City plans to lift in-house mask requirements
MINOT, N.D. – COVID-19 restrictions will be easing in Minot city buildings but not until mid-May. The Minot City Council voted unanimously Monday to lift mask requirements in city buildings and end specific COVID-19 leave for city employees on May 15. The May date is…
Members of Legislature’s Bastiat Caucus don’t see themselves as extremists, but as principled Republicans
BISMARCK, N.D. – The Bastiat Caucus, an unofficial, voluntary association of legislators within the North Dakota House and Senate, is often described as an extra-conservative subgroup of the Republican legislative majority. Members say they are just Republicans and adhere to the party’s principles. The caucus,…
Ward County looking to repurpose old highway facility
WARD COUNTY, N.D. – Last year, the Ward County Highway department moved into a new facility in southeast Minot. The old facility, located on 13th Street SE will not be sold, at the moment. Selling the facility would require additional zoning work, which would ultimately cost…
Tensions mount in Surrey amid firing of City Administrator
SURREY, N.D. – Tensions ran high Monday night at Surrey City Hall during a council meeting that resulted in the firing of the town’s now-former city administrator. It’s the latest shakeup in the town’s leadership. A group of Surrey residents told Your News Leader Monday…
ND House funds rail, kills funds aimed at Hoeven’s bank
MINOT, N.D. – The Republican-controlled North Dakota House has agreed to fund a rail spur to help a troubled shipping center in Minot. But lawmakers balked at giving more than $8 million in taxpayer money to bail out a trio of banks — including one…
Port: Spare me the bellyaching about legislative pay
MINOT, N.D. — To participate in American politics is to hear many hypocrites whining about the people they elect. It’s fashionable to dislike politicians. A Gallup poll in November of 2018, contemporaneous to the national mid-term election, showed 74% of Americans disapproving of Congress. That same year,…
Please immediately veto the very stupid ban on mask mandates
MINOT, N.D. — Earlier this week a hundred or so deeply misguided souls rallied at the state capitol in favor of legislation, House Bill 1323, which bans state and local government from implementing a mask mandate. And yes, it is a ban on state and local…
Fargo Health officials open up vaccinations with no pre-registration
FARGO, N.D. – Fargo Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney says it stands to reason the more people who get vaccinated the fewer people will get COVID-19. However, he says there’s a problem locally. Not enough people are getting vaccinated and as a result, there’s more vaccine…
91 new COVID-19 cases reported in Clay, Otter Tail and Becker Counties, highest weekly Clay County case total since mid-December; state reports 2,004 new infections Wednesday
MINOT, N.D. – On Wednesday, April 7, the state reported an additional 2,004 COVID-19 cases, totaling 532,658 for the entire pandemic, and 19 additional deaths, totaling 6,908 for the entire pandemic. Becker County reported 104 active cases, an increase of 9 active cases since Tuesday….
Coronavirus cases increase in Clay County after spring break
FARGO, N.D. – Clay County Public Health officials are running into a new issue; getting vaccines used after receiving them. CCPH received 1,000 Moderna vaccine doses last week and is averaging the same amount for this week. CCPH officials say they have not wasted any…
