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Push for permits help responders in ND oil patch

By James MacPherson
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Push for permits help responders in ND oil patch

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Workers spilling into western North Dakota for high-paying oil jobs and nowhere to live set their eyes on McKenzie County thanks to its lack of zoning rules for housing.

That quickly turned the state’s largest oil-producing county it into a mass of trailer parks and scattered RVs, leaving thousands of people without addresses.

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