Latest North Dakota Headlines
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Record Rain Leading to Flooding in North Dakota
May 22 2013 // Heavy rains that have been falling since late last week have led to flooding in North Dakota that has forced some residents from their homes and threatened a dam. Water from a creek and water that is moving overland...
Officials Say Costs from North Dakota Flooding Adding Up
May 13 2013 // Although spring flooding in North Dakota wasn’t as bad advertised in some areas, officials who are totaling the damages say the costs are piling up. The question is whether the final figure will impress the federal...
Weather Service Drops Fargo, North Dakota Flood Prediction Again
Apr 30 2013 // A Red River flood that a week ago was predicted to challenge the record is now unlikely to reach the 100,000-plus sandbags and the miles of clay levees built for defense, Fargo, N.D., officials said on April 29. The...
Governor to Sign Tougher North Dakota DUI Laws
Apr 30 2013 // Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he will sign legislation aimed at strengthening penalties for drunken driving in North Dakota. The Legislature endorsed the bill that increases fines and other penalties. The new law will require...
Red River Crests Lower than Expected in North Dakota
Apr 29 2013 // Fargo, N.D., officials made one last call for sandbaggers on April 27 to help residents in a southwest Fargo neighborhood that’s a mile away from the rising Red River but needs protection from a nearby coulee. The...
North Dakota Workers’ Comp Handling More Out-of-State Claims
Apr 26 2013 // The boom in the western North Dakota oil patch has led to a workload increase for the state’s workers’ compensation agency. The number of claims by workers coming from other states is expected to increase from...
Sandbagging Underway in Fargo, North Dakota-Area Subdivisions
Apr 24 2013 // The flood fight is kicking into high gear in southeastern North Dakota, where residents are preparing for what could be the fourth major flood in five years. The National Weather Service has warned residents in Fargo and...
North Dakota Wants Another Look at Worker’s Comp
Apr 2 2013 // Tim Lambertson has fought a long legal battle to keep from seeing the doctor. The North Dakota former truck driver, who was sidelined from work by an injury sustained while unloading potatoes, would welcome medical...
FEMA Frustrated by Drop in North Dakota Flood Policies
Apr 1 2013 // North Dakota faces another possible major flood this spring, federal officials are frustrated by the number of people in the state who lack insurance for such a disaster. Along the Red River and its tributaries, in...
Declarations – West
Mar 25 2013 // Good Jobs, Stable Economy “The fact of the matter is that North Dakota is attracting new residents across the entire state for good jobs and a stable economy.” —North Dakota Census Committee Chairman Rod...
Mixed Bag of Drought, Flooding and Warm Weather Predicted for Spring
Mar 21 2013 // In its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas...
FEMA Giving Minot, North Dakota $2.1M for Floodwall Project
Mar 21 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is giving the city of Minot about $2.1 million for the first phase of a project to protect the city’s water treatment plant with a floodwall. FEMA says the $2.7 million...
2012 North Dakota Crops Valued at Nearly $11B
Mar 5 2013 // The value of crops produced in North Dakota last year totaled almost $11 billion, nearly doubling the $6 billion value of crops produced during flood-plagued 2011. The federal Agriculture Department computes the value by...
$4.3M Recovered in 2012 for North Dakota Consumers
Feb 28 2013 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has released a report that shows more than $4.3 million was recovered or saved for North Dakota citizens in 2012. This number represents money recovered on behalf of North...
Farm Values Soar in North Dakota in 2012
Feb 13 2013 // Farmland values in North Dakota in 2012 jumped 46 percent on average over the year, with demand from both farmers and investors, a new report concludes. The report from the North Dakota Chapter of the American Society of...
North Dakota Bill Would Limit Access to Crash Reports
Feb 6 2013 // The North Dakota Senate is considering a bill that would clamp down on who can access information from a crash report, putting it at odds with news outlets that contend the information should be available to the general...
Number of Court Cases in North Dakota Jumps
Jan 25 2013 // The number of court cases is skyrocketing in North Dakota, especially in the oil-producing western part of the state, according to the state’s court administrator. Sally Holewa told the Senate Judiciary committee...
Texas Parents Lobby for Tougher DUI Laws in North Dakota
Jan 16 2013 // The parents of two Texas boys killed when a pickup truck ran over their tent in a North Dakota campground last summer have returned to North Dakota to lobby the state Legislature for tougher drunken driving laws. Alaries...
Fargo, North Dakota DUIs Down Nearly 10% in 2012
Jan 3 2013 // Drunken driving arrests in North Dakota’s largest city dropped nearly 10 percent last year after a record 2011. Preliminary data show officers made 1,019 arrests for driving under the influence last year, down from a...
Workplace Deaths Rise In North Dakota Oil Patch
Dec 26 2012 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is offering safety training to companies in the state’s booming oil patch, an effort to decrease job-related deaths and injuries happening most often to...
