North Dakota coronavirus news, May 3: Foundation plans more pandemic grants
MINOT, N.D. – The latest North Dakota coronavirus news: pandemic grants, testing and vaccines. Relief fund grants The Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation is planning more grants to help with the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The foundation last year doled out nearly $90,000 in…
Ballot measures just got even harder for actual grassroots groups
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota law allows citizens to legislate at the ballot box, whether it’s a statute or even the state constitution. Initiated measure campaigns need only collect the requisite number of petition signatures from North Dakota citizens and their issue goes on the…
City of Minot ending rapid COVID testing after May 6
MINOT, N.D. – The City of Minot will end free rapid testing for COVID-19 at Fire Station 1, with the last day of testing scheduled for May 6. The ending of rapid testing at Fire Station 1 comes after North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s emergency…
Minot man seriously hurt in motorcycle crash near Makoti
WARD COUNTY, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol said a motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a crash Sunday afternoon just north of Makoti. Investigators said the 43-year-old man from Minot was traveling southbound on County Road 9 around 1:20 p.m. when he failed to…
North Dakota lawmakers throw lifelines to the coal industry
N.D. — Preserving North Dakota’s declining coal industry was a priority mission for state lawmakers when they arrived in Bismarck on Jan. 5, and in the months since, the Legislature has taken historic steps to slash taxes on coal producers and rewrite regulations to keep…
Blown transformer likely culprit of momentary power outage Saturday in Minot
MINOT, N.D. – Minot Police said they believe a blown transformer caused a momentary power outage across much of the Magic City late Saturday night that sent Minoters to social media to find out what happened. A police sergeant told Your News Leader they believe…
Health experts say foreign travel will be inconsistent in the foreseeable future
BISMARCK, N.D. – The vaccine rollout is already helping people regain some normalcy. However, health experts said traveling might be inconsistent for the foreseeable future. Infectious disease consultant Dr. Noe Mateo said domestic travel is relatively safe if you’ve been vaccinated. He said travel between…
Sunday: 4.9% rate; 70 positive; no new deaths
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota confirmed a positive rate of 4.9% Sunday. 70 tests were positive out of 1,739. There were no new deaths (1,494 total). 42 are currently hospitalized due to COVID with 8 ICU beds occupied. 1,030 cases remain active. 47.4% of North…
More than one-third of North Dakota’s new cases are in Cass, Burleigh counties
BISMARCK, N.D. — Following are the North Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 case rates, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations as of Sunday, May 2. Because all data is preliminary, some numbers and totals may change from one day to the next. Figures released by the state on…
Airport growth gives Mandan opportunity to rename facility in honor of late director
BISMARCK, N.D. – When you travel you might have noticed the three-letter acronym that uniquely identifies your airport. For Mandan’s Municipal Airport, that identifier is changing. Mandan’s Municipal Airport will now be called “Mandan Regional Airport – Lawler Field” and the identifier changed to “KJLL”…
