Leading up to Memorial Day, Prairie Public is premiering two new original documentaries about veterans' stories. Join us at a film screening and panel discussion in Detroit Lakes, or see the documentaries on-air in May.
This week, join us in Bismarck for a premiere event featuring the new Independent Lens documentary, Free For All: The Public Library. The Fargo event this week is sold out.
Through first-hand accounts and archival photos, Chosen Home shares the stories of our region's immigrants and refugees. See the new Prairie Public original documentary on April 28 at 8pm.
Submissions have closed! Thank you to everyone who entered our 2025 Writers Contest. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for announcements of winners and red ribbon favorites for each grade level.
The North Dakota legislature is in session! Watch each week as Prairie Public news director Dave Thompson hosts conversations with newsmakers and legislators.
After initial budget drafts eliminated all state funding for Prairie Public, the Senate Appropriations Committee has partially restored one-time infrastructure funding—but operating support remains at zero.
Governor Armstrong had recommended $2.864 million in total funding for the 2025-27 biennium: $1.164 million in operating support, and $1.7 million in one-time infrastructure funding. So far, the Senate has included $850,000 of the infrastructure funding, but none of the operating support that Prairie Public relies on to serve communities across North Dakota.
Local arts, history and cultural heritage productions are funded in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. This fund is part of the Legacy Amendment, voted on by the people of Minnesota in 2008.
