Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota Senate Approves $600M Disaster Package
Nov 15 2011 // North Dakota’s Senate unanimously approved a $639 million disaster relief measure that includes money for low-interest home loans, road construction and repairs to public works. The measure’s centerpiece is a...
North Dakota House Rejects Health Insurance Exchange
Nov 14 2011 // Angered by a federal health care law that most of them despise, North Dakota House Republicans defeated legislation to give state officials authority over a health insurance marketing agency that the law requires states to...
Bank of North Dakota May Offer Homeowners Low-Interest Disaster Loans
Nov 10 2011 // A key provision in the North Dakota Legislature’s disaster aid bill would provide low-interest, unsecured loans of up to $30,000 for homeowners hit especially hard by this year’s flooding, the Bank of North...
North Dakota Governor Asks Legislature to Approve Disaster Help
Nov 9 2011 // North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has unveiled a $569 million plan to provide disaster aid to flood-stricken areas and to help western North Dakota towns struggling to cope with oil development. Speaking to a joint session...
North Dakota’s Hamm Elected VP of National Insurance Regulators Group
Nov 9 2011 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has been elected vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Hamm currently serves as secretary-treasurer of the group. He will assume his new duties...
North Dakota Flood Insurance Holders Get Another Extension
Nov 4 2011 // North Dakota flood victims with flood insurance have been given even more time to file claims. The state’s congressional delegation says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing another 30 days for...
In Reversal, Agency to Honor North Dakota Deputy Workers’ Comp Claim
Nov 3 2011 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has reversed its decision to deny a death benefit claim to the widow of a Burleigh County sheriff’s deputy who died of an apparent heart attack while on...
North Dakota Checking for Workers’ Comp, Licenses at Construction Sites
Nov 3 2011 // A state task force in North Dakota is conducting random compliance checks at various construction sites to see if contractors have the proper licensing, workers’ compensation insurance coverage and are complying with...
North Dakota’s Souris River Flood Control Plan on Track
Nov 2 2011 // North Dakota state and local officials say a flood-control plan for the Souris River is on track. The proposal’s outlines are being announced on Nov. 3 in Minot. It will be followed by a series of public...
Oil Firm Agrees to Plead Guilty in North Dakota Bird Deaths
Oct 26 2011 // One of seven oil companies charged with killing migratory birds during drilling operations in North Dakota has agreed to plead guilty and pay $12,000. Slawson Exploration Co. Inc., of Wichita, Kan., was charged under the...
Reduced North Dakota Crop Harvest Expected to Hurt Economy
Oct 18 2011 // Reduced yields in some crops will hurt North Dakota’s economy, officials say. The U.S. Agriculture Department has reported that floods, hail, wind and early frost will mean farmers will harvest about half as much...
North Dakota’s Dorgan Joins Board of The Climate Corporation
Oct 12 2011 // Weather insurance provider WeatherBill has changed its name to The Climate Corporation and added former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota to its board of directors. The San Francisco-based company says the name change...
North Dakota Farmers Get Older, More Prosperous
Oct 4 2011 // North Dakota farmers on average are older and more prosperous than they were a decade ago, and running bigger operations, a new study shows. The North Dakota State University study is based on the more than 500 farms of...
North Dakota Flood Disaster Aid Nears $350M
Oct 3 2011 // Officials say nearly $350 million in federal and state disaster assistance has now been obligated to North Dakotans for this spring’s flooding. By Sept. 29, 10,178 people had registered with the Federal Emergency...
North Dakota, Minnesota Leaders Ask Obama for River Diversion Money
Sep 23 2011 // Members of Congress from both sides of the Red River in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are asking President Barack Obama to include $30 million in his next budget for work on a river diversion project in...
Flood Maps Could Force Thousands in North Dakota to Buy Insurance
Sep 14 2011 // Fargo, N.D., city engineers say an additional 7,500 homeowners may be required to purchase federal flood insurance when new flood plain maps are released. The Federal Emergency Management Agency rate map will show homes...
Accused North Dakota Insurance Agent Loses State License
Sep 9 2011 // A Fargo, N.D., insurance agent accused of using client money for personal matters has lost his state license. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm said he had revoked the license of Jeffrey Neppl. He said Neppl...
EEOC Settles North Dakota Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Sep 6 2011 // A judge approved a $1 million settlement for 17 women who said they were sexually harassed by a manager at an Applebee’s restaurant, an agreement believed to be the largest of its kind in North Dakota history, a...
North Dakota Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Aug 29 2011 // A former insurance agent in North Dakota on Aug. 24 pled guilty to wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for North Dakota. U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Alan R. Henning, 58, of...
North Dakota State University Sues Over Denied Minard Hall Claim
Aug 22 2011 // A state insurance fund has rejected a claim filed by North Dakota State University for the collapse of Minard Hall. The State Fire and Tornado Fund letter of denial obtained by The Forum newspaper says the incident was...
