Latest North Dakota Headlines
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North Dakota Highway Fatalities at 8-Year Low Through 1st Half Of 2018
Jul 12 2018 // Highway fatalities in North Dakota during the first half of the year were the lowest in eight years. The state Transportation Department’s Safety Division says there were 39 motor vehicle fatalities in the state...
Storm Slams North Dakota City, Injuring Dozens
Jul 11 2018 // Authorities say more than two dozen people were hurt, three critically, when a violent storm whipped through a northwestern North Dakota city, trapping some people in overturned recreational vehicles. The McKenzie County...
Rising Missouri River Impacting North Dakota Marinas
Jul 10 2018 // Rising water levels in the Missouri River are impacting Bismarck, N.D., marina businesses that have had to deal with inundated docks and problems with power. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers increased water releases in...
North Dakota Farmers Want Crop Insurance Changes in Ag Bill
Jul 9 2018 // North Dakota’s largest farm group is pushing for adjustments to crop insurance payments to protect farmers from international trade retaliations. The U.S. House and Senate versions of a new Farm Bill are heading to...
Survey: As Trade Fears Mount, Economic Growth Slows in Midwest
Jul 3 2018 // Business remains strong in nine Midwest and Plains states, but a new monthly survey suggests growth is slowing as concerns about trade and tariffs increase. The region’s overall economic index decreased to 61.8 in...
North Dakota Businesses Hobbled by Trucking Delays
Jun 27 2018 // North Dakota businesses that rely on truck drivers for supplies have been experiencing delays due to mandated electronic logging devices. Delivery times to Dakota Gasification Co. have sometimes doubled or tripled after...
Univ. of North Dakota Sued for Discrimination by Former Women’s Hockey Players
Jun 15 2018 // Eleven former University of North Dakota women’s hockey players have filed a discrimination lawsuit seeking to reinstate the program that was cut 15 months ago. The federal complaint filed against the North Dakota...
North Dakota Construction Firm to Pay $59K to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Jun 8 2018 // A North Dakota civil construction company operating in Minot will pay $59,000 to settle a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The...
Outlooks Revised to Stable for North Dakota’s Center Mutual Insurance
Jun 8 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to stable from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of Center Mutual Insurance Co. in Rugby,...
North Dakota’s NI Holdings to Acquire Direct Auto Insurance
Jun 4 2018 // North Dakota-based NI Holdings Inc. has agreed to purchase Direct Auto Insurance Co. (Direct Auto), headquartered in Chicago. Direct Auto underwrites specialty automobile insurance in Illinois through independent agents....
Regulators Looking at Health Insurance Reform Options in North Dakota
May 8 2018 // The North Dakota Insurance Department is seeking to work with a consultant in order to perform actuarial and other analysis of state proposals to reform North Dakota’s individual health insurance market, the agency...
North Dakota Tribes Sue Opioid Industry Groups
May 7 2018 // The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the Spirit Lake Sioux are the latest North Dakota American Indian tribes to sue opioid manufacturers and distributors. The Bismarck Tribune reports the tribes sued 24 opioid...
A.M. Best Ratings Recap
May 7 2018 // Upgrade: Nodak Insurance A.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Nodak...
Insurance Fraud Charge Filed Against North Dakota Man
Apr 27 2018 // A North Dakota man is facing an insurance fraud charge after allegedly using another person’s coverage to obtain services from an area hospital. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread, in partnership with...
North Dakota Contractor Cited for Safety Hazards, Fined Nearly $455K
Apr 19 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited North Dakota excavation contractor Kamphuis Pipeline Company for exposing employees to trench cave-ins and other serious...
A.M. Best Upgrades Credit Rating of North Dakota’s Hartland Mutual Insurance
Apr 13 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) of Hartland Mutual Insurance Co. (Hartland Mutual), based in...
A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Nodak Insurance Group, NI Holdings
Apr 11 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Nodak Insurance Company (Nodak...
Minot, North Dakota, Shelves Flood Resilience Project
Apr 9 2018 // A project meant to provide affordable housing for Minot, North Dakota, residents displaced by the 2011 Souris River flood or buyouts has been shelved. The City Council has rejected developer proposals and set the idea...
AG: Medical Marijuana Not Subject to North Dakota Corporate Farm Law
Apr 6 2018 // North Dakota’s Great Depression-era law banning corporate farming won’t preclude horticulture operations from growing medical marijuana, provided it’s not done on agricultural land, the state’s...
Damage Cap Upheld in Fatal 2015 North Dakota School/Bus Train Crash
Mar 21 2018 // The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a $500,000 cap on damages in a 2015 fatal school bus-train crash near Larimore. The bus driver and a student died when the Larimore school bus with 13 students collided with a BNSF...
