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

This story was filed on March 18, 2013

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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