Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota Commission OKs Spending For Disaster Recoveries
Nov 14 2013 // The North Dakota Emergency Commission has approved spending requests for weather-related disasters this year. The Bismarck Tribune reported National Guard state commander Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk brought the requests...
Oil Tank Train Derails in Alabama; Cars Erupt in Flames
Nov 10 2013 // Several oil tank cars that burst into flames after a train derailed in rural Alabama were expected to keep burning into Saturday, potentially reigniting the push for tougher regulation of the boom in moving oil by...
North Dakota Insurance Dept. Seeks Policy Cancellation Info
Nov 6 2013 // The North Dakota Insurance Department wants health insurance companies to disclose the number of people whose policies will be canceled under President Barack Obama’s health care law. Individual health insurance...
North Dakota Town Pursuing Scaled-Down Flood Control Project
Oct 23 2013 // Officials in Grafton are pursuing a scaled-down project that would provide flood protection for at least some of the northeastern North Dakota city because of diminishing prospects for a larger, federally funded...
High Crop Prices Turn More Midwest Grassland into Cropland
Oct 18 2013 // When cattle producer Jason Zahn aims his pickup across the gravel roads of North Dakota, he doesn’t see as many native grasses dancing along the prairie. Instead, he sees more and more black. He sees tilled dirt or...
North Dakota Wants Answers on Ruptured Tesoro Pipeline Inspections
Oct 18 2013 // North Dakota officials are trying to determine if Tesoro Corp. knew about potential problems with a pipeline that leaked more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil in a wheat field in the northwestern part of the...
North Dakota Ranchers Urged to Record Livestock Losses
Oct 10 2013 // The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is urging ranchers who lost cattle in last weekend’s snowstorm to keep detailed records of their losses. Ranchers and industry officials in the Dakotas have said the...
North Dakota Oil Patch Town Wants Speed Limit Reduced
Sep 30 2013 // Residents of a small town in the middle of the North Dakota oil patch say they’re sick of semitrailers barreling past their homes and want the state to do something about it. Arlene Isaak, 87, and other residents in...
North Dakota Commissioner Invites Insurance Agents to Department Forums
Sep 26 2013 // Insurance Commissioner is inviting North Dakota’s insurance agents to attend the insurance department’s annual agent forums, scheduled for Oct. 7–11. Hamm, along with four other insurance department staff...
In Flood-Struck Colorado, Concerns About Fracking Spills
Sep 19 2013 // Contaminated water spilling from flooded oil and gas drilling sites in Colorado is refocusing attention on the environmental risks surrounding America’s fracking boom. Floods that have devastated north-central...
Premium Increases Under Obamacare Not as High as Expected: Study
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
Insurance Fraud Charges Dropped in North Dakota Cow Starvation Case
Aug 30 2013 // Prosecutors in North Dakota have dropped insurance fraud charges against a McIntosh County man who pleaded guilty to animal abuse charges, after authorities say he submitted a claim saying more than 100 of his cattle died...
Confusing Crop Insurance Rule Clarified for Midwest States
Aug 29 2013 // Farmers say they’re pleased with efforts by the federal Risk Management Agency to clarify rules for prevented planting insurance in five Upper Midwest states in 2014. The insurance pays farmers if their cropland is...
Insurer Denies Claims by North Dakota Potato Baron
Aug 26 2013 // The group that insures an Idaho potato company said in court documents filed on Aug. 23 it should not have to pay the legal bills of a North Dakota man who serves as chairman of the company. Ronald Offutt Jr., of Fargo,...
Background Checks, Fingerprinting of North Dakota Agent Applicants to Begin Sept. 1
Aug 8 2013 // The North Dakota Insurance Department announced that as of Sept. 1, 2013, anyone applying to become a North Dakota resident insurance producer must undergo a criminal background check, including fingerprinting. This...
North Dakota Man Suing Insurance Company Over Potato Case
Aug 5 2013 // A prominent North Dakota potato farmer, businessman and philanthropist who’s among a group of people accused in an alleged price-fixing scheme is suing his insurance company for failing to cover his defense...
Crop Insurance Rule Causing Confusion for Some Midwest Farmers
Jul 23 2013 // Last year’s drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn’t get a crop in the ground this past spring due to the opposite weather extreme – too...
Storm Does Heavy Damage at Small North Dakota Airport
Jul 11 2013 // The airport in the western North Dakota town of Killdeer is being cleaned up after a storm destroyed a hangar and damaged three airplanes. Storms that moved through the region Monday night ripped apart the hangar and...
Former North Dakota Insurance Agent Gets 10 Years for Theft
Jun 28 2013 // A former Dickinson, N.D., insurance agent convicted of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a client has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. A jury in April found Scott Biggs guilty of five counts of felony theft...
North Dakota’s Workers’ Comp Agency to Send Employers Refunds
Jun 24 2013 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation program will send employers nearly $160 million in payments as a distribution of surplus reserves. The Forum reports that Workforce Safety and Insurance will distribute the...
