Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota’s NI Holdings Announces $10M Stock Repurchase Plan
Mar 6 2018 // North Dakota-based insurance holding company, NI Holdings Inc. announced its board of directors has authorized a repurchase of up to approximately $10 million of the company’s outstanding common stock. The company...
Minot, North Dakota, Homeowners Blame Inspector Negligence on City
Feb 12 2018 // Some Minot, N.D., homeowners are expressing difficulty selling property after discovering city building inspectors failed to identify flawed construction before issuing certificates of occupancy. Then, they discovered the...
NTSB: Broken Wheel Caused 2015 North Dakota Oil Train Wreck
Jan 22 2018 // Federal investigators believe a broken wheel caused a May 2015 oil train derailment that prompted the evacuation of Heimdal, North Dakota. The National Transportation Safety Board says in a recently released report that...
Judge Rules North Dakota Law Limiting Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional
Jan 22 2018 // A state district judge has ruled as unconstitutional North Dakota’s law limiting damages in medical malpractice cases. The Bismarck Tribune reports the ruling came in a case involving a Fort Yates woman who suffered...
NTSB: Broken Wheel Caused 2015 Oil Train Wreck in North Dakota
Jan 16 2018 // Federal investigators believe a broken wheel caused a May 2015 oil train derailment that prompted the evacuation of Heimdal, North Dakota. The National Transportation Safety Board says investigators found a mark on the...
North Dakota Livestock Producers Say Trucking Mandate Will Cost Them
Jan 16 2018 // A federal mandate requiring many motor carriers to install electronic logging devices could cost be costly to North Dakota’s cattle industry. Warren Zenker, who runs a cattle feeding operation near Elgin, told the...
Judge Rules North Dakota Law Limiting Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional
Jan 11 2018 // A state district judge has ruled that North Dakota’s law limiting damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional. The Bismarck Tribune reports the ruling came in a case involving a Fort Yates woman who...
Company Pays $951K Fine for Oilfield Waste Dumping in North Dakota
Jan 5 2018 // A Wyoming-based company that illegally dumped oilfield waste in western North Dakota has paid the state more than $950,000 after the state Supreme Court affirmed the fine last month. Black Hills Trucking paid $951,526 to...
North Dakota Insurance Department, VA Helping Veterans with Exam Fees
Dec 22 2017 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread says veterans who have taken or plan to take any of the nine North Dakota insurance producer exams after June 1, 2017, qualify to be reimbursed for their exam fee through a...
Bismarck, North Dakota, Levee Won’t Protect Some Homes from Flooding
Dec 11 2017 // A $4 million flood protection project in Bismarck set for next year will affect nearly two dozen properties that won’t be protected by the levee that’s being built. The Burleigh County Water Resource...
U.S. Senator Calls for Increased USDA Response to North Dakota Drought
Oct 24 2017 // U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to send more workers to western North Dakota, where she says understaffed Farm Service Agency offices are dealing with an overwhelming workload...
Farmers in Upper Midwest Report Damage from Dicamba Herbicide
Oct 20 2017 // Hundreds of farmers in the Upper Midwest are reporting damage from the controversial herbicide dicamba, and state officials are considering restrictions for the 2018 growing season that might surpass even new federal...
North Dakota’s Godfread ‘Excited’ About Technological Innovations in Insurance
Oct 20 2017 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner is bullish on the technological innovations that are occurring within the insurance industry and wants his state to be in the forefront of experimenting with and testing new...
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Files $1B Suit Against Greenpeace, Other Groups
Aug 24 2017 // The company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace and other groups on Aug. 22, alleging that they disseminated false and misleading information about the project and interfered...
New North Dakota Laws Address Producer Conduct, Customer Gifts, More
Aug 18 2017 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has said that since taking office at the beginning of this year he has focused on ensuring the agency he runs is available and responsive to insurance consumers, producers...
North Dakota Governor Seeks Federal Help Amid Severe Drought
Aug 9 2017 // North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is seeking a presidential disaster declaration, saying the state is “the epicenter of drought for the nation” because of a rain-free summer. Burgum said in a statement that his...
Midwest Crops Stressed by Worsening Drought Conditions
Aug 1 2017 // Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor recently released...
North Dakota Insurance Department Publishes Air Ambulance Guide
Aug 1 2017 // The North Dakota Insurance Department has released a guide showing which air ambulance companies operating in North Dakota have contractual agreements (in-network) with the state’s three major health insurance...
Insurance Fraud Charge Filed Against North Dakota Man
Jul 27 2017 // North Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread said an insurance fraud charge has been filed against Joshua Kadrmas, of Mandan, ND. The department’s report stated that Kadrmas indicated to his insurance company that he...
Drought in High Plains the Worst Some Farmers Have Ever Seen
Jul 24 2017 // Drought in North Dakota is laying waste to fields of normally bountiful food and hay crops, and searing pastures that typically would be home to multitudes of grazing cattle. Some longtime farmers and ranchers say...
