High Plains Reader is published weekly from its offices in downtown Fargo, ND. HPR features the best in local news, arts and entertainment.

The High Plains Reader is published monthly from its offices in downtown Fargo, and is available free of charge at designated distribution outlets.

The Darkest Day of Horror Film Festival features 12 hours of indie horror flicks for your viewing pleasure.

Say Anything: How is local blogger Rob Port scooping the mainstream media? News | December 17th, 2014 Minot-based blogger, who started in September of 2003 with readers consisting mainly of fellow ...

This juried group multidisciplinary exhibition of LGBTQIA+ artists arrives just in time for Pride month.

The Sandra Larson incident Culture | March 15th, 2017 During the dark hours of a very early morning in late August of 1975, Sandra Larson found herself completely bewildered in the back seat of her ...

Women in Bad Lands News | June 12th, 2019 THE BADLANDS – “I just want to flip the proverbial bird to North Dakota as I leave,” Sarah Gulenchyn said. She took a last drag off her American Spirit – ...

‘Looking for another Indian girl to kill’ News | September 7th, 2017 STANDING ROCK – Long ago, Native American women would stuff dirt up their dresses to keep from getting raped by the wasi'chu, ...

High Plains Reader is published weekly from its offices in downtown Fargo, ND. HPR features the best in local news, arts and entertainment.

We are the first editorially driven, non-subscription newspaper that survived. The first new newspaper in Fargo to survive more than 30 months in decades.

Citizen undercover News | September 24th, 2019 FARGO – Local men are keeping the trafficking of Chinese sex workers alive in the metro area. From distant Chinese villages, middle-aged women are being ...