Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
After Flooding, Midwest Farmers Fear Repeat Of ’97
Apr 8 2009 // Recent floods are receding for now, but farmers and ranchers in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are worried they’re on track to repeat the dismal year of 1997. That was the year spring blizzards and record...
Declarations
Apr 6 2009 // Japanese Suicide “The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them (is) if they’d follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I’m...
Flooding Prompts New Scrutiny of North Dakota Disaster Aid
Apr 3 2009 // North Dakota’s spring flooding problems have focused new attention on a proposed $44 million state disaster fund that a Fargo lawmaker wants to establish. “Setting the money aside is more critical than...
North Dakota Insurance Department South Office Reopens
Apr 2 2009 // The North Dakota Insurance Department’s office at 1701 South 12th Street has reopened. The office was closed Wednesday and Thursday, March 25 and 26, after flood water surrounded the building, making it inaccessible.
Flooding in Fargo, N.D., Eases But Winter Storm Creates More Havoc
Mar 31 2009 // Just as the Red River began retreating from Fargo, N.D.’s hastily fortified levees, the city’s tired residents stared down a winter storm March 30 that is expected to bring than a foot of snow and wind-whipped...
Few in Flood Zone Have Insurance
Mar 31 2009 // As North Dakota’s Red River crept within view of their backyard this past week, Denette and Billy Narum had an extra incentive to pray their sandbags held. Like most people in the path of potential floods, they have...
Flooding Forces North Dakota Insurance Department Office To Close
Mar 27 2009 // The North Dakota Insurance Department’s office at 1701 South 12th Street is closed until further notice due to flooding. Several staff members will be working out of the capitol tower office. For more information,...
North Dakota Flooding Prompts Federal Disaster Designation
Mar 26 2009 // President Barack Obama has declared North Dakota a federal disaster area because of statewide flooding. North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven says the move means the federal government will pay 75 percent of state and local...
North Dakota Senate Advances Fire-Safe Cigarette Bill
Mar 26 2009 // North Dakota smokers may have to get used to puffing more frequently to help prevent accidental fires. The state Senate voted 41-0 this week to approve legislation that says North Dakota tobacco merchants may sell only...
Highway Patrol Chief to Head North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency
Mar 23 2009 // Former North Dakota Highway Patrol superintendent Bryan Klipfel has been named the state’s new workers compensation director by Gov. John Hoeven. It’s the governor’s first hire since North Dakota voters...
North Dakota Prepares for Major Spring Floods Along Red River
Mar 16 2009 // Emergency management officials in Fargo and Grand Forks are ordering pumps, topping off levees and planning dikes after forecasters predicted record flooding this spring along the Red River Basin. “The magnitude of...
North Dakota Rental Car Insurance Change Fails
Mar 13 2009 // The North Dakota House has defeated a change in how the state’s insurance laws affect people who rent cars. North Dakota law now says if someone has an accident in a rental car, the rental company’s insurance...
North Dakota Blue Cross CEO Fired Over Caribbean Retreat
Mar 12 2009 // Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has fired its president and chief executive officer after coming under fire for a Caribbean retreat attended by more than 30 sales employees and guests. Mike Unhjem has been the...
Highway Patrol Chief to Head North Dakota Workers Comp
Mar 9 2009 // Former North Dakota Highway Patrol superintendent Bryan Klipfel has been named the state’s new workers compensation director. Gov. John Hoeven announced Friday that he’s chosen Klipfel for the job. Klipfel...
Tough Luck for North Dakota Workers’ Comp Whistleblowers
Mar 9 2009 // Former employees of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance agency have struggled to pursue claims that they were illegally fired for spotlighting questionable activities at the agency. A judge has thrown out...
Army Inspecting 4 North Dakota Dams
Mar 4 2009 // The Army Corps of Engineers says four dams in North Dakota are among the 600 nationwide that are being screened through a new public safety process. The corps says the Garrison, Bowman Haley and Snake Creek dams have been...
Tough Luck for Dismissed North Dakota Workers’ Comp Employees
Mar 3 2009 // Former employees of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance agency have struggled to pursue claims that they were illegally fired for spotlighting questionable activities at the agency. A judge has thrown out...
Gov. Hoeven to Name North Dakota Workers’ Compensation Director Soon
Mar 3 2009 // Gov. John Hoeven’s staff attorney says the governor will soon name a a permanent executive director for the state workers’ compensation agency. Ryan Bernstein, Hoeven’s staff attorney, says the governor...
No Jail Time for Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director
Feb 27 2009 // North Dakota’s former workers compensation director has been given a two-year deferred sentence with no jail time and a $2,000 fine for misspending public money. The deferred sentence means Sandy Blunt’s record...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Chief Faces Sentencing
Feb 25 2009 // A lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt says his client should not get jail time for his felony conviction. A jury convicted Blunt last December of misspending more than $10,000 in public...
