Stories by Daniel J. Rowe

Earl and David Lafleur stand behind a meat counter with prices that would cause a chaotic stampede of customers today in the second incarnation of Lafleur’s Meat Market located on the Old River Road.

The meat packages say “Lafleur’s Meat Market,” and the family tradition continues at Eagle’s Nest Convenience and Deli run by Kiersten Lafleur-Diabo and Jay Diabo, a couple with convenience and meat in their blood.

Kids, dogs, and creepy teenagers will all get a chance to bother Santa this afternoon. Don't worry, he likes it.

“I’m done with it,” said KFB chief David Scott, after the wood splitting business on Highway 138 caught fire for the second time in a month.

The frozen barbed wire lined with icicles is the result of a water canon shot at water protectors camped in Standing Rock.

Those who work with opioid addicts such as Jamie Samayoa, Jessica Oesterreich, and Christine Taylor know the very dangerous path an addiction to those types of painkillers can lead someone.

Barbara and Clarence Nepinak are part of the new nation-wide research project to fight diabetes. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door)

Thasonterha Lahache kicked a drug and toxic relationship habit over the past year, and looks to focus on music, sports and staying clean alongside Buster, his puggle companion.

Hogan Gilbert and the two-dozen young men that have begun a 1200-hour training program in ironworking will continue a tradition in the trade that has been part of the community for generations.

Kahionwinehshon Phillips and Survival School students added their voices in support of the Standing Rock Sioux community in North Dakota that is fighting to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from encroaching through its territory, and handed flyers to passing motorists.