "campaign contributions" from the very people he is expected to...
  opinionJanuary 23, 2011 - 12:00am
  Letter: State takes another look at mine permit application
  How great to read that the Public Service Commission is diligently reviewing the mining permit application by Great Northern Power Development. Evidently there are parts to this permit GNPD cannot answer correctly, which definitely concerns all of us living out this direction. GNPD...
  opinion/lettersDecember 9, 2010 - 12:00am
  Letter: Jobs, money used to get plant rezone approval
  Jobs and money was the bait that Great Northern Power Development used to obtain approval of a power plant and a coal mine with weak stipulations. Dickinson leaders, the Stark County Zoning Board and the County Commission chomped on this bait when agreeing to rezone South Heart...
  Letter: Actions at April county meeting surprising
  I am in complete agreement with the letter to the editor published April 10 by The Dickinson Press and written by Frank Kutka. Frank was at the April County Zoning Board meeting in which GNPD's request for a zoning change was once again contested and the overwhelming majority of...
  opinion/lettersApril 17, 2010 - 12:00am
  A Houston company has taken another step toward their goal of constructing a $1.5 billion power plant and surface coal mine on 4,600 acres near South Heart. South Heart Coal LLC, which is owned by Great Northern Power Development, applied for a mining permit Monday. North Dakota's...