Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
$190K Fine Proposed After North Dakota Grain Bin Death
Jan 8 2020 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Columbia Grain International for exposing workers to grain-handling hazards after a worker was buried by corn and died in a North Dakota grain bin last...
North Dakota Records Fewer than 100 Traffic Deaths in 2019
Jan 6 2020 // North Dakota apparently ended 2019 with fewer than 100 traffic deaths, officials said. According to preliminary reports, North Dakota had 98 motor vehicle fatalities in 2019. If that number remains unchanged, it would be...
Judge Nearly Doubles North Dakota Doctor’s $1.2M Award in Retaliation Suit
Nov 25 2019 // A North Dakota doctor who won a $1.2 million jury award against a Bismarck clinic in a retaliation case should collect more than $2.1 million after a federal judge settled post-trial disputes. Dr. Robert Roswick sued Mid...
In Wake of North Dakota Spill, Congress Wants Review of Keystone Pipeline
Nov 21 2019 // Top U.S. House Democrats have called for a federal review of the Keystone pipeline and the agency that regulates it in the wake of 383,000-gallon (1.4-million-liter) spill in northeastern North Dakota, the latest of three...
More Acreage than First Thought Affected by North Dakota Keystone Pipeline Leak
Nov 20 2019 // A crude oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in eastern North Dakota has turned out to have affected almost 10 times the amount of land as first reported, a state regulator said. North Dakota environmental scientist Bill...
N.D. Insurance Commissioner Sets Guinness World Record as Tallest Male Politician
Nov 12 2019 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has been named World’s Tallest Politician (male) by Guinness World Records. Godfread’s official height is 6 feet, 10 inches (210.767 centimeters) tall as...
After Leak in North Dakota, Keystone Pipeline Restart Waiting on Corrective Action
Nov 8 2019 // Federal regulators have ordered the Keystone pipeline to remain shut down until its Canadian owner takes corrective action aimed at determining the cause of a breach that leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million...
North Dakota Unveils New Mapping Tool for Flood Risks
Nov 4 2019 // The North Dakota Water Commission unveiled a new interactive mapping tool that provides residents and community leaders with information on potential flood risks. It shows where flooding might occur and to what extent it...
Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383K Gallons of Oil in North Dakota
Nov 1 2019 // TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in northeastern North Dakota, state regulators said Thursday. Crews on Tuesday, Oct. 29 shut down the pipeline that...
North Dakota Governor Declares Statewide Flood Emergency
Oct 23 2019 // North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has declared a statewide flood emergency and said officials were looking at measures to help residents affected by heavy rains and a blizzard that dumped record amounts of snow in some places,...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Godfread to Seek Re-Election
Oct 11 2019 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner says he’s running for re-election. Republican Jon Godfread has scheduled news conferences next week to formally announce his campaign. He was elected to the position in...
North Dakota Lawmakers Studying Pros, Cons of Recreational Pot
Sep 27 2019 // North Dakota lawmakers have begun studying the consequences of legalizing marijuana in the state, a move that comes amid a pair of proposed citizen-led initiatives that aim to make the drug legal for recreational...
Minneapolis Federal Reserve: With Flooding Comes a Torrent of Data
Sep 24 2019 // One of the biggest problems with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood insurance program is that, nationwide, few property owners actually choose to buy into it. But that’s not the case in many...
Arnold, Palsgraaf Appointed to New Positions at North Dakota Insurance Department
Sep 18 2019 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has appointed John Arnold as deputy insurance commissioner and Johnny Palsgraaf as general counsel. Prior to his appointment with the North Dakota Insurance Department,...
2015 North Dakota Spill Could Top 1M Gallons, Regulator Says
Sep 6 2019 // A 2015 pipeline spill of natural gas liquids in North Dakota initially reported as just 10 gallons (38 liters) could top 1 million gallons (3.8 million liters), a state regulator said. The North Dakota Department of...
Midwest Economic Survey Suggests Little or No Growth on Horizon
Sep 4 2019 // An August survey of business supply managers suggested slow or no economic growth over the next several months in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of trade skirmishes, according to a newly released...
Texas Company Ordered to Pay $2.1M in Fines, Restitution in North Dakota Oilfield Death
Sep 3 2019 // A Houston company has been found guilty and ordered to pay $2.1 million in fines and restitution in the 2014 death of an Alabama man who died in an explosion while working western North Dakota’s oil patch. C&J...
Officials: 2015 North Dakota Liquid Gas Spill Much Bigger Than Reported
Aug 27 2019 // A 2015 pipeline spill of liquid natural gas in western North Dakota initially reported as just 10 gallons is at least hundreds of thousands of gallons larger and may take another decade to clean up, state health officials...
Industry Flexes Political Muscle in States to Criminalize Aggressive Pipeline Protests
Aug 20 2019 // After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oil and chemical companies found a way to keep it from...
New North Dakota Insurance Laws Now in Effect
Aug 12 2019 // The North Dakota Insurance Department recently released a list of new insurance-related laws enacted from bills that passed the state’s legislature in 2019. Following is a limited list of new laws in North Dakota...
