Williston in the national news?? (how much, unemployment, oil)

[lisan23]

Did anyone see anything on any news programs recently featuring Williston? I have gotten several phone calls at work today asking if we are really hiring. As usual, most people don't believe it until I tell them about it.

[flyingcat2k]

It probably related to the fact that ND is the only state that is under 5% unemployment right not. Other than that, I really haven't seen anything. There is a 60 Minutes piece that is in editing for this season but I haven't seen it air yet. It is focusing on the housing problems in Williston due to the oil boom but maybe they'll do 40 minutes on how much work is going on up there. They gave Chesapeake a softball piece on the fracking a couple of weeks ago.

[Roloff1976]

lisan23... I'm wondering if they are talking about the CNN news clip on Williston? Watch the clip below:

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - US town with a lot of jobs

[lisan23]

That would be it Roloff1976! I kept getting out of state phone calls asking me if we were hiring. I usually get 2-3 a day but I was getting quite a few yesterday, one of them said they saw something on the news about the town.