North Dakota legislative session ends; Marked by a record budget, pandemic
N.D. – The 2021 session of the North Dakota Legislature has ended. Both houses gaveled out shortly after midnight. The session was marked by a nearly $17-billion dollar, record-high budget. That’s about $2.1 billion more than the current budget cycle that ends June 30. Veteran…
North Dakota’s Grand Farm sounds off in US Senate hearing
N.D. – Grand Farm launched in 2017, after a speech by Fargo-based agricultural entrepreneur Barry Batcheller, who urged the emphasis of a “major” focus for the region to continue its long-standing agricultural technology leadership, led by luminary companies such as Titan Machinery, Bobcat and Steiger Tractor…
North Dakota town evacuates as grass fire threatens
CARPIO, N.D. – A small northwestern North Dakota town was evacuated Friday as fire crews battled a grass fire threatening the town. Carpio, a town of about 150 people, was evacuated as a precaution. Ward County emergency manager Jen Wiechmann said no buildings in the…
Flood protection work on Souris River receives second national award
MINOT, N.D. – Work on the multi-million-dollar Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Plan is not going unnoticed. It’s received a second national award. Phases 2 and 3 of the project were named the American Public Works Association Project of the Year. These phases are located in the…
Tearing apart conservatives, lowering flags, threatening lawsuits and more
MINOT, N.D. — Friday is my favorite day of the week. I like my work, so I like that Friday is a workday, but I also like that after Friday comes two days that are mostly free to have adventures with my family. The weather…
Carpio evacuation lifted, fire mostly under control
CARPIO, N.D. – Berthold Police Chief Al Schmidt said the fire is mostly under control, and the evacuation order for the town of Carpio has since been lifted. Schmidt said the call came in around 2 p.m. of the fire. Roughly 300 residents were evacuated…
Minot-area healthcare leaders see COVID vaccine numbers level off
MINOT, N.D. – According to the CDC, North Dakota still leads most of the country in distributing COVID-19 vaccines it has received. But now some local health providers said they are starting to see fewer people come in to get their first dose despite more people becoming…
Trinity Health sees slight increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
MINOT, N.D. – In early April leadership with Trinity Health said they were averaging about two to three patients with COVID-19, but that number has gone up slightly since then. As of Wednesday afternoon, they had five patients with COVID-19. They said the number has…
