As research by an internal team at Basin Electric surmised in 2016, electric vehicles just weren’t suited for the climate and wide open spaces of the … [Read more...]
Coal Country Coffee’s happy mistake is a blessing to Heaven’s Helpers Soup Café
September 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Sometimes distraction gets the best of us. But when Travis Helfrich, yard operator at Leland Olds Station and founder of Coal Country Coffee, got … [Read more...]
Leland Olds Station employee’s tasty talent offers an extra incentive to donate blood
August 29, 2018 by 2 Comments
Donating blood isn’t exactly everyone’s cup of tea, but when it comes to getting people to do it, Mary Robson is one smart cookie. Robson is an … [Read more...]
Basin Electric employee embraces the region’s roots when starting Coal Country Coffee
August 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Travis Helfrich, a yard operator at Leland Olds Station, found an interest and was grounded in it. “I have always been intrigued by coffee – by the … [Read more...]
Dry Fork Station A Crew looks out for ‘family’
August 8, 2018 by 1 Comment
When crew members work together, they become more than just plant workers, they become like a family. On May 30, Ray Turman, Dry Fork Station shift … [Read more...]
Basin Electric donates kitchen and office equipment to Camp Grassick
August 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Basin Electric donated various kitchen appliances and office equipment no longer being used to Camp Grassick, a residential summer camp for adults and … [Read more...]
Basin Electric’s and Missouri Basin Power Project’s role in forming the Crane Trust
August 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Every year, the trumpeting of more than 600,000 cranes resounds through the Big Bend area of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska. Many … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday: Tour groups and earphone hardhats
August 2, 2018 by 1 Comment
People have been touring Basin Electric facilities for decades. Tours of Basin Electric’s facilities have proven to be a positive form of … [Read more...]
Operation Ice Machine brings a salad bar to the Soup Café
August 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Since March, Basin Electric employees have been using their lunch hours to chop vegetables, wait tables, serve food, wash dishes, and clean – doing … [Read more...]
Greta’s story of persistence
July 26, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It was 1975. Greta (Johnson) Weisser, a single parent and former schoolteacher, was waiting tables at what is now 40 Steak + Seafood in Bismarck, … [Read more...]
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