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Noodles & Company Franchise Partner, Little Deep Pasta, Opens New Restaurant in Williston, North Dakota

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February 21, 2024

Noodles & Company Franchise Partner, Little Deep Pasta, Opens New Restaurant in Williston, North Dakota

Little Deep Pasta’s Sixteenth Noodles & Company Location Opens inÂ Williston, North Dakota on February 21Â

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ –Â Noodles & Company, (NASDAQ: NDLS) the national fast-casual chain known for its globally inspired noodle bowls, best-in-class service, and value-centric culture opened a new location in Williston, North Dakota today which is owned and operated by its franchise partner, Little Deep Pasta, a subsidiary of restaurant management company Cultivate Solutions. This new restaurant is the sixteenth Noodles restaurant owned by Little Deep Pasta throughout the North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska regions.

“We are delighted to continue growing our franchise portfolio with Noodles & Company and bringing Noodles’ globally inspired dishes and flavors to Williston,” saidÂ Dustin Jensen, chief operating officer of Little Deep Pasta. “With this new opening, we are committed to nourishing and inspiring every guest with high-quality food and excellent service. We aim to make Noodles & Company a staple restaurant of the Williston community and look forward to welcoming new and familiar guests to our restaurant.”Â

Williston Welcomes Noodles
Noodles & Company in Williston offers customization, value, freshness, and Uncommon Goodness to all guests. From its best-selling Wisconsin Mac & Cheese to the craveable Chicken Parmesan, chef-curated Salads, and premium Stuffed Pasta dishes the Noodles & Company menu has something for every lifestyle and dietary preference. This new location conveniently offers dine-in and delivery options for guests.

Noodles & Company in Williston is now hiring. The Noodles team is always looking to hire great talent to add to the Noodles & Company family. Along with fostering an environment of Uncommon Goodness, where all team members can show up as their most authentic selves, Noodles also offers industry-leading team member benefits.

Goodness Guaranteed in Williston
Noodles & Company of WillistonÂ is extending the Noodles Goodness Guarantee program to its newest location. Noodles encourages guests to step outside of their comfort zones and try something new on its menu with the promise that if they don’t love their entree, it can be exchanged for a different dish on the menu at no cost. Guests can learn more about the Goodness Guarantee at Noodles.com/goodnessguarantee.Â

More with Noodles Rewards
Noodles & Company of Williston welcomes new and existing guests to get more out of their Noodles experience by becoming a Noodles Rewards member.Â Signing up for Noodles Rewards is free and easy via the Noodles mobile app, or the Noodles website.Â First-time rewards members who sign up will receive a free regular-sized entrÃ©e after their first purchase using their Noodles Rewards account. Guests can conveniently get their noodle fix via quick-pickup or delivery by placing an order online at noodles.com, via the Noodles mobile app, or by visiting their nearby Noodles location. Learn more at Noodles.com/rewards.Â

Noodles Franchise Expansion
“Over the last 30 years since Noodles & Company’s inception, the brand hasÂ cultivated a substantial consumer base in the Midwest, so we are thrilled to witness the inauguration of a new restaurant in WillistonÂ North Dakota,” said John Ramsay vice president of franchise sales at Noodles & Company. “The Little Deep Pasta team is a cherished franchise partner, and we are proud to see the group expand its franchise footprint with its newest Noodles restaurant opening.”Â

Building on the momentum of this opening, the fast-casual brand continues to expand throughout the U.S. In 2024, Noodles & Company is focused on expanding its franchise presence in the southern region of the country and throughout the U.S. with a heightened focus on markets where it sees brand growth potential, such as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma.

To learn more about Noodles & Company visit www.noodles.comÂ and for more information on franchising opportunities with Noodles, visit www.noodles.com/franchising.Â

About Noodles & Company
Since 1995, Noodles & Company has been serving guests Uncommon Goodness and noodles your way, with noodles and flavors you know and love as well as new ones you’re about to discover. From indulgent Wisconsin Mac & Cheese to better-for-you Zoodles and Other Noodles, the company serves a world of flavor in every bowl. Made up of more than 450 restaurants and thousands of passionate team members and named one of America’s Favorite Restaurants by Newsweek, and one of the Top 500 Franchises by Franchise Times, Noodles is well-known for its delicious noodles and industry-leading team member benefits. Noodles has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and one of America’s Best Employers for Women in 2021. Additionally, QSR recently named Noodles one of 2022’s Best Brands to Work For, and the Denver Business Journal has called Noodles one of 2023’s Best Places to Work for its unique culture focused on Uncommon Goodness and built on the value of “Loving Life,” which begins by nourishing and inspiring its communities and every team member and guest who walks through the door. The company has also earned the Women in the Lead Certification for its investment in women-empowering initiatives for its female team members and has proudly partnered with the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance to build cultural intelligence within its teams. To learn more and to find the location nearest you, visitÂ www.noodles.com.

