The Colorado River has long been used to irrigate crops, provide drinking water and support critical habitat in the American West. For more than a century, its water has been divvied up and diverted, conserved and purged, based on a 1922 agreement that guaranteed allotments of the wet stuff for the seven states that depend...

BRAINERD — Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program, with an office in Brainerd, and Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development staff along with other Northwest Minnesota workforce development professionals in the CareerForce system recently offered a look at the current regional job search environment and how it has changed over time. Of the 36 Rural...

Bitcoin and Ethereum spiked — briefly — on Saturday. But Dogecoin, the ninth biggest coin, rose significantly. Most major coins made modest gains. Bitcoin and Ethereum rose slightly on Saturday before dipping, erasing any gains they may have notched for the week. But one coin is stealing the show: Dogecoin. The ninth biggest cryptocurrency by...