FACES OF THE BOOM: Two Alaska women launch North Dakota taxi businesses

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Taranto, 69, drove taxis in Alaska for 27 years before she moved to Williston last fall to launch a new business. The demand for transportation in the Oil Patch is so strong that Taranto encouraged another female taxi driver from Alaska to follow her to North Dakota. read more

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