Media ContactDiana Jacobson213-988-8344
noodlesfrandev@konnectagency.com

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Wheeler-Thomas scores 21 as North Dakota State knocks off Cal State Bakersfield 80-69

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December 12, 2025

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Wheeler-Thomas scores 21 as North Dakota State knocks off Cal State Bakersfield 80-69

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Damari Wheeler-Thomas’ 21 points helped North Dakota State defeat Cal State Bakersfield 80-69 on Thursday.

Wheeler-Thomas had three steals for the Bison (8-3). Markhi Strickland scored 15 points while shooting 6 of 11 from the field and 3 for 6 from the free-throw line and grabbed five rebounds. Andy Stefonowicz went 4 of 7 from the field (3 for 4 from 3-point range) to finish with 13 points.

Ron Jessamy led the way for the Roadrunners (4-7) with 18 points, six rebounds, two steals and four blocks. CJ Hardy added 13 points. Jaden Alexander also recorded eight points and two steals.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Scientists discover ancient river-dwelling mosasaur in North Dakota

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December 11, 2025

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Scientists discover ancient river-dwelling mosasaur in North Dakota

Some 66 million years ago, a city bus-sized terrifying predator prowled a prehistoric river in what is now North Dakota.

This finding is based on the analysis of a single mosasaur tooth conducted by an international team of researchers from the United States, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

The tooth came from a prognathodontine mosasaur — a reptile reaching up to 11 meters long. This makes it an apex predator on par with the largest killer whales.

It shows that massive mosasaurs successfully adapted to life in rivers right up until their extinction.

The mosasaur tooth was found in 2022 in the Bismarck Area, North Dakota. Credit: Melanie During

Isotope analysis

Dating from 98 to 66 million years ago, abundant mosasaur fossils have been uncovered in marine deposits across North America, Europe, and Africa.

However, these marine reptile fossils have been rarely found in North Dakota before.

In this new study, the large mosasaur tooth was unearthed in a fluvial deposit (river sediment) in North Dakota.

Its neighbors in the dirt were just as compelling: a tooth from a Tyrannosaurus rex and a crocodylian jawbone. Interestingly, all these fossilized remains came from a similar age, around 66 million years old.

This unusual gathering — sea monster, land dinosaur, and river croc — raised an intriguing question: If the mosasaur was a sea creature, how did its remains end up in an inland river?

The answer lay in the chemistry of the tooth enamel. Using advanced isotope analysis at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the team compared the chemical composition of the mosasaur tooth with its neighbors.

The key was the ratio of oxygen isotopes.

The mosasaur teeth contained a higher proportion of the lighter oxygen isotope than is typical for mosasaurs living in saltwater. This specific isotopic signature, along with the strontium isotope ratio, strongly suggests that the mosasaur lived in a freshwater habitat.

Analysis also revealed that the mosasaur did not dive as deep as many of its marine relatives and may have fed on unusual prey, such as drowned dinosaurs.

The isotope signatures indicated that this mosasaur had inhabited this freshwater riverine environment. When we looked at two additional mosasaur teeth found nearby, slightly older sites in North Dakota, we saw similar freshwater signatures. These analyses show that mosasaurs lived in riverine environments in the final million years before going extinct,” explained Melanie During, the study author.

Transformation of the Seaway

The adaptation occurred during the final million years of the Cretaceous period.

It is hypothesized that the mosasaurs were adapting to an enormous environmental shift in the Western Interior Seaway, the vast inland sea that once divided North America.

Increased freshwater influx gradually transformed the ancient sea from saltwater to brackish water, and finally to mostly freshwater, similar to the modern Gulf of Bothnia.

The researchers hypothesize that this change led to the formation of a halocline: a structure where a lighter layer of freshwater rested atop heavier saltwater. The findings of the isotope analyses directly support this theory.

The analyzed mosasaur teeth belong to individuals who successfully adapted to the shifting environments.

This transition from marine to freshwater habitats (reverse adaptation) is considered less complex than the opposite shift and is not unique among large predators.

Modern parallels include river dolphins, which evolved from marine ancestors but now thrive in freshwater, and the estuarine crocodile, which moves freely between freshwater rivers and the open sea for hunting.

Findings were published in the journal BMC Zoology on December 11.

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