State News

Gov. Burgum signed an executive order declaring an emergency and authorizing the North Dakota National Guard to help Texas secure the U.S.-Mexico border

Bismarck, N.D. – According to the state officials, the executive order provides official authorization to deploy approximately 100 North Dakota National Guard members from the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company in support of Operation Lone Star. State officials also said that the planned deployment was first…